Gaultheria setulosa
Gaultheria setulosa is yet another hardy plant that finds enough nutrients in a sandstone crack to produce flowers.…
Tillandsia turneri
Tillandsia turneri is an endemic epiphyte that can be seen in large numbers on tree branches, but also on the ground…
Stomatochaeta condensata
Stomatochaeta condensata is a small shrub and one of the more unusual flowers on the Roraima tepui. It makes me think…
Nodding Marsh Pitcher (Heliamphora nutans)
Nodding marsh pitcher (Heliamphora nutans) is endemic to Roraima and it's leaves are formed as cannisters and hold…
Nodding Marsh Pitcher (Heliamphora nutans)
Nodding marsh pitcher (Heliamphora nutans) has to reproduce and needs the help from what it usually hunts - insects! I…
Orectanthe sceptrum
Orectanthe sceptrum is a most peculiar flower that both looks and feels like plastic! In any case, flowering and…
Octomeria connellii
This was only flowering octomeria connellii I could find, and it was growing in a very inaccessible location high on a…
Connellia quelchii
This was only flowering connellia quelchii I could find, and it was growing in a very inaccessible location high on a…
Swamp Titi (Cyrilla racemiflora)
Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) also grows a 1000 metres down on the sabana, but there it grows much larger. Here on…
Roraima in the clouds
It takes several days to walk to Roraima in the scorching sun on the highland named Gran Sabana. The last day a steep…