| Small-Flowered Blushwort |
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| File size | 601885 |
| Original date | 9/29/18 12:19 PM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 80.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX B700 |
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Botanical name: Aeschynanthus micranthus Family: Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family)
Synonyms: Aeschynanthus parviflorus, Aeschynanthus guangxiensis
Synonyms: Aeschynanthus parviflorus, Aeschynanthus guangxiensis
Small-Flowered Blushwort is a tree-dwelling hairless
herb, drying purplish. Leaves are 5-10 x 1.2-4 cm,
elliptic-lanceshaped, tapering, fleshy, hairless; base pointed or
rounded; leaf-stalk 5-15 mm long. Flowers are brick red, about 5 cm
long, at branch-ends or lateral in clusters, flower-stalks 1-1.5 cm
long. Sepal-cup is hairless, sepals linear-lanceshaped, 1.2 cm long.
Filaments protrude out. Capsule is 12-15 cm long 6 mm wide, shallowly
channeled. Small-Flowered Blushwort is found in East Himalaya, China
to SE Asia. Flowering: September-October.
| Identification credit: Momang Taram | Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh. |
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