| Awl-Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid |
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| File size | 202047 |
| Original date | 7/8/22 3:11 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 18.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 22.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7500 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cleisostoma subulatum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Cleisostoma amabile, Cymbidium flavescens, Sarcanthus subulatus
Synonyms: Cleisostoma amabile, Cymbidium flavescens, Sarcanthus subulatus
Awl-Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid is a small to medium
sized, pendant, semi-round leafed, tree-dwelling orchid with, drooping,
short stems with upturned tips carrying thick, fleshy, v-channeled,
rigid tapering leaves. The plant blooms any time of the year on an
unbranched, stiffly pendant, to 10-17 cm long, lightly flecked violet
brown, shorter than the leaves, densely many (up to 40) flowered
raceme with a very shortly triangular floral bract and carries
successive opening flowers. Awl-Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid is is native
to E. Himalaya to SE Asia.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Sessa, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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