White-banded Swallow (Atticora fasciata)

White-banded Swallow (Atticora fasciata)

If you're on or by a river in the Amazon rain forest you will see this species, sometimes a single one like here, or if you're lucky maybe a hundred roosting…


ARCC Catasetum 02

ARCC Catasetum 02

How incredibly lucky I was that this orchid was in bloom when I came by! These flowers are in pristine condition, and I was totally amazed by their incredible…


ARCC Catasetum 02

ARCC Catasetum 02

This is the second species of this incredibly strange genus I found here at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC). Strange, not just by looks, but…


Catasetum schunkei

Catasetum schunkei

This is a very unusual species of orchid in that it has male and female flowers. Here yous see what appears as two different species - the flowers are after…


Brown-Chested Martin (Progne tapera)

Brown-Chested Martin (Progne tapera)

This is a common swallow in Pantanal, and around Pousada Xaraés it has excellent nesting sites as the closest river has high and steep river banks in which it…


Pleurothallis

Pleurothallis

Pleurothallis orchids are unusual in that the flower seems to grow straight out of the leaf. -0.117222,-78.589722


Pleurothallis

Pleurothallis

I found 2 groups of two species of Pleurothallis. The other one had an even darker brown color, but unfortunately I did not photograph it. Both are located at…


Vassgro (Alisma plantago-aquatica)

Vassgro (Alisma plantago-aquatica)

Fruktsamlingen til vassgro er en spesiell formasjon som her blir enda mer kunstferdig med vannet som henger fast mellom nøttene. Naturlig utbredelse i…


Vassgro (Alisma plantago-aquatica)

Vassgro (Alisma plantago-aquatica)

Det vokser noen få vassgro i vannkanten i demningen i Delingsdalen over Ingierstrand. De er store og flotte eksemplarer og vokser nesten helt for seg selv.…