| Spiked Shade Ginger |
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| File size | 687023 |
| Original date | 8/9/10 2:37 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-H7 |
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Botanical name: Cautleya spicata Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Roscoea spicata
Synonyms: Roscoea spicata
Spiked Shade Ginger is an attractive ginger found in the Himalayas, from
Himachal Pradesh to Sikkim, at altitudes of 1800-2800. Flowers are yellow,
few or many, crowded in an erect spike, 13-23 cm long, at the top of the
stem. The yellow flowers are covered with dark red bracts, as long as the
sepal tube. Leaves are narrow-elliptic, 13-25 cm long, 5-8 cm broad. The
plant grows up to 1-2 ft tall. It sometimes grows on another plant as an
epiphyte. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Ninad Raut | Photographed in Tehri Distt. Uttrakhand. |
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