| Large-Leaf Dark-Flower |
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| File size | 240801 |
| Original date | 3/10/20 11:54 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX B700 |
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Botanical name: Peliosanthes macrophylla var. macrophylla Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Large-Leaf Dark-Flower is an evergreen, perennial
herb, 2-3 ft tall. The genus name Peliosanthes comes from the
Greek pelios, meaning dusky or purple, and anthos,
meaning flower. Flowers are dark colored, with tepals 5.5-6.5 x 3-4 mm.
Staminal corona is about 2 mm tall, 4-6 mm diameter, internally almost
vertical with no particular inward protrusion, gradually thinning
upwards, apical opening 2-4 mm diameter. Stem is 1-2 cm in diameter.
Flowering stem, including flower-cluster-stalk and inflorescence axis,
is up to 35 cm tall; flower-cluster-stalk 5-16.5 cm long, 2-5 mm thick,
inflorescence axis up to 18 cm long. Leaves are 2-4, narrow-elliptic,
20-40 x 6-12 cm. Large-Leaf Dark-Flower is found in E Nepal, Bhutan, NE
India, growing in rock crevices along stream sides in dry evergreen
forest at an elevation of about 400 m. Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Dipankar Borah | Photographed in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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