| Straw-Colored Smithsonia |
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| File size | 182420 |
| Original date | 5/12/15 11:46 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Smithsonia straminea Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Loxoma straminea
Synonyms: Loxoma straminea
Straw-Colored Smithsonia is a miniature sized
orchid growing on trees that blooms on a short, few flowered
inflorescence. Leaves are oblong, unequally lobed at tip, to 4 x 0.6
cm. Flower racemes are up to 1.5 cm long. Flowers are up to 5, pale
yellow. Sepals are 3 x 1 mm, dorsal, ovate-pointed concave, laterals
obovate-pointed. Lip is white, 2.5 x 1 mm, mid-lobe with short lateral
wings, spur purple, 1.5 mm long. Straw-Colored Smithsonia is found in
Southern Western Ghats. Flowering: May-June.
| Identification credit: Ravee Bhat | Photographed in Hebri, Karnataka. |
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