25 Dec 2010
Isprismer i solnedgang
Etter mange dager uten nedbør og vind har det sakte men sikkert dannet seg et lag med rim, som etter en kort periode med mildvær har smeltet og frosset til is.…
1 Dec 2010
Cheiradenia cuspidata
The forest below Angel Falls is dense, moist and dark and this was the only Cheiradenia cuspidata I found in bloom. It's epiphytic. Native range is Trinidad to…
27 Nov 2010
Epidendrum imthurnii
Epidendrum imthurnii is one of just a few of this particular species in bloom.
Native range is the Guyana Shield.
27 Nov 2010
Epidendrum montigenum
This was one of very few epidendrum montigenum I found in bloom. If I only had more time on Roraima I would have been able to look for and absorb much more of…
27 Nov 2010
Habenaria roraimensis
Habenaria roraimensis was the only all-green orchid I found on Roraima.
Native range is the Guyana Shield.
27 Nov 2010
Lopsided Star Orchid (Epidendrum secundum)
This is the only lopsided Star Orchid (Epidendrum secundum) seed pod I found while on Roraima tepui and it's ripe and ready to open and disperse the seeds. All…
27 Nov 2010
Epidendrum holstii
Epidendrum holstii is a common and colorful orchid on Roraima tepui. Native range is Roraima and surrounding tepuis.
26 Nov 2010
Octomeria connellii
This was only flowering octomeria connellii I could find, and it was growing in a very inaccessible location high on a boulder on the edge of Roraima, facing…
26 Nov 2010
Epidendrum alsum
Epidendrum alsum is one of the less colorful orchid flowers here on top of Roraima. According to Flora of the Venezuelan Guyana Vol 4: "Both Epidendrum ulei…