| Tiny-Lip Eria |
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| File size | 777447 |
| Original date | 7/23/13 11:36 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 17.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 7.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
| Camera model | SP800UZ |
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Botanical name: Conchidium microchilos Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Eria microchilos, Dendrobium microchilos
Synonyms: Eria microchilos, Dendrobium microchilos
Tiny-Lip Eria is an epiphytic orchid with
pseudobulbs compressed, about 4 mm in diameter, often sheathed. Leaves
are 2 or 3, 2-2.5 x 0.5 cm, inverted-lanceshaped, tip apiculate,
stalkless. Flowers are borne in zigzag racemes up to 5 cm long, at stem
ends, bracts about 2 mm, long-pointed. Flowers are white, about 6 mm,
sepals lanceshaped, about 5 x 2.5 mm, petals 4 x 2 mm, lanceshaped, lip
3 x 1 mm, base clawed, disc with two linear calli at base, distal end
crenulate. Tiny-Lip Eria is found in Southern Western Ghats.
Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Pradnyavant Mane | Photographed in Matheran, Maharashtra. |
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