| South Indian Jewel Orchid |
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| File size | 316383 |
| Original date | 1/7/12 12:53 PM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 24.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A300 |
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Botanical name: Anoectochilus elatus Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
South Indian Jewel Orchid is a terrestrial orchid
with creeping rhizome. Leaves are up to 5 x 4 cm, ovate or elliptic,
acute, dark maroon with golden netted veins. Leaf-stalks are 1.5 cm
long. Flowers are white, 2.5 x 1 cm, in about 25 cm long raceme. Dorsal
sepal is 1.1 x 0.5 cm, ovate, long-pointed, 1-veined; lateral sepals
1.2 x 0.5 cm, obovate-oblong, somewhat long-pointed, 1-veined. Petals
are 1 cm long, 3-4 mm wide, obliquely oblong, long-pointed, 1-veined,
fused with dorsal sepal. Lip is 3-lobed, 2 x 2 cm, side lobes 10 x 3
mm, oblong, retuse, curved, mesochile with 5-7 pairs of long fimbriate
epichile, bilobed, lobes broad at apex, truncate; spur bilobulate, with
spindle-shaped gland. South Indian Jewel Orchid is found in Southern
Western Ghats. Flowering: November-December.
Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar
| Photographed in Kalakkad, Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |