| Ochre-Yellow Acampe |
|
 |
|
| File size | 417716 |
| Original date | 11/30/12 3:16 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 105.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 14.0 |
| Focus Distance | |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7000 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
 |
 ative |
 |
 |
Photo: |
Botanical name: Acampe ochracea Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Saccolabium ochraceum, Gastrochilus ochraceus, Acampe dentata
Synonyms: Saccolabium ochraceum, Gastrochilus ochraceus, Acampe dentata
Ochre-Yellow Acampe is a small to large sized, hot
to warm growing orchid growing on trees, with an erect to pendulous
stem enveloped completely by many leaf-bearing sheaths. Leaves are
16-19 x 2 cm, oblong, keeled, obliquely bilobulate at tip. Flowers are
yellow, 1.5 x 1.5 cm, in 10-20 cm long, in raceme-like panicles in leaf
axils. Dorsal sepal is 7 x 2 mm, obovate, blunt, 5-veined; lateral
sepals 6 x 1-2 cm, obliquely oblong, pointed, 3-veined; petals 7 x 1-2
mm, obovate-oblong or spoon-shaped, 6-veined; lip 4 x 2 mm, triangular,
blunt, papillate, with 5 x 1 mm, cylindrical spur. Ochre-Yellow Acampe
is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, NE India & Western Ghats, Laos, Myanmar,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, at altitudes of 700-1200 m.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in cultivation. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,