| Bent Liparis |
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| File size | 656757 |
| Original date | 9/28/12 12:39 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | FinePix S1800 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Liparis deflexa Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Leptorchis deflexa, Liparis prazeri
Synonyms: Leptorchis deflexa, Liparis prazeri
Bent Liparis is a herb with stem short, with a base
with pseudobulb, sheaths few. Leaves are 2, opposite, 10-17 cm long,
stalkless or leaf-stalkd, ovate-lanceshaped, tapering. Flowering stem
is tall; bracts slender at length deflexed. Flowers are small, in
racemes at branch-ends, resupinate. Sepals are 3-5 nerved, blunt,
lateral oblong, dorsal longer oblong-lanceshaped. Petals are as long,
very slender. Lip flabelliform, with a contracted 2-eared base, calli
obscure; column compressed from back to front, short straight flattened
flat, wings 0; anthers at branch-ends. Capsule 2 cm long, club-shaped.
Bent Liparis is found in India to Indo-China. Flowering:
August-October.
| Identification credit: Sweedle Cerejo | Photographed at Nemale, Sawantwadi, Maharashtra. |
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