| White Star Ginger |
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| File size | 678903 |
| Original date | 8/4/18 12:05 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Hedychium stenopetalum Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Hedychium elatum var. orgyale
Synonyms: Hedychium elatum var. orgyale
White Star Ginger is perennial herb with leafy shoots
over 2 m. Leaves are linear lanceshaped to oblong lanceshaped,
tapering, stalkless, 40-70 x 7-15 cm, densely hairy beneath; ligule
1.5-2cm, velvet-hairy. Bracts are markedly diverging, oblong,
convolute, 3.5-5cm, leathery, each subtending 3-5 white flowers. Calyx
is up to 3.5cm, velvet-hairy. Flower tube is 4-4.5 cm; petals broadly
linear, 3 cm. Lateral staminodes are linear lanceshaped, 2 cm. Lip is
oblong-wedge-shaped, bifid with tapering lobes. Stamen are 5-6 cm long.
White Star Ginger is found in Bhutan, NE India to Indo-China.
| Identification credit: M. Sawmliana | Photographed in Ailawng area, Mizoram. |
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