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…
28 Nov 2010
Passiflora angusta
Not only was this passiflora angusta in bloom, but it was also growing fruit. What color is it when ripe? Native range is the Guyana Shield.
27 Nov 2010
Ello Sphinx (Erinnyis ello)
Most of the daytime (diurnal) butterflies were either hard to get close to, were restlessly fluttering around never to settle down more than a blink of an eye,…
27 Nov 2010
Crepinella umbellata
Crepinella umbellata is perhaps the only plant on Roraima that grows to the size of a tree. It's host to a variety of vegetation and perhaps the most…
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…
25 Nov 2010
Vanessa myrinna
Vanessa myrinna was the third and most common of three species of butterflies that were seen around the path to and from Roraima. It was seen on the path or…
25 Nov 2010
Palicourea phaneroloma
Palicourea phaneroloma is a small bush that produces these incredibly colored fruits that grows alongside the path to Roraima. Native range is the Guyana…
25 Nov 2010
Hesperiidae
This was the second of three species of butterflies that were seen around the path to and from Roraima. It had the strange abillity to curl the wings downwards…