| Barefoot Bulb-Leaf Orchid |
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| Original date | 12/30/18 9:56 AM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 700D |
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Botanical name: Bulbophyllum gymnopus Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Drymoda gymnopus, Monomeria gymnopus, Phyllorkis gymnopus
Synonyms: Drymoda gymnopus, Monomeria gymnopus, Phyllorkis gymnopus
Barefoot Bulb-Leaf Orchid is a miniature sized orchid,
found growing on trees in evergreen forests and on the rocks below.
There is 5 inches between each ellipsoid, smooth pseudobulb carrying a
single apical, lanceshaped pointed leaf. The plant blooms in the winter
on a 12.5-15 cm long, several to many flowered inflorescence with
unpleasantly scented flowers that are evenly spaced from near the base
of the inflorescence to the tip. Flowers are 8-10 mm across; sepals
and petals white, spotted with red externally, lip yellow, column pale
yellow ochre, spotted with red; flower-stalk and ovary slender,
hairless, 0.6-1.5cm long. Dorsal sepal is lanceshaped, pointed, 3.5-4 x
1-1.2mm; lateral sepals lanceshaped, curved, pointed. Petals are linear
lanceshaped, blunt flat, margins sawtoothed, 2-2.5 x 0.6-0.8 mm. Lip is
simple, lanceshaped, pointed, 2.5 x 0.6mm. Column broad, 1.8-2 mm long;
stelidia pointed, 0.2-0.3 mm long; foot slender, strongly curved,1.8-2
mm long; anther cap papillose. Barefoot Bulb-Leaf Orchid is found in
eastern Himalayas, from NE India to Bhutan, Myanmar and Thailand, at
elevations of 600-2000 m. Flowering: January-March.
| Identification credit: Hussain Barbhuiya | Photographed in Kaziranga Orchid & Biodiversity Park, Assam. |
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