| Yellow-Spike Oberonia |
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| File size | 543347 |
| Original date | 7/18/10 2:03 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 14.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Oberonia prainiana Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Oberonia brunnescens
Synonyms: Oberonia brunnescens
Yellow-Spike Oberonia is a small epiphytic orchid with a short, pendant stem.
The species name is in honor of Sir David Prain, English Botanist in India
in 1800's. Leaves are non-jointed, oblong-ovate, pointed, compressed.
Flowers are borne in a verticilliate, cylindrical, 11 cm long,
many-flowered inflorescence. Floral bracts are oblong-lanceshaped,
long-pointed, subentire to irregularly toothed, sparsely gland-dotted.
Yellow-Spike Oberonia is known to be found in the Eastern Himalayas, Assam,
Thailand, Malaysia and Java at elevations of 500-1500 m. The specimen here
was found in Uttaranchal.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Gori Valley, Uttarakhand. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,