| Doll Orchid |
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| File size | 140369 |
| Original date | 8/26/17 4:04 PM |
| Resolution | 840 x 630 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 7D Mark II |
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Botanical name: Habenaria crinifera Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Habenaria schizochilus, Synmeria crinifera, Synmeria schizochilus
Synonyms: Habenaria schizochilus, Synmeria crinifera, Synmeria schizochilus
Doll Orchid is a rare, medium sized, warm to cool growing
terrestrial orchid with stem 10-30 cm tall. Sometimes it also grows on trees.
Leaves are clustered
towards base of stem, oblong-lanceshaped, pointed or tapering.
Flowering stem is up to 25 cm long. Flowers are white, towards the tip
of flowering stem, looking like hanging dolls. Sepals are 7 x 5 mm,
ovate; petals 7 x 1.5 mm, linear; lip about 2 cm long, clawed, side
lobes cuneiform, sawtoothed, tip thread-like; midlobe flabelliform,
sawtoothed, tip with a tail. Doll Orchid is found in Sri Lanka and
South India
| Identification credit: Avinash Bhagat | Photographed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. |
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