| Entire-Lip Lawn Orchid |
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| Original date | 3/17/20 10:25 PM |
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| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 40.0 |
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| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
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Botanical name: Zeuxine lindleyana Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Entire-Lip Lawn Orchid is a terrestrial orchid named
for John Lindley, 18th century British botanist and taxonomist,
professor of botany in London University. It is similar to
Lawn Orchid, but is characterized by an
unlobed ovate-lanceshaped lip, mesochile with wavy margin, pointed
epichile and hypochile without calli. In contrast, Lawn Orchid have
distinctly 3-lobed lip, spoon-shaped or bilobed epichile, and hypochile
with 2 calli. Entire-Lip Lawn Orchid also resembles Zeuxine
membranacea, but can be distinguished by its smaller height, up to 14
cm, ovate-lanceshaped lip and hairless ovary while Z. membranacea is
taller, up to 34 cm, has boat-shaped lip, and velvet-hairy ovary.
Entire-Lip Lawn Orchid is found in East Himalaya, India, Nepal.
Flowering: February-March.
| Identification credit: Ashutosh Sharma | Photographed in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. |
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