| Floating Lace Plant |
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| File size | 95114 |
| Original date | 10/18/08 2:11 PM |
| Resolution | 740 x 555 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Aponogeton natans Family: Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family)
Synonyms: Saururus natans
Synonyms: Saururus natans
Floating Lace Plant is a small aquatic herb found in Sri Lanka and India.
Its leaves are mostly floating, with only the long slender petiole below
the surface of the water. Leaves are narrow-oblong or lance-shaped. Flowers
are borne in dense, narrow spikes. The stalk carrying the spike is 10-45 cm
long. Spike 3-7 cm, usually dense flowered. Floating Lace Plant is a
popular plant in Western countries for use in aquariums.
| Identification credit: Aparna Watve, J.M. Garg, Santhosh | Photographed in near Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh & Hassan, Karnataka. |
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