| White-Bell Rhododendron |
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| Original date | 5/27/14 9:37 AM |
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| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D80 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Rhododendron wightii Family: Ericaceae (Blueberry family)
White-Bell Rhododendron is a shrub or small tree, growing up to 4 m tall.
Leaves are elliptic, oblong or inverted-lance-shaped, 15-20 cm long, blunt
or pointed. Leaves are bright green above and reddish brown or greyish on
the underside. Flowers are pale yellow or almost white, bell-shaped, usually blotched or
spotted with crimson at the base on the inside, 4-5 cm across. They occur
in loose umbels of 12-20 flowers with prominent, stiff sticky, persistent bud-scales at
its base. Sepals are very small. White-Bell Rhododendron is found in the
Himalayas, from E. Nepal to SE Tibet, at altitudes of 3600-4300 m.
Flowering: May-June.
| Identification credit: Bharat Kumar Pradhan | Photographed at Shiv Mandir, Lachung valley, North Sikkim. |
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