| Crawling Bulb-Leaf Orchid |
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| File size | 436339 |
| Original date | 10/7/17 1:08 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 18.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bulbophyllum reptans Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Bulbophyllum clarkei, Bulbophyllum grandiflorum, Phyllorkis reptans
Synonyms: Bulbophyllum clarkei, Bulbophyllum grandiflorum, Phyllorkis reptans
Crawling Bulb-Leaf Orchid is a tree-dwelling as well
as rock-dwelling orchid. Pseudo-bulbs are smooth and
inverted-pear-shaped, small, less than 1.5 long, attached about 3 to 5
cm apart on very thin wiry, branching naked rhizomes. Leaf is single,
linear-oblong, nearly pointed, obliquely notched at the tip, narrowed
at the base to the very short leaf-stalk, 6 to 9 cm long and less than
2 cm in width. Flowering stems are shorter or longer than the leaves,
sometimes in pairs, decurved, the flower-cluster-stalk sheathed at the
base, bracteate, varying length, sometimes shorter in some cases longer
than the laxly flowered raceme. Flowers are yellow with dark purple
veins. The dark lines may sometimes be completely absent. Sepals are
nearly equal, lanceshaped, 3 nerved, spreading, lateral one with
dilated bases. Petals are smaller than the sepals, oblong, blunt, mid
veined. Lip is about as long as the petals, stipitate, oblong, expanded
and grooved at the base. Crawling Bulb-Leaf Orchid is found in NE
India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, China, at altitudes of
1000-2800 m. Flowering: January-October.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar, Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Tale Wildlife Sanctuary & Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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