| Yellow-Head Grey Ceropegia |
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| Original date | 8/16/13 10:57 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Ceropegia maccannii Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Ceropegia lawii var. maccannii
Synonyms: Ceropegia lawii var. maccannii
Yellow-Head Grey Ceropegia is an erect perennial herb 3-4
feet tall. Leaves are ovate-lanceshaped, 9-12 x 4-6 cm, hairy above,
hairlsess below. Flowers are small, 1.7-2.3 cm long, borne in clusters of
6-10. Flower-stalks are 6-10 mm, hairy. Calyx is 4-5 mm long, hairy on the
dorsal side. Flowers are white to purplish grey outside, dark purple inside.
Lobes are obovate, 2-3 x 2 mm, pointed at tips, creamy white to yellow outside,
yellowish-orange inside, hairless, fused at tips forming a minute obovate or
obconic head, 2-3 mm in diameter. Outer corona is cup-shaped, 5–lobed, each
with a short notch in the middle or slightly bifid, hairy. Pollen masses yellow.
Seed-pods are in pairs, about 1.5 x 0.5 cm, hairless. Seeds small, comose.
Yellow-Head Grey Ceropegia is endemic to Western Ghats.
Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed at Sihangad fort, Pune, Maharashtra. |
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