| Simple Twisted Stalk |
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| File size | 356232 |
| Original date | 6/25/11 7:34 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Streptopus simplex Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Looking at this plant from above, it's easy to miss the flowers, which dangle
beneath the stalks. This is a herbaceous plant which can reach 60cm in height.
There are usually two or three branches. The flowers have 6 Regular Parts and
are up to 1.3cm long. Flowers nodding, tepals pink or white,
spotted with purple. The flowers hang below the stem and do not emerge from
the leaf axis as is common. They instead emerge from the stem to the side of
the leaf and curve back under the leaf.
The red fruits of simple twisted-stalk, 5-6 mm in diameter, hang beneath the
plants.
Found in forests, bamboo thickets, hillsides along streams and alpine
grasslands of Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim.
Identification credit: Navendu Pagé
| Photographed in Yumthang Valley, Sikkim. |