| Small Flowered Vanda |
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| File size | 119917 |
| Original date | 4/24/11 9:51 AM |
| Resolution | 1016 x 762 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Vanda testacea Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Vanda parviflora, Aerides testacea, Vanda vitellina
Synonyms: Vanda parviflora, Aerides testacea, Vanda vitellina
Small Flowered Vanda is a miniature sized, warm to hot growing, epiphyte
orchid. It has alternate, linear, recurved leaves. Flowers are borne in a
rather loosely 5-20 flowered inflorescence up to 17 cm long. The
inflorescence is carried on a stout peduncle. Flowers are fragrant. Small
Flowered Vanda is found in Myanamar, Thailand India and Sri Lanka, in dry
broad-leafed forests at elevations of 780-2000 m. The plant blooms in the
spring and early summer.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed in Karnataka. |
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