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Great Wall of India

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We have all heard of the Great Wall of China. But have you heard about the Great wall of India, the second largest wall in the world? Kumbhalgarh fort wall   ( Image courtesy: Heman kumar meena / wikimedia commons )             It is built in 500 years ago and it guards the ancient fort of Kumbhalgarh, located 80 km north of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is the second largest fort in Rajasthan after Chittorgarh fort and also the UNESCO World Heritage Site included in Hill forts of Rajasthan. The fort wall extends to the length of 36 kilometers and is popularly known as the "Great wall of India".

Holy Ghost Orchid

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              Peristeria elata , the national flower of Panama is a species of orchid commonly known as dove orchid, or holy ghost orchid. Family : Orchidaceae Peristeria elata  (Image courtesy: TommyCrash / wikimedia commons ) Distribution : It is widely distributed in the American tropics from Costa Rica and Panama south to Peru and Brazil. Habitat : It is found in shaded grassland edges in tropical forests at altitudes of 100 to 700 m. Characters: They have teardrop-shaped (ovate) pseudobulbs covered with papery sheaths. The leaves are simple and lanceolate-elliptic in shape with a plicate leaf surface which arise from the apex of pseudobulbs and the inflorescence are arise from the base of the pseudobulbs may be pendulous or erect and from 6 inches to 4 feet long, bearing 4-20 flowers. The base colour of the flowers is white with some pink or red spots. The flowers are fragrant and cup shaped with white petals and sepals. The central part of the fl