Category Archives: Apocynaceae
Peltastes, the Shield Liana
About this time last year, there was this flower on the ground. When I looked straight up to see where it came from, all I could see were the leaves and green fruits of a nance tree. I looked down … Continue reading
Posted in Apocynaceae
Tagged Botany, carpel, Flower, Leaf, Leaf shape, liana, Missouri Botanical Garden, opposite leaves, Peltastes isthmicus, simple leaves
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Sangrillo – a little red (latex)
One of the more common trees in our area is this one, often called sangrillo in Panama. Sangrillo means “a little red” from sangre, for blood, and -illo giving it the diminutive form. But when you first see the tree … Continue reading
Posted in Apocynaceae, Clusiaceae
Tagged bats, miconia, opposite leaves, sepals, simple leaves, stamens, Vismia baccifera
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Mandevilla hirsuta – plebian trumpet vine
This flower almost always catches my eye as a lone spot of color in a tangled field of grasses and shrubs. When I get up close to it, I feel an odd deja vu. Only after identifying it, and finding … Continue reading
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