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| Original date | 12/10/22 7:52 PM |
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| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 29.0 |
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| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5600 |
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Botanical name: Cyanotis beddomei Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)
Synonyms: Erythrotis beddomei, Cyanotis kewoides
Synonyms: Erythrotis beddomei, Cyanotis kewoides
Teddy Bear Vine is a creeping fleshy-like plant with
stems covered with soft brownish hair and fleshy, ovate-lanceshaped,
olive green leaves, red beneath and felted with white hairs. Due to the
soft texture of its leaves, this plant has earned the name teddy bear
vine. The leaves are up to 5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Leaf margins are
reddish-purple, entire, and hairy. Leaves are arranged in 2 rows along
the stem. They have up to 1 cm long sheaths that cover most of the
stem. The small flowers have 3 pinkish-purple petals and appear in
clusters in summer. The flowers prominently sport long stamens with
long blue hairs on them. The plant is cultivated as a garden plant and
looks nice grown in a hanging basket. Teddy Bear Vine is endemic to
Southern Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Ashutosh Sharma | Photographed in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,