| Chinese Fairy Bells |
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| Original date | 6/2/18 6:50 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| 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: Disporum cantoniense Family: Colchicaceae (Colchicum family)
Synonyms: Fritillaria cantoniensis
Synonyms: Fritillaria cantoniensis
Chinese Fairy Bells is is an erect plant and has a
clump forming growth form, and can reach a maximum height of 6 ft.
Rhizomes are creeping, thick, without stolon. Stem is usually branched
distally, 50-100 cm. Leaf-stalks are 2-4 mm, leaves ovate-lanceshaped to
narrowly oblong-lanceshaped, 5-12 x 1-5 cm. Inflorescences are borne at
branch ends and pseudolateral, 2-10-flowered. Flower-stalks are 1-4 cm,
usually papillose-scabrous. Flowers are tubular, only slightly opening.
Tepals are greenish to purplish, inverted-lanceshaped, 1.5-2.5 cm x 4-5
mm, base gibbous-spurred, tip pointed and without dense papillae. Spurs
are 2-3 mm. Stamens 0.8-1.5 cm, included. Berries are 0.8-1 cm in
diameter, 2- or 3-seeded. Chinese Fairy Bells is found in the
Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to Arunachal Pradesh, Burma, Thailand and
Vietnam, at altitudes of 1500-3000 m. Flowering: May-July.
| Identification credit: D.S. Rawat | Photographed on Shirui Hill, Ukhrul, Manipur. |
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