| Golden-Thread Orchid |
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| File size | 1023997 |
| Original date | 2/5/14 5:28 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/8s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
| Focus Distance | 0.15m |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX110 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cymbidium ensifolium Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Cymbidium koran, Cymbidium shimaran
Synonyms: Cymbidium koran, Cymbidium shimaran
Golden-Thread Orchid is a medium sized, cold to
warm growing terrestrial orchid species with small pseudobulbs
enveloped completely by overlapping leaf-bearing sheaths each carrying
3 to 4, strap-shaped, thin, pointed, sometimes variegated leave. The
plat blooms in the fall on a basal, erect, a foot long, raceme-like
flowering stem that has a few to many, 3-9, long-lasting, fragrant
flowers. Golden-Thread Orchid, is found in Japan, China, Vietnam ,
Cambodia, Laos, Hong Kong to Sumatra and Java in evergreen broadleafed
plateau forests in soils dampened by mists and splash along steep
watercourses or on mossy limestone rocks at elevations of sealevel to
1500 m.
Identification credit: Siddarth Machado
| Photographed in Sakleshpur, Karnataka. |