| Birch Luisia |
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| File size | 238452 |
| Original date | 4/9/08 6:04 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 10.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Luisia birchea Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Luisia tenuifolia Hook.f., Birchea teretifolia A. Rich.
Synonyms: Luisia tenuifolia Hook.f., Birchea teretifolia A. Rich.
Birch Luisia is an orchid up to 40 cm tall, growing on
trees. Leaves are 15-25 cm long, 2 mm wide, linear, blunt. Flowers are
brownish, in leaf-axils, solitary; dorsal sepal 9.5 x 4 mm,
oblong-lanceshaped, blunt, keeled, 3-veined; lateral sepals
oblong-lanceshaped, blunt, keeled, 3-veined. Petals are linear,
somewhat pointed, blunt, 3-veined; lip 16 x 7 mm, elliptic-oblong, tip
2-lobed, with 2 lateral smaller, fleshy ridges on the lip. Birch Luisia
is found in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: P.S. Sivaprasad | Photographed in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Idukki distt, Kerala. |
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