| Large Nun's Orchid |
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| File size | 717229 |
| Original date | 5/10/19 12:23 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Phaius wallichii Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Calanthe wallichii, Phaius magniflorus, Phaius sanderi
Synonyms: Calanthe wallichii, Phaius magniflorus, Phaius sanderi
Large Nun's Orchid is a large sized, warm to cool
growing terrestrial orchid, with spindle-shaped to cylindric-ovoid
pseudobulb. The pseudobulbs carry about 4, green, oblong-elliptic,
pleated, hairless, tapering leaves. The plant blooms in late spring on
an erect, hairless, up to 100 cm long, up to more than 10 flowered
inflorescence arising from the lower nodes on the pseudobulb. The
inflorescence has ovate-lanceshaped, hairless floral bracts, and
carrying widely opening flowers. The plant is very different from
Nun's Orchid. They are much larger, the
inflorescence is over 6 feet tall, carrying 16 or more large flowers.
The flowers face forward whereas Nun's Orchid flowers look down. The
base color of the flowers is an ochre yellow-with a yellow brown
overlay. Nun's Orchid is white. Nun's Orchid is found in Bhutan, the
eastern Himalayas, SE Asia, Sri Lanka and Western Ghats, at altitudes
of 900-1300 m.
| Identification credit: M. Sawmliana | Photographed in Ailawng area, Mizoram & Meghalaya. |
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