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Staff photo index
Last update: 2017-07-27
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Orange tubular flowers [aceh_0370]
(Indonesia)
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Adansonia za Baobabs [madagascar_7473]
(Madagascar)
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Ficus auriculata tree
(China)
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Red flowers growing out of a tree trunk
(Indonesia)
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Flowers
(Brazil)
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Giant liana in Vietnam
(Vietnam)
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Red fungi
(Indonesia)
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Tulip trees in Sulawesi
(Indonesia)
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Red flowers on a cactus
(Madagascar)
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Yellow and white flowers of Ophiocolea floribunda [madagascar_5599]
(Madagascar)
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White mushroom on forest floor
(Peru)
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Green mushroom on forest floor (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Kirstenbosch national botanical gardens [south_africa_capetown_0035]
(South Africa)
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Plant emerging from lava
(United States)
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Red flowers (Passifloraceae?) [madagascar_3950]
(Madagascar)
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Pink lotus flower (Nymphaea pubescens)
(China)
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Red and yellow brachts of a Heliconia humilis in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Orange mushrooms
(Vietnam)
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Costa Rican rainforest at Las Cruces
(Costa Rica)
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Rainforest lily leaf
(Costa Rica)
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Off-white orchid with orange spots
(Malaysia)
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Teak leaves
(Indonesia)
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Red ginger
(United States)
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Green flower
(Belize)
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Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plants
(Malaysia)
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Bromeliads in the Amazon rain forest canopy
(Colombia)
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White flowers
(Cambodia)
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Strange patterns, possibly an indication of infection, on a leaf
(Costa Rica)
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Gal‡pagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)
(Ecuador)
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Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Red mushroom
(China)
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Frigatebird in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Unidentified plant with furry white stems
(Madagascar)
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A view from inside the sacred Taino caves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Green bromeliads in Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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Gumbo limbo 'Tourist tree' (Bursera simaruba)
(Belize)
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Baobab trees around Antsiranana Bay
(Madagascar)
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White mushrooms
(Costa Rica)
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Protea [south_africa_capetown_0085]
(South Africa)
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Rainforest fruit in Cambodia
(Cambodia)
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Heart-shaped lichen [madagascar_5336]
(Madagascar)
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A tree fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Flower (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Palm leaf
(Australia)
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Flowering bromeliad [costa-rica_0124]
(Costa Rica)
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Adansonia madagascariensis baobab [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0503]
(Madagascar)
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Colorful leaf resulting from an infection
(Costa Rica)
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Red tubular flower
(Australia)
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Kirstenbosch national botanical gardens [south_africa_capetown_0066]
(South Africa)
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Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica) [brazil_155432]
(Brazil)
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Red orange flowers
(Costa Rica)
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Yellow mushroom
(United States)
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Vine growing around tree trunk (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Red heliconia [costa_rica_osa_0306]
(Costa Rica)
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Red fungi in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Yellow flowers
(Australia)
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Orange fungi
(Vietnam)
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Cauliflorous flowers in Australia [australia_mossman_gorge_272]
(Australia)
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Fungi
(Indonesia)
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Heliconia
(China)
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Orange flowers
(United States)
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Magenta-colored flowers - species unknown
(Kenya)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Flower
(Suriname)
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Bamboo fungus (Phallus indusiatus) in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan.
(China)
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Lobelia telekii
(Kenya)
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Path through a bamboo grove
(Panama)
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Red hibiscus [costa-rica_0902]
(Costa Rica)
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Red cup mushroom -- sabah_3696
(Malaysia)
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Ginger comb
(Colombia)
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Bougainvillea in Hawaii
(United States)
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Passion flower
(Indonesia)
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Chinese rainforest flower
(China)
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Kirstenbosch national botanical gardens [south_africa_capetown_0038]
(South Africa)
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Green cacao pods still on the tree (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Liana in Cambodia
(Cambodia)
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Pink flowers [costa_rica_osa_0171]
(Costa Rica)
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Fungi [madagascar_masoala_0701]
(Madagascar)
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Horseman's star (Hippeastrum) in the Lacassine Wildlife Refuge cypress swamp
(United States)
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Staghorn fern [aceh_0500]
(Indonesia)
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Blue berry
(Australia)
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Kapok flower
(Peru)
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Pink snapdragon
(Thailand)
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Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)
(United States)
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Giant hissing cockroach pollinating a purple flower
(Madagascar)
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Alluaudia procera [mcar_0158]
(Madagascar)
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Anthurium in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Pink lotus flower (Nymphaea pubescens)
(China)
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Ficus ischnopoda flower
(China)
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Miltoniopsis vexillaria orchid
(Colombia)
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Protea [south_africa_capetown_0082]
(South Africa)
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Fall colors in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
(United States)
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Cliffs at Witch Hill
(Ecuador)
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Pink-red flower (possibly Bignoniaceae family) [madagascar_0674]
