| Pink Shield-Leaf Begonia |
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| File size | 529418 |
| Original date | 4/24/19 1:56 PM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 11.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/30s |
| Aperture | 5.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX B700 |
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Botanical name: Begonia josephi Family: Begoniaceae (Begonia family)
Pink Shield-Leaf Begonia is recognized by its leaves where
the leaf-stalk attaches to the underside of the leaf-blade, and not the
edge. Flowers are rather small 1-1.5 cm across, rose-colored, several
borne in branched clusters on leafless stems to 30 cm. Male flowers
with the two larger outer petals soon falling off, female flowers with
1-6 petals. Leaf-blades are ovate-pointed or rounded, up to 15 cm,
3-5-lobed or with numerous pointed toothed lobes, nearly hairless;
leaf-stalk long. Capsules are hairless, with 3 wings, one wing much
longer, up to 2 cm, and with upper margin horizontal. Pink Shield-Leaf Begonia
plant is very variable in size and habit. Pink Shield-Leaf Begonia is found in
Nepal to NE India, S. Tibet and Myanmar, at altitudes up to 2600-2800 m.
Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Momang Taram | Photographed in Pasighat, East-Siang distt, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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