| Leafy Habenaria |
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| File size | 541182 |
| Original date | 8/7/11 11:10 AM |
| Resolution | 4000 x 3000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Habenaria foliosa Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Leafy Habenaria is a ground orchid with leaves up to
11 x 2.5 cm, equidistant, elliptic-lanceshaped or inverted-lanceshaped,
with a short sharp point, hairless. Flowering stem is up to 10 cm long,
flowers white, about 5, up to 1.5 cm across. Dorsal sepal is elliptic,
concave 6 x 7 mm; laterals sickle shaped, 1 x 0.5 cm. Petals are
2-partite, lobes linear, upper 7 x 1 m, lower 5 x 1 mm. Lip deeply
3-lobed, lobes linear, minutely warty; midlobe 1.3 x 0.1 cm; side lobes
1 cm long; spur longer than ovary. Leafy Habenaria is native to Western
Ghats. Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Dinesh Valke, Ushaprabha Page | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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