| Compact Habenaria |
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| File size | 383474 |
| Original date | 10/14/15 4:31 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 15.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1200s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Habenaria cephalotes Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Plantaginorchis cephalotes
Synonyms: Plantaginorchis cephalotes
Compact Habenaria is a terrestrial orchid with stem
6-20 cm high. Leaves are 4-5 x 0.8-0.9 cm, oblong-lanceshaped, pointed.
Flowers are white, borne in a 4-6 cm long, few flowered raceme, at the
top; dorsal sepal 8 x 9 mm, broadly ovate, blunt, hooded, 5-veined;
lateral sepals 9 x 10 mm, elliptic, blunt, 5-veined; petals 6 x 2 mm,
inverted-lanceshaped, pointed, 1-veined; lip 11 x 9 mm, 3-lobed;
lateral lobes, 9 x 4 mm, inverted-lanceshaped, toothed along distal
margins; midlobe 5 x 1.5 mm, oblong, pointed; spur 4 cm long,
cylindric, blunt. Compact Habenaria is found in Peninsular India.
Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. |
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