| Rigid Bulb-Leaf Orchid |
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| File size | 247786 |
| Original date | 8/24/22 11:34 AM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 22.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7500 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bulbophyllum rigidum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Rigid Bulb-Leaf Orchid is a small sized,
tree-dwelling orchid with a rhizome enveloped by fibrous sheaths and
giving rise to a single, apical, ovate-elliptic, somewhat pointed to
blunt leaf which narrows basally into the stalked base. The plant
blooms in the summer on a basal from the rhizome, erect then to
arcuate, stout, 10-20 cm long, raceme-like, 7-20 flowered inflorescence
with the non-inverted flowers appearing in a helix pattern and held
close to the inflorescence. Flowers are small, greenish. Rigid
Bulb-Leaf Orchid is found in East Himalaya, from Nepal to NE India.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Nechiphu, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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