| Large-Flower Tainia |
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| File size | 196943 |
| Original date | 4/21/16 1:54 AM |
| Resolution | 928 x 696 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Tainia megalantha Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Mischobulbum megalanthum
Synonyms: Mischobulbum megalanthum
Large-Flower Tainia is a medium to large sized, hot
growing terrestrial orchid with erect, cylindric pseudobulbs carrying a
single, heart-shaped leaf. Leaf is tapering at tip, 5-7 veined, entire
margined, mottled to marbled. The plant blooms in the spring on an
erect, hairless, 12.5-18 cm long, 4-10 flowered inflorescence with 2
basal bracts and spreading, triangular-lanceshaped floral bracts.
Flowers are showy, blackish green with purple veined sepals and petals,
white lip with purple streaks , yellow tinge on column. Petals are
slightly shorter but broaderthan sepals. Lip is about 2 cm long, defled
from middle,folded at end margins to give 3-lobedappearance, 3-keeled
on disc. Column has a long foot. Large-Flower Tainia is found in the
eastern Himalayas in tropical valleys at elevations around 300 m.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Tamdil, Mizoram. |
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