| Brazilian Red Cloak |
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| File size | 323667 |
| Original date | 8/18/07 6:19 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.40625mm |
| Exposure time | 1/20s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A75 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Photo: Radhika Vatsan |
Botanical name: Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
A blazing mixture of flaming red and vivid pink flowers, is what Brazilian
Red Cloak in full bloom looks like. In spite of its name, this splendid
plant comes from Venezuela where it is found naturally in tropical
woodland. An evergreen shrub with boldly veined, shiny green leaves, it
bears from early autumn into winter spikes of very showy, 12 inch, crimson
flower spikes. (Actually white or pink flowers in the cloak of the very
conspicuous crimson bracts.) TThe showy ‘flower’ consists of red bracts
surrounding the white true flower. The growth habit of the Brazilian red
cloak is considered by horticulturalists to be a shrub. It does not grow
compactly as many shrub's do but instead is tall and lanky (an average of
approximately 10 feet) while yet full. Under ideal growing conditions the
plant can hit fifteen feet (4.5 meters) in height.
Identification credit: Nandan Kalbag
| Photographed in Goa. |