| Light-Pink Porpax |
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| File size | 127400 |
| Original date | 4/4/23 9:35 AM |
| Resolution | 3264 x 4928 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 16.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Porpax lacei Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Eria lacei, Conchidium lacei
Synonyms: Eria lacei, Conchidium lacei
Light-Pink Porpax is a mini-miniature sized, tree-dwelling
orchid with globular, top-shaped pseudobulbs carrying 2, deciduous,
linear leaves. The plant blooms on 1 to 2, hysteranthous, erect, 1 to 3
flowered inflorescence. Inflorescence is stiff, wiry, 3 cm long,
bearing one to two white flowers at the tip. Sepals and petals are
lanceshaped, petals smaller than the sepals, extended but not fully
spreading. Lip is spoon-shaped with yellow keels bordered by a narrow
streak of red on both sides.
Light-Pink Porpax is found from Assam to northern Thailand, in deciduous
forests at altitudes of 100-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Saroj Kasaju | Photographed in Hmuifang, Mizoram. |
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