| Orange Kerala Dendrobium |
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| File size | 429733 |
| Original date | 3/4/14 11:04 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Dendrobium jerdonianum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Callista jerdoniana, Callista nutans, Dendrobium nutantiflorum
Synonyms: Callista jerdoniana, Callista nutans, Dendrobium nutantiflorum
Orange Kerala Dendrobium is a rare epiphytic orchid
from Kerala. Flowers are delicate, orange, in leaf opposed
3-4-flowered, short racemes. Petals are 14 x 2-3 mm,
oblong-lanceshaped, pointed, 5-veined, lip 17 x 4.6 mm,
obovate-lanceshaped, 3-lobed, lateral lobes oblong, rounded; midlobe
ovate-lanceshaped, pointed, disc 4-lamellate. Flower-stalks are 1.3 cm
long. Dorsal sepal is 15.5 x 2-3 mm, oblong-lanceshaped, pointed,
5-veined, lateral sepals 13 x 2-3, linear-lanceshaped, pointed,
5-veined. Stem 20-25 cm long, terete, tufted. Leaves 3.5-4 x 0.9-1 cm,
sessile, ovate-lanceolate, obliquely lobed at the tip. Orange Kerala
Dendrobium is found in Western Ghats and Sri Lanka.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Sakleshpur Taluk, Hassan, Karnataka. |
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