| Nilgiri Bulb-Leaf Orchid |
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| File size | 360342 |
| Original date | 12/29/15 12:29 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bulbophyllum sterile Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Epidendrum sterile, Phyllorkis nilgherensis, Bulbophyllum nilgherrense
Synonyms: Epidendrum sterile, Phyllorkis nilgherensis, Bulbophyllum nilgherrense
Nilgiri Bulb-Leaf Orchid is an orchid found growing on
trees, with rhizome creeping, runner-like. Pseudo-bulbs are fleshy,
yellowish-green, 2-3 cm long, conical-ovoid, faintly 4-angled. Leaf is
single, apical, stalkless, 4-12 x 1.5-3 cm, elliptic-oblong, tip blunt,
leathery. Flowers are borne in lateral racemes, 6-10 cm long, sheathing
at base. Flowers are brownish, about 1 cm long, dense; bracts small,
oblong-lanceshaped. Lateral sepals 1 cm long, ovate-tapering; dorsal
sepal about 5 mm long. Petals are small; lateral petals
ovate-triangular, awned. Lip dark red, 3-lobed, spurred at base,
mid-lobe thick, grooved dorsally, fleshy, laterals membranous. Column
short, produced above into 2 teeth. Nilgiri Bulb-Leaf Orchid is found in
Peninsular India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Flowering:
December-January.
| Identification credit: Ravee Bhat | Photographed in Sirsi, Karnataka. |
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