| White-Orange Moth Orchid |
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| File size | 107520 |
| Original date | 4/1/17 2:15 PM |
| Resolution | 1800 x 1351 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected, auto |
| Focal length | 18.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Phalaenopsis lobbii Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Doritis lobbii, Polychilos lobbii, Phalaenopsis parishii var. lobbii
Synonyms: Doritis lobbii, Polychilos lobbii, Phalaenopsis parishii var. lobbii
White-Orange Moth Orchid is a dwarf sized, tree-dwelling
orchid with broad elliptic leaves about 4-6 cm long. It is named for
Thomas Lobb,
English Orchid Collector in India 1800's. The plany blooms on a
lateral, 10 cm long, raceme or panicle, few flowered, with small bracts
that bear from 3-7 sequentially opening, strongly fragrant flowers. The
flowers are small, white with sepals larger than the petals. The lip is
big with a tan colored stripe. Flowers are white, swollen base of
column with a few irregularly distributed brown spots, with a regular
pair of darker brown spots below tips of swellings, leading edges of
lateral lobes of lip brown spotted, mid-lobe white with 2 broad,
longitudinal chestnut-brown stripes; flower-stalk and ovary to 1.5 cm.
White-Orange Moth Orchid is found in E. Himalaya to China, Myanmar, Vietnam,
at altitudes of 366-1200 m. Flowering: March-May.
| Identification credit: Jambey Tsering | Photographed in Tippi, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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