| Heart-Shaped Short-Helmet Orchid |
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| File size | 287318 |
| Original date | 7/12/06 3:08 AM |
| Resolution | 1536 x 1152 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 12.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/120s |
| Aperture | 12.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX S6 |
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Botanical name: Brachycorythis obcordata Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Gymnadenia obcordata, Habenaria obcordata, Platanthera obcordata
Synonyms: Gymnadenia obcordata, Habenaria obcordata, Platanthera obcordata
Heart-Shaped Short-Helmet Orchid is a small sized, warm to cool growing
terrestrial orchid with a round to oblong tuber. Stem is slender, usually
stained with purple. Leaves are oblong, lanceshaped to elliptic-
lanceshaped, stalkless, blunt to pointed. The plant blooms in the summer
on a 2-6 inches long, laxy 12-15 flowered, raceme-like inflorescence.
Flowers are pink with a prominent inverted-heart-shaped lip. Heart-Shaped Short-Helmet
Orchid is found in the western Himalayas, eastern Himalayas,
Nepal, Assam, at elevations of 1400-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
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