| Sword-Leaf Habenaria |
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| Original date | 9/7/11 4:49 PM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Habenaria ensifolia Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Habenaria pectinata subsp. ensifolia, Ochyrorchis ensifolia
Synonyms: Habenaria pectinata subsp. ensifolia, Ochyrorchis ensifolia
Sword-Leaf Habenaria is a terrestrial orchid with
stem 60-70 cm tall, robust. Leaves are distributed chiefly towards the
upper portion of the stem, 7-15 cm long, oblong or linear-lanceshaped,
tapering, stem-claspinge at the base, 3-nerved. Greenish flowers are
borne in racemes 10-20 cm long. Flowers are 3-4 cm across. Bracts are
leaf like, linear-lanceshaped, much longer than ovary. Sepals are
unequal, erect, tip recurved; the dorsal 15-20 mm long, lanceshaped,
laterals rather wider, sub-sickle shaped, pointed or apiculate. Petals
are forming a hood with the dorsal sepal, narrowly and sickle shaped
oblong, blunt, pointed or apiculate, pale-green, frilly on outer
margins. Lip is a little longer than sepals, 3-lobed, pale-green,
margin of side lobes are deeply comb-like; mid lobe linear, equal or
shorter then side lobes. Sword-Leaf Habenaria is found in the
HImalayas, from Himachal Pradesh to Arunachal Pradesh, at altitudes of
500-3200 m Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal, Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
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