| Mysore Bulb-Leaf Orchid |
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| Original date | 7/31/16 8:19 AM |
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| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bulbophyllum mysorense Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Cirrhopetalum mysorense
Synonyms: Cirrhopetalum mysorense
Mysore Bulb-Leaf Orchid is a mini-miniature sized, warm
to cool growing orchid, found growing on trees, with a stout rhizome
with 2-3 cm between each ovoid pseudobulb. Pseudobulb are 2 x 1.5 cm.
Leaves are solitary, 6-7.5 x 1-1.5 cm, linear-oblong, base nearly
pointed; leaf-stalk 1 cm long, blunt, notched at tip. Flowers are 3-4,
white, borne in about 5 cm long umbel from the base of pseudobulb.
Bracts are 4 x 1 mm, lanceshaped, tapering, 1-veined; dorsal sepal 14 x
3.5 mm, lanceshaped, tapering, 5-veined; lateral sepals 16 x 3 mm,
lanceshaped, long-tapering, 5-veined; petals 4.8 x 3.6 mm, elliptic,
linear-lanceshaped, pointed, 3-veined; lip 3 x 1 mm, oblong, pointed,
curved. Mysore Bulb-Leaf Orchid is endemic to Southern Western Ghats.
Flowering: June-September.
| Identification credit: Ravee Bhat, Anurag Sharma | Photographed at Chikamagalur, Karnataka. |
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