| Sikkim Orchid Ginger |
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| File size | 80785 |
| Original date | 7/6/22 2:58 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 533 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 100.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 7D Mark II |
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Botanical name: Caulokaempferia sikkimensis Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Kaempferia sikkimensis, Monolophus sikkimensis
Synonyms: Kaempferia sikkimensis, Monolophus sikkimensis
Sikkim Orchid Ginger is a perennial herb with stems
slender 5-10 cm long. Leaves are up to 5-8 cm long, 1.2-2.5 cm broad,
stalkless, lanceshaped, tapering. Flowers are borne solitary, with the
base hidden in the sheath of uppermost leaf. Bracts are green, 1.2 cm
long. Flower-tube is slender, twice as long as the bract, 2.5 cm long.
Segments are 8 mm long, linear-oblong, dark lilac, staminodes white,
circular narrowed, lip circular, white, entire. Sikkim Orchid Ginger is
found in E. Himalaya, NE India.
| Identification credit: Saroj Kasaju | Photographed in Upper Samdong, East Sikkim. |
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