| Rose-Spotted Bulb-Leaf Orchid |
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| File size | 92259 |
| Original date | 10/7/17 2:31 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 18.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bulbophyllum roseopictum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Bulbophyllum bicolor, Ione bicolor, Dipodium khasyanum, Sunipia bicolor
Synonyms: Bulbophyllum bicolor, Ione bicolor, Dipodium khasyanum, Sunipia bicolor
Rose-Spotted Bulb-Leaf Orchid is a miniature sized
tree-dwelling and sometimes rock-dwelling orchid. The orchid has a
branching rhizome with 1.5-3.2 cm between each inverted-pear-shaped to
flask-shaped, apically narrowing, broad based pseudobulb carrying a
single, apical, linear-oblong, obliquely notched leaf which is strongly
keeled beneath, gradually narrowing below into the stalked base. The
plant blooms in the summer and fall on a basal, erect, 5 cm long, thin,
1-8 flowered inflorescence with tubular, nearly pointed basal sheaths
and lanceshaped, pointed floral bracts. The flowers, looking downwards,
face in all directions and are held at leaf length. Flowers are thinly
textured; sepals and petals whitish with purplish red stripes; lip
purple-red. Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceshaped, 8-10 x about 2.5 mm,
3-veined, lateral sepals similar to dorsal sepal. Petals are ovate or
ovate-oblong, about 3 x 2 mm, 1-veined, tip blunt-rounded; lip
guitar-shaped, about 6 x 3.5 mm. Rose-Spotted Bulb-Leaf Orchid is
found in Nepal to NE India, China and N. Indo-China. Flowering:
July-November.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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