Boea hygroscopica (Rock Violet)
Cyrtandra baileyi
Lenbrassia australiana var. australiana (Lenbrassia)
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David Tng botany Tumblr- Pothos longipes (Araceae)No one can hold a candle to Pothos - The long yearning #plantform #tropicalbotany #wettropics #climbingplants A long yearning? That’s what the name Pothos longipes seems to suggest. In Greek mythology, the character Pothos was part of Aphrodite’s attendants, and carried a vine, indicating a connection to wine or the god Dionysus. And “longipes” denote long-f […]
- Fagraea cambagei (Gentianaceae)Porccelain in the forest - Fagraea cambagei, the Gentian tree of the tropics #aplantatatime #tropicalbotany #wettropics #Gentianaceae #rainforest It is hard to believe that trees in the tropics may be related to the diminutive gentians of temperate zone, but there you go – introducing the Porcelain Fruit, the gentian tree of the wet tropics. The Porcelain Fr […]
- Syzygium claviflorum (Myrtaceae)Blowing the trumpets of Syzygium claviflorum (Myrtaceae) #aplantatatime #Myrtaceae #tropicalbotany Time to blow the trumpets of Syzygium claviflorum. This species is a common understorey tree of lowland to upland rainforest in the Far North Queensland region, and makes for a good street tree. The young cream colored flowerbuds have a trumpet shape, probably […]
- Pothos longipes (Araceae)
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