15 Jul 2023
Sonerila khasiana
Sonerila khasiana is found in Sikkim's temperate biome.
Elevation: 1936 meters.
Native range is Nepal to South Tibet and Myanmar.
15 Jul 2023
Medinilla himalayana
Medinilla himalayana is found in Sikkim's subtropical biome.
Elevation: 1936 meters.
Native range is East Himalaya to China.
19 Nov 2013
Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)
This is such a little known annual display in Oct/Nov in some of the forests bordering the Cerrado in Brazil and Bolivia. Each light is a beetle larva…
28 Nov 2012
Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
This bird is so well camouflaged that even though you know what to look for you will easily miss it. As a visitor you'll need help from the locals, as their…
26 Nov 2012
Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)
What an amazing sight! In the middle of the jungle in absolute darkness - a towering structure more than 2 metres tall - is dotted with countless tiny green…
26 Nov 2012
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…
26 Nov 2012
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…
1 Dec 2011
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 -…