| Deccan Dendrobium |
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| Original date | 8/16/15 10:06 AM |
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| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 14.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dendrobium heyneanum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Callista heyneana
Synonyms: Callista heyneana
Deccan Dendrobium is an orchid growing on trees, with stem
15-20 cm long. It is named for Dr B Heyne, German botanist and
traveller. Leaves are 8-10 x 0.6-0.8 cm, linear, pointed, stalkless,
sheathed at base. Flowers are white or pinkish-white, in 8-10 cm long,
10-12 flowered, slender in leaf-axils or at branch-ends racemes.
Flower-stalk is 7 mm; dorsal sepal 9 x 2 mm, oblong-lanceshaped;
pointed, 5-veined; lateral sepals 9 x 2.5 x 3 mm, obliquely
ovate-lanceshaped, pointed, 5-veined; petals 9.5 x 1-1.5 mm,
inverted-lanceshaped-linear, pointed, 3-veined; lip 12.5 x 4-6.5 mm,
obovate, side lobes oblong-lanceshaped, pointed; midlobe, ovate,
subpointed, apiculate, margins toothed; disc with a fleshy callus.
Deccan Dendrobium is found in Peninsular India. Flowering:
August-November.
| Identification credit: Ravee Bhat | Photographed in Mudigere, Karnataka. |
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