| Single-Flowered Butterfly Orchid |
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| File size | 62088 |
| Original date | 9/9/22 10:15 AM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 16.0 |
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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: Papilionanthe uniflora Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Aerides uniflora, Luisia uniflora, Mesoclastes uniflora
Synonyms: Aerides uniflora, Luisia uniflora, Mesoclastes uniflora
Single-Flowered Butterfly Orchid is a large sized,
terrestrial orchid with a branched stem enveloped by leaf bearing
sheaths carrying erect, round, weakly curved, pointed, jointed leaves.
Leaves are round in cross-section, 6-17 cm x 0.2-0.4 cm, tapering. The
plant blooms in the summer and fall on an in leaf-axils, basally
sheathed, successively single, several flowered inflorescence with an
ovate floral bract. Flowers are white, scented. Dorsal sepal is about
2.4 x 1.1 cm. Lateral sepals are about 2.4 x 1.1 cm, mentum purplish
white, about 1.2 cm long. Ovary is about 4.2 cm long, ridged, green at
base, dark purple at tip. Petals are twisted, about 2.4 x 2 cm, spur
about 1.7 cm long, purplish violet at tip, Column is about 4 mm across,
foot about 6 mm long. Single-Flowered Butterfly Orchid is found in West
Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,
Bhutan, Nepal, at altitudes of 1600 to 2400 m.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Sangthi, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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