| Tiny-Flower Herminium |
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| File size | 209363 |
| Original date | 7/27/07 3:54 PM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/2500s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D70 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Herminium elisabethae Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Habenaria elisabethae, Peristylus elisabethae
Synonyms: Habenaria elisabethae, Peristylus elisabethae
Tiny-Flower Herminium is a terrestrial orchid with oval or ovoid tubers, long 1.5 - 2 cm, 1-1.5 cm in diameter. Stems are erect. Leaves are oval,
lanceshaped or linear-lanceshaped, 4.5-12 cm long, width 7-20 mm, tip
pointed or gradually narrow pointed. Tiny flowers are borne in a
many-flowered raceme, 2.5-14 cm long. Tiny-Flower Herminium is found in
the Himalayas, Kumaon to Sikkim, at altitudes of 2900-3200 m.
Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand. |
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