Sonerila khasiana

Sonerila khasiana

Sonerila khasiana is found in Sikkim's temperate biome. Elevation: 1936 meters. Native range is Nepal to South Tibet and Myanmar.


Medinilla himalayana

Medinilla himalayana

Medinilla himalayana is found in Sikkim's subtropical biome. Elevation: 1936 meters. Native range is East Himalaya to China.


Blue-banded Morpho (Morpho achilles)

Blue-banded Morpho (Morpho achilles)

Morphos are mesmerizing! In flight you see the flash of blue, but when they sit they're invisible as they almost never open the wings and the underside is like…


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park plant 14 (Melastomataceae)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park plant 14 (Melastomataceae)

I observed new (to me at least) and different species of plants wherever I looked, and even though I left the the plateau the very same trail walked up, I saw…


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park plant 14 (Melastomataceae)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park plant 14 (Melastomataceae)

I observed new (to me at least) and different species of plants wherever I looked, and even though I left the the plateau the very same trail walked up, I saw…


Tibouchina sp

Tibouchina sp

Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me identify it - leave a comment!


Tibouchina sp

Tibouchina sp

The first Melastomataceae I've seen so far with 7-petalled flowers - they mostly seem to have 4 or 5 petals. Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me identify it -…


Tibouchina lepidota

Tibouchina lepidota

Some were tree-like in size - more than 3 metres tall and with enormous amount of flowers. These trees were hyptnotizingly beautiful to me and birds & insects…


Monochaetum sp

Monochaetum sp

Altitude 2112 metres. Help me identify it - leave a comment! -0.589722,-77.880556