| Blunt-Leaf Uncifera |
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| File size | 266614 |
| Original date | 7/7/22 3:12 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7500 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Uncifera obtusifolia Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Uncifera heteroglossa, Saccolabium obtusifolium, Gastrochilus obtusifolius
Synonyms: Uncifera heteroglossa, Saccolabium obtusifolium, Gastrochilus obtusifolius
Blunt-Leaf Uncifera is a hanging, small sized,
tree-dwelling orchid with a stem enveloped by veined leaf sheaths and
carrying flat, oblong-elliptic, unequally bilobed apically, rounded
lobes, narrowing to the jointed base leaves. The plant blooms in the
summer on a hairless, pendent, 5-7.5 cm long, densely many flowered
inflorescence. Flowers are about 1.2-1.6 cm across, pale lemon-colored,
at first greenish. Limb of upper lip is shorter than the obovate-oblong
obscurely nerved sepals. Tip of lip is thickened, side lobes are flat.
Column is very short, rostellum beaked. Blunt-Leaf Uncifera is found in
Nepal, Eastern Himalayas, Thailand, Vietnam at elevations of
1000-1700.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Khuppi, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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