| Stem-Flowering Bulb-Leaf Orchid |
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| File size | 441625 |
| Original date | 6/9/11 6:05 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 200.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
| Focus Distance | 3.2m |
| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 5D Mark II |
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Botanical name: Bulbophyllum cauliflorum var. sikkimense Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Stem-Flowering Bulb-Leaf Orchid is a miniature
sized orchid growing on trees, that has a long, sheathed rhizome
carrying closely spaced, cylindrical, centrally swollen, ribbed,
pseudobulbs. Pseudobulbs are covered on the base by a loose sheath
carring a single elliptic, pointed leaf. Several flowers are borne on a
short, basal inflorescence enveloped mostly by a long-pointed sheath.
Flowers are small, yellowish green. Sepals are free, narrowly
lanceshaped, 0.7-1 cm long. Petals are lanceshaped 5-7 × about 1.2 mm,
entire, long-pointed. Lip is attached to end of column foot by a mobile
joint, lanceshaped, 3-4 mm, grooved at adaxial base, tip long-pointed.
Stem-Flowering Bulb-Leaf Orchid is found in the eastern Himalayas,
Xizang China, Sikkim and Assam at elevations of 600-2000 m. Flowering:
June-July.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh. |
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