| Broadleaf Tainia |
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| File size | 107637 |
| Original date | 10/2/22 2:14 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7500 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Tainia latifolia Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Ania latifolia, Mitopetalum latifolium
Synonyms: Ania latifolia, Mitopetalum latifolium
Broadleaf Tainia a medium sized, terrestrial orchid.
The stout, creeping rhizome produces oblique and narrowly tapering, up
to 10 cm long pseudobulbs, enveloped by membranous sheaths. The leaves
are leathery, pleated, up to 30 cm long and 12 cm broad, and with a
short leaf-stalk. Inflorescences develop at the base of the pseudobulbs
and may reach about 1 m long. Flowers are laxly and irregularly
implanted, some alone, others in groups along the axis, and pointing in
almost all directions. Sepals and petals are purplish-brown, linear
blunt; lip yellow, fan-shaped with recurved side-lobes, and three
longitudinal keels. Flowers are fragrant, about 4 cm across. Broadleaf
Tainia is found in NE India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar,
Thailand, Vietnam, China, C and S Taiwan, at altitudes of 700-1400 m.
Flowering: March.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Sessa, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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