| Cylindrical-Leaf Luisia |
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| File size | 317387 |
| Original date | 6/8/15 6:40 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Luisia tristis Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Epidendrum triste, Luisia atacta, Luisia beccarii, Luisia zeylanica
Synonyms: Epidendrum triste, Luisia atacta, Luisia beccarii, Luisia zeylanica
Cylindrical-Leaf Luisia is an erect, clustered
orchid found growing on trees. Stem is up to 20 cm long. Leaves are
4-10 cm long, round in cross-section, pointed at tip, fleshy, sheathing
at base. Flowers are borne in condensed racemes, in leaf-axils. Flowers
are 2-4, 5-6 mm long, greenish-yellow with purple tinge, bracts 1.5-2 x
1-2 mm, oblong, blunt. Sepals are about 5 x 1.5 mm, oblong, blunt, tip
incurved. Petals are similar to sepals. Lip 4-6 mm long, oblong,
concave towards the base, trilobed with dark maroon horizontal bands,
mid-lobe rhomboid, larger than side lobes. Ovary about 2 mm long.
Fruits 1.5-3.5 cm long, oblong. Cylindrical-Leaf Luisia is found in
South Asia. In India it is found in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
Flowering: March-August.
| Identification credit: Ravee Bhat, Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Tamil Nadu. |
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