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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Red and yellow flower produced by a bromeliad
(Colombia)
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Light green pitcher plant in Borneo (closeup) (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Flower
(Thailand)
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Vine
(Malaysia)
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Satyrium ground orchid from South Africa
(Colombia)
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Bromeliad [costa_rica_4622]
(Costa Rica)
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Bird of Paradise in the Amazon rainforest [colombia_0496]
(Colombia)
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Canopy leaves [suriname_0454]
(Suriname)
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Nepenthes rafflesiana, a red and green pitcher plant (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Green palm fruit on a red stalk
(Costa Rica)
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Big red flower in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Pink lotus
(Indonesia)
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Orchid [colombia_0114]
(Colombia)
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Cactus flower
(United States)
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Light pink lily
(Kenya)
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Amazon water lilies [br_co-0041]
(Colombia)
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Swallowtail feeding on red flowers
(United States)
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A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Detail of petrified log in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
(United States)
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Mangroves on a Turneffe Atoll island
(Belize)
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Flower
(Thailand)
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Shrub with leaves that change color--from green to purple to orange--as they are exposed to sunlight
(Malaysia)
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Buttress roots of rain forest tree
(Malaysia)
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Bat-dispersed fruit
(Suriname)
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Purple flower [suriname_2072]
(Suriname)
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Plants on forest floor
(Guyana)
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Giant Rosette Plant (Lobelia keniensis)
(Kenya)
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Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Large green umbrella leaf
(Colombia)
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Ginger
(0)
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Flower [suriname_1614]
(Suriname)
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Path through a bamboo grove [panama_1211]
(Panama)
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Sunbird on an orchid
(Kenya)
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Red and white flowers
(Costa Rica)
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Agave family. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Bird atop a Lobelia telekii plant on Mt Kenya
(Kenya)
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Nipa palms (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Yellow Agave attenuata flower. Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Orange flower
(Indonesia)
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Nipa palms along the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo) -- kali8924
(Indonesia)
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Green-white orchid in Mexico
(Mexico)
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Victoria Water Lily in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Light yellow mushrooms in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Purple rainforest flowers [colombia_0452]
(Colombia)
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Bamboo forest in Oheo Gulch
(United States)
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Couroupita guianensis flower
(0)
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Red fruit [kalteng_0521]
(Indonesia)
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Ripe red cacao pod with vanilla plant (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Striking yellow blossoms of the Corteza Amarilla (Tabebuia ochracea) in bloom
(Costa Rica)
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Giant Rosette Plant (Lobelia keniensis)
(Kenya)
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Pink flowers of Rubiaceae: Mussaenda (coffee family)
(Colombia)
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Canopy tree and a liana
(Suriname)
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Large ferns above the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Rain in Santa Fe, New Mexico
(United States)
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Aquatic plant
(Mexico)
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Plants in forest
(Guyana)
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Pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana, positioned on the forest floor (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Green cacao pods (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Red ginger [suriname_1601]
(Suriname)
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Bombus transversalis bumble bee flying toward a yellow flower in the Colombian Amazon
(Colombia)
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Queen Victoria water lily in the Amazon
(Colombia)
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Bird's nest ferns in the rainforest canopy
(Indonesia)
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Orange Heliconia [co03-9775]
(Colombia)
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Roots of rainforest trees growing down a rock face
(Malaysia)
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Vines growing up the trunk of a canopy tree
(Malaysia)
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Figs
(Thailand)
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Zingiber spectabile (ginger) [co01-9255]
(Colombia)
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Orange flowers
(Indonesia)
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Pink flower
(0)
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Green figs (Java)
(Indonesia)
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Fall colors in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
(United States)
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Black, green, and red slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis) -- borneo_5010
(Malaysia)
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Amazon water lily shaped like a pair of lips
(Colombia)
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Rainforest leaves [costa_rica_4487]
(Costa Rica)
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Ceiba tree
(Costa Rica)
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Cenotes biotope
(Mexico)
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Nepenthes rafflesiana, a large pitcher plant found in kerangas and peat swamp forests of Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Orange palm fruit [co03-9812]
(Colombia)
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Purple blossom
(Panama)
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Long buttress root
(Malaysia)
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Red bird-of-paradise
(Costa Rica)
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Cacao pod with vanilla plant (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Cactus flower
(United States)
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Bamboo forest [panama_1233]
(Panama)
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A flower in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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White flowers of a rain forest shrub
(Malaysia)
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White flower with long magenta stems
(Thailand)
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Red fruits on rainforest shrub (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Red leaves (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi) -- sulawesi6644
(Indonesia)
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Red flowers
(United States)
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Tussock grasses, senecios and lobelias in the Afro-alpine moorland zone of Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Bamboo forest in Oheo Gulch
(United States)
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Victoria amazonica water lilies in the Amazon [co07-0289]
(Colombia)
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Flower [riau_0178]
(Indonesia)
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Red fruit [kalteng_0515]
(Indonesia)
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Pink cactus flowers
(United States)
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Off-white orchid with orange spots -- borneo_3406
(Malaysia)
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Passion vine blossom with resident ant species
(Suriname)
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Papaya tree with papayas (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Bamboo forest
(United States)
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Tree with thrunk that splits into three
(Malaysia)
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White flower
(0)
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Red leaves (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Pitcher plants
(0)
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Flowers
(0)
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Flowering plant
(United States)
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Maroon flowers
(Laos)
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Rainforest leaves [costa_rica_4488]
(Costa Rica)
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Pink lotus (Java)
(Indonesia)
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Hibiscus
(Costa Rica)
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Red orange flowers -- borneo_3103
(Malaysia)
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Banana leaf
(Colombia)
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Roots of jungle tree (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Aechmea fasciata (Aloe). Identification by Alexander Gostner.
