Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
In pictures: Blossoms brightening Xishuangbanna 8
Source:CGTN     Release time :2020-01-06

Mild climate and agreeable temperatures have turned Xishuangbanna in southwest China's Yunnan Province into a kingdom of countless plant species where flowers of different shapes and colors bloom all year long.  

CGTN continues its compilation of flowers that have bloomed each month throughout last year at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden.  

Take a look at the May flower collection, and don't miss the blossoms in June, July, AugustSeptemberOctoberNovember and December. 

 

  

Papilionanthe teres  

 

Hippeastrum puniceum  

 

Delonix regia var. flavida  

 

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius 

 

Strophanthus sarmentosus 

 

Vallaris glabra  

 

Vanilla siamensis  

 

Cassia javanica  

 

Combretum constrictum 

 

Gmelina philippensis 

(All photos contributed by Mo Haibo, who earned his master's degree in botany and now works at Xishuangbanna Botanic Garden. Botanic photography has gradually become a way for Mo to express his affection for plants, an obsession since childhood.) 

 

URL: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-01-02/In-pictures-Blossoms-brightening-Xishuangbanna-8-MV7quYPPwc/index.html

 

 

 

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