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


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Ripening cacao pods still on the tree (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Ripening cacao pods still on the tree

(Indonesia)


White flowers of a rain forest shrub

(Malaysia)


Flower

Morning glory flower
Morning glory flower

(Thailand)


Pacific coast rainforest of Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)


Red bromeliad


Lavender orchids (Singapore Botanical Gardens)
Lavender orchids

(Singapore)

Red orange flowers
Red orange flowers

(Malaysia)


Flowering bromeliads high in the rain forest canopy


Pink cyclone flower



Young heliconia plant

Mangroves on a Turneffe Atoll island
Mangroves on a Turneffe Atoll island

(Belize)


Traveler's palm on grounds of Taman Negara resort

(Malaysia)

Rainforest tree
Rainforest tree

(Malaysia)


Colorful flower buds


Inside view of the Dragon Fruit - Hylocereus undatus (Singapore)
Inside view of the Dragon Fruit - Hylocereus undatus

(Singapore)


Yellow bird on a fern


Wild ginger in the Colombian Amazon



Bright orange cauliflorous flowers

(Malaysia)

New fern leaf
New fern leaf



Rainforest plant



Red heliconia

(Suriname)


Spiny forest vegetation



Spiny forest vegetation (Euphorbia stenoclada)



Yellow fungi on a charred log in a manioc field

(Suriname)

Orange and yellow flowers in Big Sur
Orange and yellow flowers in Big Sur


Epiphyte-laden ceiba tree
Epiphyte-laden ceiba tree

(Guatemala)


Wild red ginger flowers

(Indonesia)


Short-stalked variant of Cookeina speciosa

(Suriname)

Pinkish-purple flower buds (Singapore Botanical Gardens)
Pinkish-purple flower buds

(Singapore)


Ceiba tree

(Costa Rica)

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



Bat-like leaf

(Suriname)


White and yellow water lily


Rotten cacao pod (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Rotten cacao pod

(Indonesia)


Spiny plants (Berenty)


Brown fungi
Brown fungi

(Costa Rica)

Fruit of an epiphyte
Fruit of an epiphyte
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Fungi


Orange parasitic plant
Orange parasitic plant


Green papaya
Green papaya

(Brazil)


Rainforest leaves

(Costa Rica)

Ants on orange;  yellow; and green flower structure
Ants on orange; yellow; and green flower structure
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Fern grove in the Costa Rican rainforest

(Costa Rica)


Purple and white flower



Ferns


Red orchids (Singapore Botanical Gardens)
Red orchids

(Singapore)

White and pink flower
White and pink flower

(Brazil)


White flowers with horsetail

(Alaska)


Tree with pink flowers



Red passion flower


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

(Brazil)


Heliconia

(Suriname)

Pink cactus flowers
Pink cactus flowers

(Utah; United States)


Rainforest plant


Red fungi
Red fungi
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Giant bamboo
Giant bamboo

(Costa Rica)

White mushroom
White mushroom

(Brazil)


Creek-side vegetation in Andringitra



Three ripe cacao pods


Green and magenta rainforest shrub
Green and magenta rainforest shrub

(Costa Rica)


Lily

(Costa Rica)


Leaf tip of Lobelia keniensis

(Kenya)


Looking up the inside of a strangler fig tree



Spiny desert flora in southern Madagascar (Berenty)



Unknown plant on Mt. Kenya

(Kenya)


Andringitra plant


Pink flower
Pink flower



Plant



Baobabs (Morondava)



Bromeliads in the rainforest canopy

Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plant
Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plant

(Malaysia)

Red flowers
Red flowers

(Malaysia)


Rainforest plant



Orange fungi

(Indonesia)


Ferns



White fungi

(Suriname)

Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant in Borneo rainforest (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Nepenthes reinwardtiana pitcher plant in Borneo rainforest

(Indonesia)

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton
Kapok (Ceiba) cotton
Kapok cotton was once used to stuff life preservers and pillows
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Yellow flowers
Yellow flowers

(Utah; United States)


Lily

(Costa Rica)


Buttress roots of rain forest tree

(Malaysia)

Tree fern
Tree fern


Figs
Figs

(Thailand)

Pink flowers
Pink flowers



Vine climbing a rainforest tree



Large green umbrella leaf

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