| Rosy Fox Brush Orchid |
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| File size | 306341 |
| Original date | 5/28/18 6:17 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 2316 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, auto |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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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: Aerides rosea Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Aerides fieldingii, Aerides trigona, Aerides williamsii
Synonyms: Aerides fieldingii, Aerides trigona, Aerides williamsii
Rosy Fox Brush Orchid is a medium to large sized,
tree-dwelling or rock-dwelling orchid with clumping drooping stems
carrying several strap-shaped leaves. The plant blooms in the spring
and summer on a raceme-like or rarely branched, 60 cm long, densly many
(20-25) flowered inflorescence. Flowers are waxy with a fragrance of
lily of the valley flowers. Flowers are white, spotted or tinged with
purplish red, particularly on lip, opening widely; flower-stalk and
ovary 1.2-1.4 cm. Dorsal sepal nearly obovate, about 12 x 7 mm, tip
blunt; lateral sepals ovate, about 8 x 7 mm, blunt. Petals are obovate,
about 10 x 7 mm, blunt; lip triangular to trullate, slightly laterally
compressed, 1.4-1.6 x 0.8-1.1 cm, immovable, 3-lobed, tip pointed;
lateral lobes small, incurved over mouth of spur; mid-lobe
arrow-shaped, triangular-pointed. Rosy Fox Brush Orchid is native East
Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Tippi, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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