Pictures of Flora in Panama

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These " Pictures of Flora in Panama

Red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) in Panama Panamanian black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) forest Mangroves on Bocas del Toro, Colon Island Rhizophora mangle mangroves in Panama Red mangroves and sea grass beds at Galeta Fungi emerging from a rotting log Microphone-shaped fungi rising out of a rotten log Leaves atop the canopy Red Mangroves Rhizomes of Panamanian mangroves Thorns growing out of the trunk of a rainforest tree Canopy tree in the rain forest of Barro Colorado Twsited liana

Buttress root of a canopy tree in the rainforest of Barro Colorado Island Thick woody liana in the rain forest of BCI Looking up the trunk of a giant Ceiba tree Cuipo, Cavanillesia platanifolia, a tree with a bulbous trunk Fallen canopy flower Tropical forest of BCI; note the bulbous Cuipo tree in the center Stilt roots of a walking plam Cauliflorous flowers emerging from the trunk of a rainforest tree Palm leaf bent by a tent making bat (Uroderma sp.) Cauliflorous fruit and flowers in Panama Lily pads Red Sealing Wax Palm (Cyrtostachys renda) Mangrove roots Lady of the Night Orchid (Brassavola nodosa) Red flower White flower in the forest canopy of Parque Natural Metropolitano White flower of a tropical forest canopy tree in Parque Natural Metropolitano White flower of a tropical forest canopy tree in Panama Roots of red mangroves Manrgove seedlings and rhizomes in a mangrove forest on the Atlantic coast of Panama Rhizophora mangle rhizomes Manrgove seedlings Lady of the Night Orchid (Brassavola nodosa) in a Panama mangrove forest Black and red mangroves in Panama Mangrove rhizomes Black oil palm tree (local name: Chunga) (Astrocaryum standleyanum)