| Densely-Flowered Malaxis |
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| File size | 280759 |
| Original date | 7/14/17 3:25 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 9.0 |
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| Metering Mode | $meteringMode |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 600D |
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Botanical name: Malaxis densiflora Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Liparis densiflora, Microstylis densiflora, Seidenfia densiflora
Synonyms: Liparis densiflora, Microstylis densiflora, Seidenfia densiflora
Densely-Flowered Malaxis is a terrestrial orchid with
pseudo-bulbs. Leaves are 2-3, ovate-lanceshaped to elliptic, pleated,
4-15 x 1-3 cm, base sheathing, tip pointed. Flowers are borne in dense
racemes 6-25 cm long; bracts lanceshaped. Flowers are dense, reddish,
small, not resupinate. Dorsal sepal lanceshaped, deflexed. Lateral
sepals obliquely oblong, deflexed. Lateral petals linear-lanceshaped,
margins curved, held like horns. Lip is rhomboid cut like comb, 1-3-
lobed, mid-lobe shorter than laterals; anthers 2-celled, pollinia 4, in
pairs. Densely-Flowered Malaxis is found in Peninsular India and Sri
Lanka. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: S. Jeevith | Photographed in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. |
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