Xyris sp
Common on Roraima. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 27 November, 2010 08:36 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/200 s
Common on Roraima. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 27 November, 2010 08:36 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/200 s
A most peculiar flower that both look and feel like plastic! In any case, flowering and producing fruit in particular is the very last of the plant, as it dies producing it – just like pinapple. Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 26 November, 2010 15:41 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/250 s
One of the most common plant species on Roraima. It reminds of pinapple, and like pinapple it dies after blooming and setting fruit. I wonder how it’s able to survive submerged like this. All three plants seem to have no problem being in the middle of a pool of water many months per year. Just […]
Common and widespread along the path to Roraima. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 25 November, 2010 12:34 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/250 s