| Eria-Flower Dendrobium |
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| Original date | 7/30/22 10:49 AM |
| Resolution | 4000 x 1800 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.74mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1348s |
| Aperture | 1.79 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Xiaomi |
| Camera model | Redmi Note 10 Lite |
| Sensor type | MonochromeArea |
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Botanical name: Dendrobium eriiflorum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Callista eriiflora
Synonyms: Callista eriiflora
Eria-Flower Dendrobium is a small sized, tree-dwelling
orchid light with clustered yellow stems, fleshy at the base, narrowed
above, enveloped by loose sheaths. The stems carry up to 9, deciduous,
oblong or lanceshaped, blunt leaves. The plant blooms in the late
summer and fall on an erect to arching, 4-8 cm long, laxly 7-10
flowered inflorescence with upside down flowers that open
simultaneously. Flowers are crescent-shaped or boat-shaped in bud,
0.8-2 cm across; sepals, petals and lip greenish-cream, lip and column
spotted, flushed or striped with purple; flower-stalk and ovary
slender, hairless, 5-7 mm long. Sepals are similar, 3-veined. Petals
are linear, pointed, 3-veined, 0.6-1.1 x 0.1-0.15 cm. Lip is curved,
stalkless, 3-lobed, 5-8 x 4.5-5 mm. Column is held at right-angles to
foot, 2-3.5 mm long (without foot); foot 4-6.5mm long; margins of
anther cap minutely toothed. Eria-Flower Dendrobium is found in the
Himalayas to Indo-China, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Islands, at altitudes of
800-2000 m.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Manipur. |
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