| Club-Stem Eria |
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| File size | 422854 |
| Original date | 10/21/14 12:22 PM |
| Resolution | 1900 x 1425 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| 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: Eria pseudoclavicaulis Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Club-Stem Eria is an orchid growing on trees, with
club-shaped stem 20-25 cm tall. Leaves are 2, 9-10 x 2.5-3 cm,
elliptic-oblong, lanceshaped, pointed. Flowers are white, in 1.5-2 cm
long, 2-flowered racems at branch-ends; bracts 2, 11 x 6 mm, ovate,
pointed, 9-veined; dorsal sepal 15 x 6 mm, oblong-lanceshaped, blunt,
7-veined; lateral sepals 11 x 6 mm, oblong-lanceshaped, blunt,
6-veined; lip 12 x 10 mm, obovate; side lobes ovate, blunt, midlobe,
round to flat; disc with longitudinal fleshy ridges. Club-Stem Eria is
endemic to Southern Western Ghats. Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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