| Clustered Coelogyne |
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| File size | 99360 |
| Original date | 7/13/12 2:30 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX120 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Coelogyne corymbosa Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Pleione corymbosa
Synonyms: Pleione corymbosa
Clustered Coelogyne is an epiphytic orchid
distinguished by its small pseudobulbs, and its erect clusters of only
2-4 white fragrant flowers each up to 5 cm across. Sepals and petals
are white, broadly lanceshaped, lip oblong with broad blunt erect
lateral lobes, the central lobe triangular-ovate, brown at base with
two yellow blotches and with a white terminal part. Leaves are
oblong-elliptic, 10-18 cm long. Pseudobulbs are 2.5-4 cm, borne on a
thick rhizome. Clustered Coelogyne is found in Eastern Himalayas, from
C. Nepal to NE India and SW China, at altitudes of 2200-3300 m.
Flowering: April-June.
| Identification credit: Jis Sebastian | Photographed in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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