| Flat-Stem Eria |
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| File size | 278745 |
| Original date | 7/19/20 3:00 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, auto |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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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: Agrostophyllum planicaule Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Eria planicaulis, Agrostophyllum khasianum, Agrostophyllum hasseltii
Synonyms: Eria planicaulis, Agrostophyllum khasianum, Agrostophyllum hasseltii
Flat-Stem Eria is a lean and weedy orchid with a
fleshy flattened stem, 15-20 cm long, carrying 1 to 2, oblong leaves.
The plant blooms in the late spring and early summer on a
spherical-head-like, densely many flowered, short inflorescence 1.8 cm,
with fibrous-membraneous, lanceshaped, somewhat pointed, brown floral
bracts. Leaves are 10-17 by 1.6-1.8 cm, base contracted. Flowers are 6
mm in diameter. Ovary is blunt-angled not exceeding the pointed linear
bracts, sepals tapering 3-nerved, petals linear-oblong 3-nerved,
epichile kidney-shaped. Flat-Stem Eria is native to East Himalaya to
China and Indo-China.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Tippi, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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