| Sikkim Nephelaphyllum |
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| File size | 120740 |
| Original date | 6/29/22 3:15 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 20.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7500 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Nephelaphyllum pulchrum var. sikkimense Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Nephelaphyllum sikkimensis
Synonyms: Nephelaphyllum sikkimensis
Sikkim Nephelaphyllum is a miniature sized,
terrestrial orchid occuring with a creeping, fleshy rhizome carrying
closely spaced, fleshy, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single,
apical, erect, ovate-triangular to heart-shaped, pointed to blunt,
variegated dark and light green, flushed with purple leaves. The plany
blooms in the spring and summer on an erect, 10-25 cm long, very
densely several (3 to 7) flowered, raceme, with the flowers held in an
apical head. Flowers are about 2.5 cm, sepals 1.8 cm to the tip of the
spur. Sepals and petals are white or purplish, spotted with pink, and a
white lip with yellow ridges. Sikkim Nephelaphyllum is found in East
Himalaya, at altitudes of 300-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Sessa, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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