(Colombia)
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Protea flower, side view
(Colombia)
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Sun-lit leaves in a North American broad-leaf forest
(0)
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Red flowers of a bromeliad in the Amazon rainforest canopy [co04-1024]
(Colombia)
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Passion vine blossoms
(Suriname)
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Palm fruit
(0)
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Tree with a red trunk [kalbar_0457]
(Indonesia)
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Yellow heliconia flowers
(Costa Rica)
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Strangler fig
(Suriname)
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Red ginger flower [colombia_0450]
(Colombia)
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What Tikal looked like before excavation
(Belize)
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Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower [suriname_0333]
(Suriname)
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Juniper
(Colombia)
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Pitcher plant [riau_0158]
(Indonesia)
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Tussock grasses, senecios and lobelias in the Afro-alpine moorland zone of Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Plant
(Indonesia)
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Papaveraceae (possibly Bocconia )
(Colombia)
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Yellow flowers
(United States)
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Red passiflora flower [colombia_1170]
(Colombia)
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Flowering bromeliads high in the rain forest canopy
(Colombia)
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Orange and yellow flowers of the Banderita Espanola Orchid (also known as the Fire Star Orchid)
(Costa Rica)
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Orchids
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Yellow and orange flowers
(Indonesia)
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Bat-like leaf
(Suriname)
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Rainforest leaves [costa_rica_4497]
(Costa Rica)
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Rainforest seed
(Costa Rica)
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Purple flower
(Colombia)
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Red flower
(Suriname)
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Heliconia [br_co-9924]
(Colombia)
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Tree roots growing through the ceiling of a cave -- malaysia0872
(Malaysia)
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Lobelia deckenii
(Kenya)
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Fern grove in the Costa Rican rainforest [costa_rica_4634]
(Costa Rica)
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Purple ground flowers
(United States)
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Lobelia telekii
(Kenya)
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Giant Rosette Plant (Lobelia keniensis)
(Kenya)
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Tussock grasses, senecios and lobelias in the Afro-alpine moorland zone of Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Palm fruit [cr_3664]
(Costa Rica)
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Tropical rain forest at Las Cruces
(Costa Rica)
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Capparaceae (the gynophore is a give away)
(Colombia)
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Wild antherium?
(Indonesia)
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Yellow and orange flowers
(Indonesia)
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Saguaro cactus in the Saguaro National Park, Arizona
(United States)
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Roots of rainforest tree (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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White orchids
(Laos)
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Chewed rainforest leaf
(Costa Rica)
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Hibiscus flower
(United States)
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Giant bamboo (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Giant Raffles' Pitcher-Plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)
(Malaysia)
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Green-white orchid in Mexico
(Mexico)
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Red fruit
(Suriname)
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Wild ginger in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Flowering bromeliad [costa_rica_4646]
(Costa Rica)
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White Mexican orchid
(Mexico)
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Rainforest plant
(Mexico)
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Senecio keniodendron with Mt. Kenya in the background
(Kenya)
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Pandanus fruit
(Sri Lanka)
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Bunches of red flowers on a tree
(Kenya)
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A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Drying coconuts near Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Red ginger
(Colombia)
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Flower in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Three ripe cacao pods growing from tree trunk (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Purple flowers
(United States)
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Palm leaves accented by the setting sun
(Malaysia)
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Impressive karst formations with mangroves in front in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Palm flowers
(Belize)
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Segmented plant stem
(Colombia)
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Red flowers with black berries (Sulawesi - Celebes)
(Indonesia)
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Vine with interesting leaves
(Malaysia)
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Large ferns above the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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White orchid
(Thailand)
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Orange flowers in the Borneo rainforest [kalbar_0307]
(Indonesia)
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Costa Rican rainforest in the late afternoon [costa_rica_4640]
(Costa Rica)
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Black berries on a magenta stem - Poke plant (Phytolacca americana)
(Suriname)
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White orchids
(Laos)
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Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Red heliconia
(Panama)
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Cecropia with insect-eaten leaves [suriname_2110]
(Suriname)
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Birdnest fern in Borneo
(Indonesia)
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Symbiosis between the cecropia tree and defensive Azteca ants
(Belize)
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Epidendrum ibaguense, also known as poor man's orchids due being extremely easy to grow, comes in various colours
(Colombia)
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Upper alpine zone vegetation on Mount Kenya
(Kenya)
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Young manioc leaves
(Indonesia)
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Red flowers
(United States)
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Bird of paradise in Hawaii
(United States)
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Flora of the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Water lily room at the Bogota Botanical Garden (Jardin Botanico)
(Colombia)
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Cauliflorous fruit growing out of the trunk of a canopy tree in the Malaysian rainforest
(Malaysia)
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Fern grove in the Costa Rican rainforest
(Costa Rica)
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Red fruit -- borneo_4368
(Malaysia)
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Pink flower
(United States)
