| Plantain Calanthe |
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| File size | 55459 |
| Original date | 3/27/11 1:42 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/19s |
| Aperture | 3.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E2100 |
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Botanical name: Calanthe plantaginea Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Plantain Calanthe is a terrestrial orchid with pale-pink, lilac or white,
sweet-scented flowers. Flowers are many, borne on a stout stem longer than
the leaves. Flowers are about 3 cm across, spuir long and very slender,
horizontal. Lip is 3-lobed, lateral lobes broadly obovate, the mid-lobed
boadly wedge-shaped, with three small orange ridges near the base. Sepals
and petals are lanceshaped, pointed. Leaves are several, elliptic-
lanceshaped, 20-30 cm, enlarging in fruit. Plantain Calanthe is found in
the Himalayas, from Pakistan to SW China, at altitudes of 1500-2100 m.
Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,