| Pointed-Petal Wax Flower |
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| File size | 526784 |
| Original date | 5/31/19 11:40 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 181.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Hoya arnottiana Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Pointed-Petal Wax Flower is a tall climbing shrub, quite
hairless. It is named for George Arnold Walker-Arnott, 19th century
Scottish botanist. Leaves are variable, 7.5-20 by 5-10 cm, elliptic or
lanceshaped, pointed or tapering, leathery, hairless; nerves prominent;
leaf-stalk 1.2-2.5 cm long. Flower-cluster-stalks are stout,
flower-stalks about 2.5 cm. Sepals are broadly ovate-blunt. Flowers are
hairless within, 1.8-2 cm across, petals spreading, somewhat-pointed.
Coronal processes are large, exceeding the tube. Follicles are 10-13 cm
long. Pointed-Petal Wax Flower is found in Eastern Himalaya, NE-India,
Darjeeling, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Bangladesh and Indo-China.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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