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Cacti [br_co-9937]
(Colombia)
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Vine
(Indonesia)
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Canopy trees
(Suriname)
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Red passion flower
(Colombia)
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White Mexican orchid
(Mexico)
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Impressive karst formations with mangroves in front in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Buttress roots [cr_4004]
(Costa Rica)
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Entomologist showing how ants are trapped in the Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
(Malaysia)
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Canopy leaves [suriname_0830]
(Suriname)
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Flower [suriname_1613]
(Suriname)
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White and pink flower -- borneo_6173
(Malaysia)
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Tree roots growing through the ceiling of a cave
(Malaysia)
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Yellow flowers
(Kenya)
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Orange berries
(Suriname)
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Pitcher plant [riau_0164]
(Indonesia)
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Epiphyes growing on tree limb
(Malaysia)
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Orange flowers
(United States)
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Ripening cacao pods still on the tree (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Cenotes biotope
(Mexico)
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The mountain views near Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Pink Lotus
(Indonesia)
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Purple flower of a water plant
(Costa Rica)
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Bamboo forest in Oheo Gulch
(United States)
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Bromeliads in the canopy of the Amazon rain forest
(Colombia)
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Red-orange tubular flowers on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Rainforest plant
(Mexico)
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Green leaf
(Colombia)
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Heliconia [br_co-9928]
(Colombia)
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Flower
(Thailand)
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Petrified log in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
(United States)
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Red-leaved Lobelia deckenii
(Kenya)
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Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica with pink flower
(Colombia)
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Strange plant on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Red rainforest flowers
(Indonesia)
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Tree with red flowers
(Kenya)
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Giant unbrella leaf -- borneo_3516a
(Malaysia)
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Epiphytes in the Bornean rainforest canopy
(Malaysia)
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Orange and yellow flowers [west-papua_5996]
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest canopy tree
(Colombia)
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Purple flower
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest tree with cotton-like seed pods
(Malaysia)
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Cashew nut still part of the fruit on the tree
(Belize)
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Morning glory flowers
(Kenya)
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Strangler fig
(Indonesia)
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Cactus flower
(United States)
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Orange flowers [panama_0542]
(Panama)
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Green fruit
(Suriname)
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Flowers in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Canopy leaves
(Suriname)
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White flowers [riau_0172]
(Indonesia)
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Angraecum madagascariensis orchid
(Madagascar)
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Red fruit [panama_1198]
(Panama)
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Pink cactus flowers
(United States)
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Yellow fruits/berries
(Belize)
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Bamboo forest on the Pipiwai trail
(United States)
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Yellow and purple Ruscus flower
(Colombia)
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Woody liana
(Malaysia)
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Unknown cactus [co02-0027]
(Colombia)
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Victoria amazonica flower
(Colombia)
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Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis) -- borneo_4994
(Malaysia)
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Flower (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Peatland flower
(Indonesia)
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Orange-flowers of the Ziricote tree
(Belize)
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Pink and white orchid
(Thailand)
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Coffee plant (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest leaf [cr_3665]
(Costa Rica)
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Wild Geraniums [kalbar_0433]
(Indonesia)
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Strangler fig [suriname_0811]
(Suriname)
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Pink flower (Epidendrum Radicans/iguense) [Family Orchidaceae]
(Colombia)
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Lemon blossoms
(Indonesia)
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Off-white orchid with orange spots -- borneo_3403
(Malaysia)
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Sharp thorns around the stem of a bamboo
(Malaysia)
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Roots of a strangler fig [sumatra_0965]
(Indonesia)
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Nipa palms along the Seikonyer River (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Yellow flowers
(0)
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Heliconia [colombia_2694]
(Colombia)
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Bromeliad [costa-rica_0406]
(Costa Rica)
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Banana flowers and red banana fruit [costa_rica_4494]
(Costa Rica)
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Spiny plant on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Cannonball tree flower (Couroupita guianensis)
(0)
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Flower
(Thailand)
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Purple berries
(Indonesia)
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Looking up the inside of a strangler fig tree
(Indonesia)
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White Mexican orchid
(Mexico)
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Blooming shrub growing out of a Karst cliff along the Nam Ou river
(Laos)
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Red flower
(Indonesia)
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Reddish-orange flowers
(Costa Rica)
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Bright green shrub
(Colombia)
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Nuts
(Suriname)
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purple-pink banana flower
(Colombia)
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Peach Hibiscus
(Colombia)
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Winter in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
(United States)
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Blooming water lilies in bloom along blackwater river (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Colorful flower buds on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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