| Odisha Swan Flower |
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| Original date | 6/25/22 10:36 AM |
| Resolution | 3648 x 2736 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Globba orixensis Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Synonyms: Alpinia missionis, Globba orixensis var. pubescens
Synonyms: Alpinia missionis, Globba orixensis var. pubescens
Odisha Swan Flower is an erect, faintly aromatic,
perennial herb. The species name orixensis comes from Orissa
(now Odisha). Flowers are borne in panicles at branch-ends, about 6.5
cm long; bracts lanceshaped, 5-7 x 2-3 mm, falling off.
Flowers are 4-5 cm long, orange-yellow, tube about 1.5 cm long,
slender, 3-lobed; petals nearly equal, 6-8 x about 3 mm, orange-yellow.
Staminodes are 2, about 5 x 2 mm, petal-like,
orange-yellow with deflexed lip; lip narrow, shallowly bifid,
orange-yellow with reddish brown spots at throat. Sepal-cup is
funnel-shaped, 0.5-1 x 0.2-0.3 cm, yellow; teeth minute,
tridendate. Fertile stamen about 2.4 cm long, yellow,
arched; anther 2-celled, oblong, about 2 mm.
Style is linear, 2-2.5 cm long, white. Leaves are simple, alternate,
broadly lanceshaped, 5-7 x 1.5-2 cm, nearly stalkless, wedge-shaped at
base, with a tail at tip, entire,
midrib prominent with 8-15 parallel nerves. Odisha Swan Flower is found
in East Himalaya, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal.
Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: M. Sabu | Photographed in State Orchidarium, Manipur. |
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