| Whorled Oberonia |
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| File size | 505203 |
| Original date | 10/4/16 2:34 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 135.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | $meteringMode |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 600D |
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Botanical name: Oberonia verticillata Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Synonyms: Iridorchis verticillata, Malaxis verticillata, Iridorkis verticillata
Synonyms: Iridorchis verticillata, Malaxis verticillata, Iridorkis verticillata
Whorled Oberonia is a miniature sized, warm to cool
growing orchid, growing on trees, with a short stem enveloped
completely by overlapping leaf sheath bases. Leaves are up to 15 x 1.2
cm, oblong-sword-like, pointed. Flowering stem is round, carrying
flower-spike up to 27 cm long. Flowers are orange-yellow, 4.5 x 2 mm,
in verticils; dorsal sepal oblong-ovate, blunt; lateral sepals
obliquely ovate, pointed; petals oblong or ovate, blunt; lip 3-lobed;
lateral lobes rounded, eard; midlobe 2-lobuled; lobules round or
obovate, sawtoothed, overlapping each other, sinus narrow; disc
indistinct. Whorled Oberonia is found in South India and Sri Lanka.
Flowering & Fruiting: September-December.
| Identification credit: S. Jeevith | Photographed in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. |
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