| Lovely Dendrobium |
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| File size | 257705 |
| Original date | 6/5/16 11:51 AM |
| Resolution | 1500 x 1125 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dendrobium amoenum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Callista amoena, Dendrobium eggertoniae, Dendrobium mesochlorum
Synonyms: Callista amoena, Dendrobium eggertoniae, Dendrobium mesochlorum
Lovely Dendrobium is a beautiful orchid growing on
trees in the Himalayas. Flowers are borne in pairs from nodes of a
pendulous leafless stem, 30-45 cm long, which in reality is a
pseudobulb. Sepals and petals are white with violet tips, and the lip
is white, yellow towards the middle, with a purple spot near the tip.
Flowers are fragrant, smelling of violets. They are 4 cm across, with a
funnel-shaped lip, with broad inrolled slide-lobes. Lip is minutely
hairy on both sides. Leaves are linear-lanceshaped, 8-10 cm long.
Lovely Dendrobium is found in the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to Bhutan
and Myanmar, at altitudes of 1000-2000 m. Flowering: May-June.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Pelling, Sikkim. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,