| Grand Cobra Lily |
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| File size | 519990 |
| Original date | 4/21/14 10:02 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 33.38mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-HX300 |
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Botanical name: Arisaema speciosum Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Synonyms: Arisaema eminens, Arisaema speciosum var. speciosum
Synonyms: Arisaema eminens, Arisaema speciosum var. speciosum
Grand Cobra Lily is a very showy Cobra lily from
Eastern Himalayas. Spathe is up to 20 cm long, dark black-purple and
longitudinally striped towards the base with white, with a broadly
lanceshaped curved blade narrowed to the tip. Spadix appendage is dark
purple, thickened curved and white at the base, and with very long
thread-like tail 20-80 cm. The plant can also be distinguished by its
distinctly stalked unequal elliptic leaflets up to a foot long, with
red margins, and its mottled dark purple leaf-stalk up to 40 cm, or
more. Grand Cobra Lily is native to the Eastern Himalayan region from
Nepal through Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling to Bhutan, Southern
Tibet, Northern Myanmar and Yunnan, China, at elevation of 2000-3500 m.
| Identification credit: Anjana Pradhan | Photographed in Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary, Sikkim. |
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