| Slender Shade Ginger |
 |
|
| File size | 241595 |
| Original date | 6/2/16 11:18 AM |
| Resolution | 1034 x 776 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 49.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 4.9 |
| Focus Distance | |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
 |
 ative |
 |
 |
Photo: |
Botanical name: 
Cautleya gracilis Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Roscoea gracilis, Cautleya lutea
Cautleya gracilis Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)Synonyms: Roscoea gracilis, Cautleya lutea
Slender Shade Ginger is a perennial herb with
pseudostems 25-80 cm, slender. Leaves are 4-6, stalkless, leaf sheath
greenish white or with purple-red spot, ligule about 2 mm, membranous,
tip rounded. Leaves are green above, usually purple or green below,
lanceshaped or oblong-lanceshaped, 6-18 × 1.5-6 cm, hairless, base
rounded or flat, tip with tapring tip which falls off. Flowers are
borne in slender, laxly 2-10-flowered spikes. Rachis is red, slightly
flexuous; bracts green, lanceolate, shorter than calyx. Sepal cup is
purple-red, 1.5-2 cm, deeply split on 1 side, tip minutely toothed.
Flower tube is slightly exserted from sepal cup, petals bright yellow,
lanceshaped, 1.5-2 cm. Lateral staminodes are erect, petal-like. Lip is
obovate, equaling petals, apically 2-cleft to below middle. Filament is
curved, about 2 cm. Capsule is red, around, about 8 mm in diameter.
Seeds are black, angled; aril absent. Slender Shade Ginger is found in
Eastern Himalayas, at altitudes of 900-3100 m. Flowering:
July-September.
| Photographed in Darjeeling. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,