| Deccan Vanilla |
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| File size | 293446 |
| Original date | 2/28/26 11:02 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 105.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D750 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Vanilla wightii Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Vanilla wightiana
Synonyms: Vanilla wightiana
Deccan Vanilla is a rare, leafless climbing
tree-dwelling orchid, rooting from nodes. Scaly bracts are 0.5-1 cm
long, lanceshaped, falling off. Stem is green, 5-7 mm diameter,
internodes 10-15 cm long. Flowers are borne in leaf-axils, in short
racemes. Flowers are 3 cm across, creamy. Sepals and petals are 2.5-3
cm long, 1 cm wide. Lip is 2-2.5 cm long, clawed at base embracing the
column in a tube, dialated to a 3-lobed limb; side lobes small;
mid-lobe densely covered with tile-shaped scales. Flower-stalk with
ovary is 2.5-3 cm long. Flower-cluster-stalks are 1.5-2 cm long;
floral bracts 0.2-0.3 cm diameter, round. Deccan Vanilla is native to
Southern Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Joseph Thomas | Photographed in Vazhachal, Kerala. |
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