| Dwarf Balanophora |
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| File size | 278018 |
| Original date | 9/22/18 12:30 AM |
| Resolution | 1300 x 975 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 70D |
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Botanical name: Balanophora abbreviata Family: Balanophoraceae (Balanophora family)
Synonyms: Balanophora subglobosa, Balanophora distans, Balanophora micrantha
Synonyms: Balanophora subglobosa, Balanophora distans, Balanophora micrantha
Dwarf Balanophora is a monoecious herb, creamy white
to grayish. Rhizome is finely warted with lenticels, cream coloured.
(Scale-) Leaves are 4-6, ovate, pointed, stiff. Heads are ovoid or
lanceoid. Male flowers are 20-40, stalkless, synandrium with 15-25
anther-loculi. Female flowers fully cover the exposed part of head.
Spadicles obovoid with a narrow basal and upper portion. Dwarf
Balanophora is found in Congo, Comoros, Madagascar, Tropical Asia,
Society Islands.
Flowering: September-October.
| Identification credit: C. Rajasekar | Photographed in Kolli hills, Namakkal,Tamil Nadu. |
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