| Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip |
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| File size | 1037808 |
| Original date | 10/11/08 12:03 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 11.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/253s |
| Aperture | 3.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Rhynchoglossum obliquum Family: Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family)
Synonyms: Loxotis obliqua, Rhynchoglossum obliquum var. parviflora
Synonyms: Loxotis obliqua, Rhynchoglossum obliquum var. parviflora
Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip is a small plant,
5-50 cm tall. Flowers are small,
blue-white with a cylindrical tube constricted at the mouth. Flowers are
two-lipped, with upper lipped divided into two and the lower one longer,
3-lobed with the outer lobes curved. Flowers are borne in spikes up to 12
cm long, but often much smaller. Flowers are 8-10 mm long, sepal cup 3-4
mm long, enlarging to 8 mm in fruit, and covering the capsule. Alternately
arranged leaves, 4-10 cm long, are elliptic long-pointed, with highly
asymmetric heart-shaped bases. Leaves are long stalked.
Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip is found in the forests and shady banks of
the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to NE India and Burma. It is also found in
the Western Ghats. Flowering: September-November.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé | Photographed in Maram, Manipur, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand & Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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