| Spatula-Lip Dendrobium |
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| File size | 148087 |
| Original date | 6/25/22 10:37 AM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 1.94mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Xiaomi |
| Camera model | Redmi Note 8 |
| Sensor type | Undefined |
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Botanical name: Dendrobium spatella Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Dendrobium banaense, Aporum spatella
Synonyms: Dendrobium banaense, Aporum spatella
Spatula-Lip Dendrobium is a small sized orchid
dwelling on trees and rocks, with erect, laterally compressed, basally
contracted, unbranched, many noded stem. The stem carries distichous,
slightly sparsely overlapping to alternate, laterally compressed,
dagger-shaped leaves, which are thickly leathery or fleshy, dilated
below into sheaths that clasp the stem. Flowers are borne in a lateral,
leafless pseudoraceme. Flowers are very small, creamish white, lip
tinged with red. Dorsal sepal nearly ovate, 3-5 x 1.6-2 mm, blunt;
lateral sepals obliquely ovate-triangular, 3.5-6 mm, base very oblique,
mentum 5-7 mm, narrow. Petals are oblong, about as long as dorsal
sepal, but narrower, bluntly rounded; lip spoon-shaped, 8-10 x 4-6 mm,
rounded; disk with 3-5 central ridged projections. Column very short.
Capsules are elliptic, 4-7 mm. Spatula-Lip Dendrobium is found in East
Himalaya to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in State Orchidarium, Manipur. |
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