| Long-Leaf Diplocentrum |
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| Original date | 6/1/13 10:35 AM |
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| Focal length | 39.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
| Focus Distance | 0.3m |
| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 1000D |
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Botanical name: Diplocentrum recurvum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Diplocentrum longifolium
Synonyms: Diplocentrum longifolium
Long-Leaf Diplocentrum is an orchid growing on
trees, with stem 6-8 cm long. Leaves are linear, 15-20 x 0.4 cm,
keeled, or nearly round in cross-section, blunt, mucronate. Flower are
pink, in branched 25-35 cm long racemes. Dorsal sepal is 3 x 1.1 mm,
inverted-lanceshaped, bimucronate, 3-veined. Lateral sepals are 4 x 2
mm, curved oblong, lanceshaped, blunt, 3-veined. Petals are 3 x 1.5 mm,
oblong-lanceolate, somewhat pointed, 3-veined, lip 6.9 x 3 mm,
oblong-lanceshaped, blunt, 7-veined, with 2 collateral spurs. Disc has
a fleshy ridge, forking at tip. Long-Leaf Diplocentrum is found in
south India and Sri Lanka.
Identification credit: Siddarth Machado
| Photographed at Skandagiri Hills, Chikballapur District, Karnataka. |