| Tiny Dendrobium |
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| File size | 177096 |
| Original date | 8/2/15 11:00 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dendrobium nanum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Dendrobium mabelae, Callista nana
Synonyms: Dendrobium mabelae, Callista nana
Tiny Dendrobium is a small herb with pseudobulbs
ovoid, covered with basal portion of leaves. Leaves are 3 or 4, 3 x 1.2
cm, lanceshaped-elliptic. Tiny flowers are borne in racemes up to 8 cm.
Flowers are 6-8, pinkish white; bracts 0.5 cm, lanceshaped; sepals up
to 8 mm; mentum to 5 mm; lip tri-lobed, narrowed to a short stalk;
lateral lobes narrow, shortly pectinate; ovary with flower-stalks up to
1 cm. Tiny Dendrobium is endemic to Southern Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Ravee Bhat | Photographed in Chikamagalur, Karnataka. |
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