(Madagascar)
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Birdnest fern
(Malaysia)
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Green flower
(United States)
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Senecio plant
(Kenya)
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Adansonia za Baobabs [madagascar_7438]
(Madagascar)
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Wildflower (species unidentified) in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
(United States)
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Colorful leaf
(Belize)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Red heliconia
(Suriname)
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Bamboo fungus
(China)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Honeycomb-shaped flowers of a plant from Araceae (This is a cluster of hundreds of tiny flowers called a spadix and the hood is a spathe)
(Colombia)
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Purple flowers
(United States)
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Pink dahlia
(Thailand)
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Rainforest seed pod [costa_rica_la_selva_0903]
(Costa Rica)
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Fern
(China)
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Red pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana) (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Giant stick insect
(Peru)
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Giant kapok (ceiba) rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy
(Colombia)
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Reddish-brown fungi in the rainforest [kalbar_0334]
(Indonesia)
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Seed pod
(China)
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Red bromeliad flower
(Costa Rica)
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Walking Iris (Neomarica gracilis) [costa_rica_4581]
(Costa Rica)
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Red leaves
(Sri Lanka)
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Purple thistles on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Fish market in Puerto Ayora
(Ecuador)
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Orange-red tubular flower. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Fungi [java_0270]
(Indonesia)
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Strangler fig
(China)
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Yellow flower
(Indonesia)
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Bamboo
(United States)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Plant with red-edged leaves, possibly Dracaena. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Red ginger flower
(China)
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Bromeliad in Peru's cloud forest [wayquecha-andes_0395]
(Peru)
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Fern
(Peru)
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Bromeliad [brazil_154569]
(Brazil)
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Birdnest fern in the rainforest canopy [madagascar_3585]
(Madagascar)
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Banana flower
(Colombia)
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Flowers [madagascar_6438]
(Madagascar)
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Purple and white bucket orchid, probably Phaphiopedilum
(Colombia)
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Cecropia leaves
(Costa Rica)
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Hooker's lips flower
(Costa Rica)
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Kirstenbosch national botanical gardens [south_africa_capetown_0075]
(South Africa)
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Galapagos Sawtail Tang (Prionurus laticlavis)
(Ecuador)
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Yellow flowers
(Peru)
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Bamboo fungus (Phallus indusiatus) in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan.
(China)
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Ginger
(0)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Yellow Heliconia maraca [costa_rica_la_selva_0939]
(Costa Rica)
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Fan palm
(Australia)
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Flowers
(0)
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Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Bromeliad
(Peru)
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Cecropia in the Peruvian cloud forest
(Peru)
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Heliconia [costa_rica_la_selva_1455]
(Costa Rica)
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Giant Groundsel (Senecio brassica) with Mt. Kenya in the background
(Kenya)
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Heliconia [costa_rica_la_selva_1661]
(Costa Rica)
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Red cup mushroom [costa_rica_la_selva_0905]
(Costa Rica)
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Red Heliconia [br_co-9206]
(Colombia)
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Giant Rosette Plant (Lobelia keniensis)
(Kenya)
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Pink ginger flowers [sumatra_1105]
(Indonesia)
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Wild red ginger flowers [sumatra_9055]
(Indonesia)
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Cauliflorous tree
(Peru)
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White flower
(Indonesia)
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Umbrella leaves illuminated by the sun
(Indonesia)
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Pink plant
(Australia)
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Water lilies in bloom along river (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Cauliflorous flowers in Australia
(Australia)
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Heliconia flowers / brachts
(Peru)
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Flowers [costa_rica_la_selva_0845]
(Costa Rica)
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White mushrooms
(Cambodia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Vine in the Daintree rainforest
(Australia)
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Bromeliad [costa_rica_la_selva_0897]
(Costa Rica)
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Red cup mushroom (Cookeina speciosa) [costa_rica_la_selva_0330]
(Costa Rica)
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Red passion vine flower in the Amazon rainforest
(Colombia)
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Orange flowers
(Suriname)
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Brown-orange mushroom
(Suriname)
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Heliconia [costa_rica_la_selva_1464]
(Costa Rica)
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Adenium flower (introduced to Madagascar)
(Madagascar)
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Orange false bird-of-paradise (Heliconia)
(Indonesia)
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Bamboo [brazil_155403]
(Brazil)
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Baobab tree in Ankarana
(Madagascar)
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Tree fern in Madagascar [madagascar_perinet_0244]
(Madagascar)
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Yellow and white flowers
(Indonesia)
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Lichen
(Costa Rica)
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Staghorn fern [aceh_0497]
(Indonesia)
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Bismarck Palm (Bismarckia nobilis) at sunset [madagascar_7119]
(Madagascar)
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Green flower
(Uganda)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Orange-colored fungi
(Costa Rica)
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Canopy tree with buttress roots
(Suriname)
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Cousin it cactus (Cephalocereus senilis)
(Colombia)
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Tulip trees and coconuts in Sulawesi
(Indonesia)
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Red cup mushroom -- sabah_3719
(Malaysia)
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Kirstenbosch national botanical gardens [south_africa_capetown_0071]
(South Africa)
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Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plants -- borneo_4984
(Malaysia)
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Lobelia keniensis
(Kenya)
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Reid Glacier
(United States)
