| Bluntleaf Mistletoe |
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| File size | 651850 |
| Original date | 6/29/14 11:41 PM |
| Resolution | 2000 x 1500 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G3 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Helixanthera obtusatus Family: Loranthaceae (Mistletoe family)
Synonyms: Loranthus obtusatus, Helixanthera obtusata
Synonyms: Loranthus obtusatus, Helixanthera obtusata
Bluntleaf Mistletoe is a shrub with branchlets
round, slender, rusty-velvety. Leaves are up to 14 x 8 cm, ovate,
obtuse, base rounded, leathery, hairless, stalk 1 cm long. Flowers are
borne in racemes up to 8 cm long, densely golden velvety, bracts with a
small appendage. Flowers are many, carried on 5 mm long, reflexed
stalks. They are dark pink, 1.8 cm long, 4-angular and curved in bud,
petals 4, free, velvety outside. Anthers are dark brown; stigma
spherical. Flowering: April-June.
| Identification credit: Vinaya Raj, V.C. Balakrishnan | Photographed at Eravilulam National Park, Munnar, Kerala. |
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