17 Jul 2023
Anti-febrile Dichroa (Chinese Quinine) Hydrangea febrifuga
Anti-febrile Dichroa is found in Sikkim's temperate biome. Elevation: 1890 meters. Native range is Central & South China to Malesia and New Guinea.
13 Jul 2023
Anti-febrile Dichroa (Chinese Quinine) Hydrangea febrifuga
Anti-febrile Dichroa is found in Sikkim's temperate biome.
Elevation: 2223 meters.
Native range is Central & South China to Malesia and New Guinea.
11 Nov 2016
Laurel Dodder (Cassytha filiformis)
A hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) struggling to push through the entangled vines of the laurel dodder. This is a parasitic species getting all it…
28 Jul 2016
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
The walrus utilizes their tusks as ice picks when they haul themselves up onto an ice float, and sometimes they might break as is the case with this one. This…
26 Jul 2016
Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
These clumsy and fat mammals on land are amazingly fast and agile in the ocean! This encounter by the Seven Islands (Sjuøyane), Svalbard is from a zodiac, and…
1 Dec 2011
Hydrangea peruviana
Altitude 2112 metres. Native range is Costa Rica to Bolivia. -0.589722,-77.880556
1 Dec 2011
Hydrangea peruviana
Finally a specimen not out of reach! I first encountered the infloresence of the Hydrangea peruviana high up towards the canopy in the jungle, but here it was…