| Dainty Ginger Lily |
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| File size | 123390 |
| Original date | 8/25/09 10:32 AM |
| Resolution | 748 x 561 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 100.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/2000s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 20D |
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Botanical name: Hedychium gracile Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Gandasulium gracile
Synonyms: Gandasulium gracile
Dainty Ginger Lily is an erect herb with leafy
stem 2-3 ft tall with 5-10 cm long dainty spikes of greenish-white
flowers with long red stamens. Bracts are 1.2 cm long green, cylindric,
thin, smooth. Sepal cup is a little longer than the bract. Flower tube
is 2.5 cm long, very slender. White petals are linear, nearly as long
as the tube. Staminodes are very narrow, shorter than the petals. Lip
is 1.2 cm, distinctly clawed. Stamen filament is 2.5 cm long, bright
red, anther linear. Leaves are oblong-lanceshaped, 12.5-15 cm long, 3-5
cm wide, thin, hairless. Capsule is spherical, the size of a pea.
Dainty Ginger Lily is found in eastern Himalayas, from Assam to
Thailand, at altitudes of 1000-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Ganesh Mani Pradhan | Photographed in Kalimpong, West Bengal. |
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