| Wavy-Petal Vandopsis |
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| Original date | 3/25/19 7:03 PM |
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| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 22.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
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Botanical name: Vandopsis undulata Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Stauropsis undulatus, Stauropsis polyantha, Vanda undulata
Synonyms: Stauropsis undulatus, Stauropsis polyantha, Vanda undulata
Wavy-Petal Vandopsis is a large sized orchid growing
on trees or ground, with an elongate stem enveloped completely by
overlapping, leaf-bearing sheaths. The plant carries oblong leaves
which are unequally bilobed apically, narrowing slightly towards the
clasping base. The plant blooms in the spring on a 15-22.3 cm long,
striped, rigid, bright green, 4-8 flowered inflorescence with ovate,
blunt, green bracts carrying fragrant, waxy flowers. Flowers are
fragrant, 3-3.6 cm in diameter. Sepals and petals are white, lip yellow
to white at tip, lemon-yellow with purple-red basal striations, anther
cap yellow; flower-stalk and ovary about 2.7 cm, white. Dorsal sepal
nearly obovate, 2.5-4 x 0.8-1.2 cm, base clawed, margin wavy, tip
blunt; lateral sepals ovate-lanceshaped, 2.4-4 x 1.2-1.4 cm. Petals are
similar to sepals but smaller, margin wavy, tip blunt; lip shorter than
petals, 3-lobed. Wavy-Petal Vandopsis is found in Eastern Himalaya,
from Nepal to Bhutan, NE India to China, at altitudes of 1500-2300 m.
| Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar | Photographed in Sukhiapokhari, Darjeeling, India. |
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