| Broadleaf Sirhookera |
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| File size | 139235 |
| Original date | 10/21/14 12:44 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Sirhookera latifolia Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Josephia latifolia
Synonyms: Josephia latifolia
Broadleaf Sirhookera is an orchid growing on trees,
with very short stem and worm-like roots. Leaves are 9-10 x 2-2.5 cm,
including a leaf-stalk of 1-1.5 cm long, oblong, pointed. Flowers are
white, in 15-20 cm long branched racemes. Branches are slender; dorsal
sepal obovate, blunt, 3-veined; lateral sepals elliptic-oblong, blunt,
3-veined. Petals are oblong, blunt, 1-veined, lip 4 x 2 mm, 3-lobed;
lateral lobes smaller, oblong, blunt, incurved; midlobe ovate, blunt or
pointed. Broadleaf Sirhookera is found in South India and Sri Lanka.
Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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