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Pictures of flora [last update 2011-12-25]


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Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) with Sitka Bay in the background

(Alaska)


Wild ginger



Ginger combs



Orchids


Yellow flowers in Big Sur
Yellow flowers in Big Sur



Brown fungi with a white fringe

(Suriname)


Fungi growing off log



Bromeliads

(Suriname)


Palm fruit

(Costa Rica)


Bamboo grove



Red heliconia

(Costa Rica)


Yellow and orange flowers



Rainforest shrub with distinctive leaf patterns



Baobabs with zebu cart (Morondava)


Orange-yellow fungus on a seed pod
Orange-yellow fungus on a seed pod

(Brazil)

Light green flowers
Light green flowers

(Malaysia)

Amazon sword plants in the Pantanal
Amazon sword plants in the Pantanal

(Brazil)

Water lillies and Pandanus palms along blackwater river leading to Camp Leaky (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Water lillies and Pandanus palms along blackwater river leading to Camp Leaky

(Indonesia)


Vine



Dried heliconia bracht

(Costa Rica)


Pitcher plants



Moringa drouhardii



Duckweed



Dwarf Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei v ramosum) - local name: Vontake



White and pink orchids in the highlands of New Guinea



Strangler fig

(Costa Rica)


Yellow; white; and pink flowers

(Costa Rica)

Azteca ants defending the Cecropia tree as part of a symbiotic relationship
Azteca ants defending the Cecropia tree as part of a symbiotic relationship

(Belize)

Pine trees on the Big Sur coast
Pine trees on the Big Sur coast


Black; white; and brown fungi
Black; white; and brown fungi

(Malaysia)

Red flower
Red flower

(Thailand)


Grass in Andringitra NP



Orange flower



Colorful leaf

(Costa Rica)


Yellow flowers



Euphorbia plagiantha


Orange flower buds emerging from the forest floor
Orange flower buds emerging from the forest floor

(Laos)


Red orange flowers

(Costa Rica)


Birdnest fern



Orange and red flowers



Spiny forest vegetation



Fireball Lily in Loita Hills

(Kenya)


Pine cones

(California)

Brazil nut tree with Tambopata river in background
Brazil nut tree with Tambopata river in background
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


White and yellow water lily


Red bracht
Red bracht

(Costa Rica)


Red and yellow heliconia



Oenia rosea orchid


Red and yellow flower
Red and yellow flower

(Belize)

Coastal vegetation in Big Sur
Coastal vegetation in Big Sur



Bright orange mushroom near rotting log in the Malaysian rain forest

(Malaysia)


Pink and white flowers



Red flowers


Black; white; and brown fungi
Black; white; and brown fungi

(Malaysia)


Red flower



Buttress root of rainforest tree

(Malaysia)


Par Value Lake

(California)

Cecropia in the Peruvian cloud forest
Cecropia in the Peruvian cloud forest



Understory vegetation



Rainforest liana



Plant


Plant
Plant



Light green flowers


Cloud forest orchids
Cloud forest orchids



Spiny forest species for a reforestation project



Jelly-like fungi

(Suriname)

Cannon ball tree (Couroupita guianensis)
Cannon ball tree (Couroupita guianensis)

(Costa Rica)


Platycerium stagfern



Trees in Ngorogoro Crater

(Tanzania)

Vine with interesting leaves
Vine with interesting leaves

(Malaysia)

Parasitic plant
Parasitic plant


Chewed red and yellow leaf
Chewed red and yellow leaf


Pink flowers
Pink flowers
Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu

(Peru)

Peruvian fern
Peruvian fern



Orange toadstools



Red flower

(Suriname)


Natural bonsai


Orange orchids (Singapore Botanical Gardens)
Orange orchids

(Singapore)


Fungi



Bamboo grove



Defensive thorns on a tree trunk


Black; green; and red slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
Black; green; and red slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)

(Malaysia)


Flower



Red and pink flower

(Indonesia)


Bamboo forest



tree (Berenty)



Ants feeding on orange flowers

(Indonesia)

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