| Pleated Leaf Nervillia |
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| File size | 70949 |
| Original date | 6/17/12 5:05 PM |
| Resolution | 600 x 450 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Nervilia plicata Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Nervilia discolor, Nervilia purpurea, Nervilia biflora
Synonyms: Nervilia discolor, Nervilia purpurea, Nervilia biflora
Pleated Leaf Nervillia is a terrestrial orchid
characterised by a single leaf appearing after the flowering stem,
prostrate, dark green, mottled with purplish-brown, purplish underside,
shortly stalks. Stalks are up to 1-2 cm long; blade kidney-shaped or.
round with a heart-shaped base, 7-12 cm in diameter, margin entire or
very inconspicuously wavy, remotely ciliate, nerves fan-like, scattered
ciliate.Flowering stem is 8-15 cm tall, with 3-4 tubular sheaths and
1-3 flowers. Bracts are very small, ovate, shorter or equalling the
pedical of ovary. Sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading, narrowly
lanceshaped, green. Lip is ovate when spread out, lower part whitish or
rose-coloured, embracing the column, with thickened yellow midrib, apex
pale violet, minutely emarginate. Column is narrowed in lower half.
Ovary and flower-stalks are ridged. Pleated Leaf Nervillia is found in
the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Sikkim and Bengal, at elevations of
200-1000 m. Flowering: May-June.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Pankaj Kumar | Photographed enroute to Peb fort, Matheran region, Maharashtra. |
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