| Sickle-Leaf Oberonia |
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| File size | 217063 |
| Original date | 8/19/22 6:37 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 2707 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 25.0 |
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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: Oberonia falcata Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Oberonia caudata, Oberonia pendula
Synonyms: Oberonia caudata, Oberonia pendula
Sickle-Leaf Oberonia is a mini-miniature to small
sized, tree-dwelling orchi with a flexuose stem enveloped completely by
imbricating leaf-bearing sheaths carrying 5 to 6, linear-sword-shaped,
sickle shaped leaves. The plant blooms in the summer and early fall on
an erect, nearly whorled, round, 4-16 cm long, densely many flowered
inflorescence with lanceshaped, pointed, hyaline, erose floral bracts.
Flowers are 2-4 mm across, stalked. Sickle-Leaf Oberonia is found in
Central Himalaya to China and Indo-China, at altitudes of 1300-3000 m.
Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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