13 Dec 2014
Leonia crassa
Leonia crassa is a very peculiar tree - full of fruits growing from the trunk, not the tip of the branches. I only encountered this tree, which stands in the…
13 Dec 2014
ARCC plant 02
Fruit on a vine in the gloom of the forest floor in the forest of the Amazon Research and Conservation Center. Please help me identify it - leave a comment……
13 Dec 2014
Rainbow Metalmark (Caria trochilus)
A large tree had fallen down, and under the root a small pond had formed. This together with a cone of light where the canopy of the fallen tree once was, I…
12 Dec 2014
Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Here in the Peruvian Amazon I found many nightjars around an oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this ladder-tailed nightjar…
7 Dec 2014
Pekea Nut (Caryocar brasiliense)
The protected areas of Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park is a treasure trove of plant species. Pekea nut (Caryocar brasiliense) is one of the tallest of the…
6 Dec 2014
Passiflora mansoi
Many of the fruits are edible and even very sweet, including Passifloras.
Native range of passiflora mansoi is central Brazil.
6 Dec 2014
Passiflora sp
The protected areas of Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park is a treasure trove of plant species! -15.2997,-55.8406
6 Dec 2014
Dalechampia occidentalis
Native range of dalechampia occidentalis is Bolivia and Brazil. -15.2997,-55.8406
6 Dec 2014
Ouratea spectabilis
A very strange shape I think, and I wonder what has driven it to these shapes, and in particular the color inside! If you squeeze the fruit, or simply pass a…