| Pandua Stone Flower |
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| Original date | 8/16/21 9:18 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 35.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX B700 |
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Botanical name: Didymocarpus punduanus Family: Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family)
Synonyms: Roettlera punduana
Synonyms: Roettlera punduana
Pandua Stone Flower is a perennial herb with stem
20.3-25.4 cm. It is named for the Pandua region in Bengal. Leaf-stalks
are velvet-hairy, eglandular. Leaves are 3-whorled stalked, 2 stalkless
leaves at the tip. Leaves are shallowly crenulate, heart-shaped, tip
nearly blunt. Flowers are borne in branch-end many-flowered cymes.
Bracts are ovate, nearly hairless. Flowers are about 2.2 cm long,
purple, nearly hairless. Ovary is 0.7-1.3 cm long, hairless. Capsule is
about 4 cm long. Pandua Stone Flower is found in Nepal to East
Himalaya, Tibet, Vietnam.
| Identification credit: Momang Taram | Photographed in Arunachal Pradesh. |
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