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
Roraima thunderstorms
The view from the camp site, or "hotel", atop Roraima was awesome. I was well protected from the elements in the cave, and could watch nature in all it's ways…
27 Nov 2010
Bladderwort (Utricularia sp)
I thought this belonged to the carnivorous sundews (Drosera roraimae), but none of these flowers sprung up from any visible host! I did find it among sundews,…
26 Nov 2010
Bladderwort (Utricularia quelchii)
Here on Roraima I found the flowering bladderwort (Utricularia quelchii) to be quite inaccessible in contradiction to the Utricularia humboldtii on the open…
25 Nov 2010
Bladderwort (Utricularia humboldtii)
Bladderwort (Utricularia humboldtii) is a beautiful flower from a rather deadly plant! The bladders are in fact traps to catch various organisms, and when the…
23 Nov 2010
Bladderwort (Utricularia sp)
This tiny flower was growing close to the river (it's under water in the rainy season) behind Kamoiran lodge.