| Sivaganga Voodoo Lily |
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| File size | 947640 |
| Original date | 10/18/18 12:50 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 16.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 70D |
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Botanical name: Theriophonum sivaganganum Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Synonyms: Pauella sivagangana
Synonyms: Pauella sivagangana
Sivaganga Voodoo Lily is a stemless herb, with corm
2.5 cm across. It is named after Sivaganga Forest where it was first
found. Leaves are up to 20 x 0.6 cm, oblong, lanceshaped, pointed at
tip; leaf-stalk up to 15 cm long, sheathing at the base. Spadix is up
to 25 cm long, upright, 2 cm at the broadest part. Spathe with narrow
basal part, tip purplish. Female flowers are in a ring at the base,
obovoid; neuter flowers present between the male and female flowers
subulate, upper ones shorter than the basal, male flowers dense.
Sivaganga Voodoo Lily is found in Peninsular India, known only from
South Tamil Nadu. Flowering: November-January.
| Identification credit: C. Rajasekar | Photographed in Narthamalai and Sittanavasal, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. |
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