| Violet Short-Helmet Orchid |
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| File size | 667615 |
| Original date | 7/31/19 1:11 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 3.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/993s |
| Aperture | 2.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | vivo |
| Camera model | vivo 1714 |
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Botanical name: Brachycorythis iantha Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Habenaria iantha, Phyllomphax iantha, Platanthera iantha
Synonyms: Habenaria iantha, Phyllomphax iantha, Platanthera iantha
Violet Short-Helmet Orchid is an unbranched
terrestrial ocrhid. Leaves are 2.5-3 x 0.9-11 cm, elliptic-oblong,
pointed, 3-nerved, well spaced. Flowers are pink, 1.5 x 1 cm. Dorsal
sepal is 4.5 x 2 mm, ovate-lanceshaped, pointed, 3-veined; lateral
sepals 7 x 2.5 mm, curved, ovate-oblong, pointed, 3-veined. Petals are
5 x 1.5 mm, lanceshaped, obliquely pointed at tip, 1 or 2-veined. Lip
is 1.4 x 1.2 cm, inverted-heart-shaped with a large sinus, sac ovate,
blunt, 2 x 2 mm, biparted. Violet Short-Helmet Orchid is native to
South India. Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: M. Sulaiman | Photographed in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. |
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