| Lanceleaf Herminum |
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| File size | 250638 |
| Original date | 8/15/07 1:15 PM |
| Resolution | 2120 x 1590 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 16.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Herminium lanceum Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Ophrys lancea, Satyrium lanceum, Spiranthes lancea
Synonyms: Ophrys lancea, Satyrium lanceum, Spiranthes lancea
Lanceleaf Herminum is a terrestrial orchid found in the Himalayas, from
Uttarakhand to NE India. Plants are slender, 0.5-2 ft tall. Stem is leafy.
Leaves are 2-3, linear, up to 20 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. Inflorescence is
very long and narrow, up to 25 cm long, 0.7-1 cm broad, with flowers
arranged about almost on one side only. Flowers are numerous, deflexed,
green. Bracts are linear-lanceolate, long pointed, exceeding ovary. Dorsal
sepal is elliptic-oblong, 3.2 x 1.6 mm, forming a loose hood with linear,
one-nerved petals. Lateral sepals are spreading 3.0 x 1.2 mm. Petals are
3.0 x 0.4 mm. Labellum is longer than sepals, linear, constricted in the
middle, tip being trifid, side-lobes variable in length but always longer
than the small, triangular midlobe, straight or slightly curved inwards.
Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand. |
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