| Threadlike Eria |
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| File size | 423244 |
| Original date | 7/24/13 2:39 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 7.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 8.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
| Camera model | SP800UZ |
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Botanical name: Porpax filiformis Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Conchidium filiforme, Eria filiformis, Eria dalzellii
Synonyms: Conchidium filiforme, Eria filiformis, Eria dalzellii
Threadlike Eria is an epiphytic orchid with
pseudobulbs 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves are 3 or 4, 5-7 x 1 cm,
inverted-lanceshaped, tip blunt with a tiny point. Flowers are borne in
racemes up to 10 cm long. Flowers are greenish-yellow, sepals nearly
similar, lanceshaped, long-pointed, margins with stalked glands,
3-veined. Petals are slightly, narrower than sepals, lip 3 x 1 mm,
sickel-shaped panduriform, minutely papillate. Disc has 2 thick
yellowish orange ridges. Threadlike Eria is found in Western Ghats.
Flowering: September-December.
| Identification credit: Pradnyavant Mane | Photographed in Matheran & Sawantwadi, Maharashtra. |
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