| Mishmi Hills Nun's Orchid |
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| File size | 227000 |
| Original date | 11/10/08 12:42 PM |
| Resolution | 1756 x 1317 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Phaius mishmensis Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Limatodis mishmensis, Calanthe mishmensis, Calanthe crinita
Synonyms: Limatodis mishmensis, Calanthe mishmensis, Calanthe crinita
Mishmi Hills Nun's Orchid is a terrestrial orchid with fleshy,
narrowly fusiform-cylindric pseudobulbs. It is named after the Mishmi Hills in Arunachal
Pradesh where it was probably first found. The pseudobulbs carry 6 to 8, apical,
plicate, alternate, elliptic-lanceshaped to oblong-ovate, pointed ot long
pointed leaves. The plant blooms in the fall on a 1-2 ft long, racemose,
laxly flowered inflorescence which is shorter or as long as the leaves.
Inflorescence has lance-shaped bracts and the flowers do not open fully.
Mishmi Hills Nun's Orchid is found growing on rocky substrate in the humid
forest of eastern Himalayas in NE India and SE Asia, at elevations of 500-
2000 m.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Mizoram. |
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