| Blue Plantain Lily |
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| File size | 301323 |
| Original date | 6/4/16 4:02 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 106.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Hosta ventricosa Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Synonyms: Hosta coerulea, Hosta miquelii, Hemerocallis caerulea
Synonyms: Hosta coerulea, Hosta miquelii, Hemerocallis caerulea
Blue Plantain Lily is a hairless perennlai herb,
with flowering stem 2-3 ft tall, bearing a raceme of 10-30 beautiful
violet-blue funnel-shaped flowers. Bract subtending each flower is
white, oblong-lanceshaped, 1-2 cm, membranous. Flowers are solitary,
not fragrant, flower-stalk 7-10 mm. Flowers are funnel-shaped, 4-6 cm.
Stamens are curved, beautifully protruding out. Rhizome is 0.3-1 cm
thick, stout. Leaf-stalk is 6--30 cm. Leaves lie in a rosette at the
bottom, ovate-heart-shaped, -round, or ovate, 4-19 x 4-17 cm, hairless,
veins in 7-11 pairs, base nearly heart-shaped or somewhat flat, very
rarely slightly wedge-shaped, tip abruptly pointed. Capsule is
cylindric, 2.5-4.5 cm x 6-7 mm, 3-angled. Blue Plantain Lily is native
to China, cultivated as a garden plant in NE India. Flowering:
June-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Pelling, Sikkim. |
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