| Keeled Acampe |
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| File size | 218166 |
| Original date | 10/28/06 4:46 PM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| 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: Acampe carinata Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Acampe papillosa var. flava, Gastrochilus carinatus
Synonyms: Acampe papillosa var. flava, Gastrochilus carinatus
Keeled Acampe is an orchid found growing on trees,
with stem curved, up to 45 cm long, roots twisted, prominent. Leaves
are 15-20 x 1.5 cm, blunt, often entire or slightly notched with a
mucro. Flowers are borne in corymb-like racemes, up to 4 cm long.
Flowers are 8 mm in diameter, sepals and petals nearly equal, each with
pointed tips. Lip is larger than the sepals; lip ovate or ovate-oblong,
margin entire, the upper surface wholly covered with hairs. Keeled
Acampe is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand; Cambodia, Laos and
Vietnam.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in cultivation in Dehradoon, Uttarakhand. |
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