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White fungi
(Costa Rica)
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Passion vine flower
(0)
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Small yellow and silver Leaf Beetle, family Chrysomelidae
(Peru)
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Kirstenbosch national botanical gardens [south_africa_capetown_0080]
(South Africa)
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Alluaudia procera [madagascar_7612]
(Madagascar)
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Red-orange tubular flowers on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Hot lips flower
(Peru)
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Pink rainforest flower
(Malaysia)
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Cluster of rainforest fungi [kalbar_0867]
(Indonesia)
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Epiphytes in the Bornean rainforest canopy
(Malaysia)
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Rainforest leaf [costa_rica_4661]
(Costa Rica)
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Lotus flower
(Indonesia)
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Berries
(Malaysia)
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Red mushrooms
(Peru)
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Young plant growing out of a hole in a bamboo stalk
(Peru)
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Leaf tip of Lobelia keniensis
(Kenya)
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Orchid (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Air plants in the rain forest canopy
(Malaysia)
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Tropical Sumatran fruit
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest shrubs
(Malaysia)
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Mushrooms in China
(China)
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Andringitra vegetation [madagascar_6425]
(Madagascar)
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Flower in the Chinese rainforest
(China)
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Marine iguana on a red sand beach
(Ecuador)
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Strangler fig
(China)
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Agave attenuata (Agavaceae family)
(Colombia)
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Ficus ischnopoda flower
(China)
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Kalanchoe tubiflora (Bryophyllum delagoense)
(Colombia)
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Tulip trees in Sulawesi
(Indonesia)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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White mushrooms in the rainforest
(Indonesia)
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Red cacao pod (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Horseman's star (Hippeastrum) in the Lacassine Wildlife Refuge cypress swamp
(United States)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Seed
(Suriname)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Lavender flower
(Kenya)
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Victoria water lilies at XTBG
(China)
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Yellow and black orchids
(Colombia)
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Red flowers
(United States)
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Seed pod
(Australia)
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Palm fruits (close up) (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi) -- sulawesi6641
(Indonesia)
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Dried flower in Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
(United States)
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Roots of rain forest tree (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Red mushroom
(United States)
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Bulbous flower
(Malaysia)
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Red passion vine flowers
(Suriname)
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Figs
(Vietnam)
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Cacao pod, rotted due to disease (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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White flowers
(Kenya)
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Dendrocalamus giganteus bamboo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Red thistle
(United States)
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Red epiphytic plants growing out of a rotting log
(Colombia)
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Palm thorns
(Malaysia)
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Brown mushroom
(Peru)
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Red-orange seed pods
(Indonesia)
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Bromeliads [australia_fnq_0676]
(Australia)
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Pink flower
(Suriname)
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Red cup fungi [costa_rica_la_selva_0005]
(Costa Rica)
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Ginger flower
(China)
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Plants [south_africa_capetown_0341]
(South Africa)
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Pruple water lotus flower
(Indonesia)
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White lichen
(Madagascar)
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Anole lizard
(Costa Rica)
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Red and pink flower
(Indonesia)
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Spiny roots of the walking palm
(Colombia)
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Staghorn fern [aceh_0502]
(Indonesia)
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Tree ferns
(0)
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Marine iguana on a white sand beach
(Ecuador)
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Young Giant Amazon Water Lily, Victoria amazonica
(Colombia)
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Kelumpang Sarawak (Sterculia megistophylla) -- sabah_4090
(Malaysia)
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Wild red ginger flowers [sumatra_9057]
(Indonesia)
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Red fruit
(Malaysia)
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Red understory flowers in Borneo
(Malaysia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Pink flower [wayquecha-andes_0148]
(Peru)
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Fungi
(Indonesia)
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Agavaceae family
(Colombia)
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Giant Rosette Plant (Lobelia keniensis)
(Kenya)
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Red-orange fungi
(Cambodia)
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Fungi
(United States)
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Bromeliads in the rainforest canopy [co04-0957]
(Colombia)
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Shrub with spotted leaves
(Malaysia)
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Red bromeliad flower
(Peru)
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Tree fern [wayquecha-andes_0518]
(Peru)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Orange flowers
(Costa Rica)
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Strangler fig
(China)
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Riverine vegetation
(Indonesia)
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Red flowers
(Thailand)
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White flowers
(Sri Lanka)
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Purple flower [madagascar_6593]
(Madagascar)
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Cypress forest
(United States)
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Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis) -- borneo_6543
(Malaysia)
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Maidenhair or Venus-hair fern (Adianthum raddianum) from all tropical regions of the world
(Colombia)
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Seed pod
(China)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Green and magenta rainforest shrub
(Costa Rica)
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Heliconia (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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White flowers emerging from a burned grassland in Madagascar [madagascar_6363]
(Madagascar)
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Red flowers
(Madagascar)
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Tree with vine
(Guyana)
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