| Pretty Eulophia |
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| File size | 158915 |
| Original date | 9/6/17 5:05 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 100.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 7D |
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Botanical name: Eulophia pulchra Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Eulophia versicolor, Eulophia rouxii, Eulophia striata
Synonyms: Eulophia versicolor, Eulophia rouxii, Eulophia striata
Pretty Eulophia is a terrestrial orchid, 60-70 cm
tall. Pseudobulbs are mostly above ground. Leaves are 2-4, distinctly
stalked, 30-80 cm long, lanceshaped to inverted-lanceshaped, pleated.
Flowers are borne in fairly densely many-flowered; clusters, with
bracts 10-25 mm long, linear. Flowers are yellow to pale green with
purple markings on the side lobes of the lip and an orange callus. Lip
is 3-lobed but appearing 4-lobed when flattened, 7 mm long and 18 mm
wide. Spur 3-4 mm long, spherical. Pretty Eulophia is found in
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; E Africa, Australia, Madagascar,
Mascarene Islands, Pacific islands.
| Identification credit: P.S. Sivaprasad | Photographed in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
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