| Dotted Bulb-Leaf Orchid |
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| File size | 92406 |
| Original date | 11/13/16 12:41 AM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, auto |
| Focal length | 18.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bulbophyllum kingii Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Phyllorkis kingii, Acrochaene punctata, Monomeria punctata
Synonyms: Phyllorkis kingii, Acrochaene punctata, Monomeria punctata
Dotted Bulb-Leaf Orchid is a small sized,
tree-dwelling orchid with a stout woody rhizome with 3-4.5 cm between
each ovoid to spherical, rugose pseudobulb and carrying a single,
apical, oblong-elliptic, flat to notched leaf which is strongly keeled
below, long stalked. The plant blooms in the fall on stout, pendent,
hairless, 17-28 cm long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with
several, overlapping below, lanceshaped, pointed, wide open sheaths and
ovate-lanceshaped, pointed floral bracts. Flowers are green sprinkled
with red ; bracts 1.2 cm; flowers 2.5 cm in diameter, lip dark green.
Dorsal sepal is ovate, lateral ovate-lanceshaped pointed, petals nearly
as long as the dorsal sepal ovate-oblong fringed with hairs, ears of
the lip deeply toothed, column flat. Dotted Bulb-Leaf Orchid is found
in Eastern Himalayas, Myanmar and Thailand at altitudes of 1300-2200 m.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Sessa, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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