| Yellow Swan Flower |
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| File size | 263333 |
| Original date | 6/23/11 11:56 AM |
| Resolution | 1280 x 960 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 108.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Globba racemosa Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Yellow Swan Flower is a beautiful wildflower in
ginger family. Slender orange-yellow flowers are born in lax clusters,
10-20 cm long. Flowers are tubular with 3 petals. Flower-tube is about
1-1.5 cm, petals reflexed, about 5 mm. Lateral staminodes are lanceshaped,
equaling the petals. Lip is reflexed, inverted-wedge-shaped, about 7 mm,
tip 2-cleft. Sepal-cup is top-shaped, 4-5 mm.
Fertile is stamen is single, 1-1.2 cm, looking like a
swan's neck. It is a slender plant, usually 2-3 ft tall. Leaves are
lanceshaped, long pointed, stalkless, 15-20 cm long, 3-6 cm wide,
sometimes slightly velvety beneath. Yellow Swan Flower is found in
Eastern Himalayas.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed on the Bagdogra-Gangtok route, West Bengal. |
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