| Yellow Himalayan Ceropegia |
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| File size | 495207 |
| Original date | 6/27/11 5:50 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/8s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ceropegia pubescens Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Yellow Himalayan Ceropegia is a herbaceous, twiner,
up to 1 m long. Flowers are yellow, 5-5.5 cm - tube 3-3.5 cm, base
slightly inflated, throat 3-5 mm in diameter, narrower than base.
Petals are linear, 2-2.5 cm, basal about 1 cm orange-yellow, wider and
strongly revolute, tip part purple. Inner lobes linear, much longer.
Leaf-stalks are 3-4.5 cm, hairy. Leaves ovate or rarely oblong, 4-15 ×
1-6 cm, membranous, adaxially villous, base rounded, tip long pointed.
Lateral veins are abouit 5 pairs. Inflorescences are shorter than
leaves, about 8-flowered, carried on a stalk about 2.5 cm long. Flower
stalks are about 1 cm, puberulent. Sepals lanceshaped, about 1.5 × 0.5
cm. Follicles are narrowly fusiform, about 13 cm × 2 mm. Flowering:
June-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
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