| Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid |
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| File size | 130898 |
| Original date | 4/30/16 4:05 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 100.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 600D |
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Botanical name: Gastrochilus acaulis Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Gastrochilus nilagiricus, Gastrochilus pulchellus, Vanda pulchella
Synonyms: Gastrochilus nilagiricus, Gastrochilus pulchellus, Vanda pulchella
Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid is an orchid growing on trees.
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generic name Gastrochilus means ‘belly lip’. This name was
coined by the Scottish botanist David Don in 1825 due to the fact the
lip looks blown up like a beer belly.
Stem is 2 cm high. Leaves are 4-10 x 1 cm, oblong, obliquely cut into
two at tip. Flowers are yellow, on 2 cm long, stout, lateral raceme;
dorsal sepal 8 x 3.5 mm, obovate, blunt; lateral sepals 7.5 x 4 mm,
elliptic, blunt. Petals are 7 x 3.5, obovate; lip 7 x 8 mm, deeply
saccate; epichile triangular, margins toothed with few papillae near
centre. Nilgiri Belly-Lip Orchid is found in Southern India and Sri Lanka.
Flowering: October-November \.
| Identification credit: Ravee Bhat, Srikanth Parthasarathy | Photographed in Mudigere, Karnataka. |
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