| Heart-shaped Slipper Orchid |
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| File size | 96678 |
| Original date | 6/7/07 4:46 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 10.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/120s |
| Aperture | 11.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | S1 |
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Botanical name: Cypripedium cordigerum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Heart-shaped Slipper Orchid is a terrestrial orchid of open woods and slopes.
Found from Nepal, Bhutan, Northern Pakistan and tibet at elevations of
2100-4000 m in shady wet forests or open glades or under shrubs. It is 22-60
cm tall, with pale yellow sepal and petals with large cream/white pouch.
It has a stem with 2 to 5, elliptic, well spaced leaves and blooms on a 1 or
rarely 2 flowered inflorescence occuring in the summer. It is one of the threatened species in India.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed at Nagtibba, Uttarakhand and elsewhere. |
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