| Maharashtra Dipcadi |
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| File size | 81199 |
| Original date | 8/28/05 8:11 AM |
| Resolution | 760 x 570 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S2 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Dipcadi ursulae Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Synonyms: Ornithogalum ursulae, Dipcadi ursulae var. ursulae
Synonyms: Ornithogalum ursulae, Dipcadi ursulae var. ursulae
Maharashtra Dipcadi is a plant with a basal rosette of
linear leaves. Leaves are 4-5, leathery, 15-30 cm long, up to 7 mm broad,
linear, pleated, grass-green.
It is seen most spectacularly on the Kaas plateau. Flowers are borne on a
15-30 cm tall, leafless flowering-stem. Flowers
are 1-1.5 cm. Tepals are unequal. Flower stalks are stout. Filaments
are not adnate wholly to flower tube. Bracts are much longer than
flower-stalks. Bracts are long pointed, scarious( Not coriaceous).
Maharashtra Dipcadi is endemic to Maharashtra.
| Identification credit: Satish Phadke | Photographed at Kaas plateau, Maharashtra. |
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