| Fly Bearing Malaxis |
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| File size | 101035 |
| Original date | 8/8/12 8:40 AM |
| Resolution | 600 x 450 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Malaxis muscifera Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Microstylis muscifera, Dienia muscifera
Synonyms: Microstylis muscifera, Dienia muscifera
Fly Bearing Malaxis is a terrestrial orchid with
yellowish-green flowers, tiny, very numerous in a very slender rather
lax upright spike 8-25 cm long. Flowers are about 3 mm long, with
lateral sepals curved upwards. Petals are linear, lip erect, nearly
circular, with thick obscure basal lobes and narrow lanceshaped top.
Leaves are broad stalkless, paired unequal, elliptic, 2.5-6.5 cm long,
arising from the base of the stem. Stem is 15-38 cm tall, pseudobulbs
ovoid. Fly Bearing Malaxis is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan
to SE Tibet, at altitudes of 2500-4000 m. Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Pankaj Kumar, Khyanjeet Gogoi, Rajesh Sachdev | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |
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