| Forest Ghost Flower |
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| File size | 100859 |
| Original date | 9/2/10 10:06 AM |
| Resolution | 2592 x 1944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/20s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Aeginetia indica Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Native to India, Forest Ghost Flower is a gregarious root parasite seen
on shaded forest floor during monsoon.
Leafless flowers are in one group, red purple or even white
2-4 cm, solitary on a slender erect scape 15-25 cm tall. Flowers have a
curious shape - the sepal tube 2-4 cm long, and is split, from which emerges a
rosy pink flowers tube. They look like rose-buds in brownish holders, which,
literally is what the Marathi name, Gulabdani means.
Occurs on forest floor covered with decayed leaves.
Forest Ghost Flower is found in Tropical & Subtropical Asia. In India
it is found in the Western Ghats and East Himalaya.
| Identification credit: Pravin Kawale | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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