| Purple-Sepal Swan Flower |
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| File size | 721490 |
| Original date | 5/11/16 7:08 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-HX400V |
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Botanical name: Globba radicalis Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Globba purpurea, Globba mantifera, Mantisia radicalis
Synonyms: Globba purpurea, Globba mantifera, Mantisia radicalis
Purple-Sepal Swan Flower is a perennial herb
characterized by flower panicles arising from the root, with most parts
purplish, contrasting with yellow flowers. Panicles are about a foot
tall, including the leafless flowering stem. Bracts are purple, with
flowers arising singly in their axils. Sepal tube is purplish,
club-shaped. Flowers are yellow, with a very narrow tube, the lower
half of which is enclosed in the sepal-tube. Upper half is erect,
making a right angle to the lower part. The petals and long stamens
looking like a swan ready to take off, or a praying-mantis insect.
Leaves are broadly lanceshaped, alternately arranged on the stem, with
numerous veins. Purple-Sepal Swan Flower is found in East Himalaya, NE
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar.
| Identification credit: M. Sawmliana | Photographed in Lunglei, Mizoram. |
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