Showing posts with label endemic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label endemic. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Begonia decandra Pav. ex A.DC. in El Yunque National Forest

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 This Begonia is endemic of Puerto Rico.  It can be seen in roadsides and places where the forest canopy borders and open sunny area. 
Thursday, March 16, 2017

I found some tiny orchid seedlings, maybe of Leochilus puertoricensis, "in situ" in a single thin branch

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Today I took some photos of the flowers of Leochilus puertoricensis and uploaded them to the Internet.  I was asked to take phot...
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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Epidendrum lacerum Lindley 1838, it is always a treat to see species from Cuba.

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In Puerto Rico, the orchid market is dominated by hybrids due to their availability and relative ease of cultivation in comparison with o...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Leochilus puertoricensis M.W. Chase 1986, today I found three plants in the trees around my garden

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This small orchid can be found sporadically growing on the Camasey trees that surround my garden.  They are short lived for an orch...
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Saturday, October 3, 2015

Anolis gundlachi, the yellow chinned anolis in El Yunque forest, Puerto Rico

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I saw this Anolis in el Yunque forest.  The anolis was in a shady area under the canopy.  It kept moving away and hiding which didn...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Vanilla poitaei Rchb. f. 1877 "in situ",

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This orchid is endemic of the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.    In Puerto Rico this orchid is not particularly rare, h...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Psychilis monensis, an orange yellow form of this variable species, photographed "in situ" very deep into the interior of Mona Island.

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This orchid is locally common, and sometimes downright abundant in certain parts of Mona Island.  This species produces flowers that c...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Anolis cristatellus, in the RIo Abajo forest, Puerto Rico

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Friday, February 13, 2015

Psychilis kraenzlinii (Bello) Sauleda 1988, from the north coast of Puerto Rico

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This is Psychilis x raganii , sometimes shown as Psy. kraenzlinii Note the different coloring These are the first flowers of ...
Monday, January 5, 2015

Liparis saundersiana Rchb. f. a terrestrial orchid from Puerto Rico

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In many years visiting the Maricao Forest I had never encountered this species.  Then in December of 2014, as I was looking ...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Anolis evermanni Stejneger 1904, in the forest of Rio Abajo

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Today I was cleaning the patio and decided to remove an accumulation of sticks and leaves that had developed under a clump of pa...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

A baby puertorican boa startles and delights

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This baby Puertorican boa surprised, startled and delighted the personnel of the Puertorican Parrot project by spending the day ...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Anolis cristatellus, displaying its dewlap

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Compared to most other lizards I see locally, this male Anolis cristatellus has been surprisingly bold.  Instead of running away ...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Anolis cristatellus cristatellus Duméril and Bibron, 1837, that just had been involved in a territorial fight

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This adult male cristatellus was just involved in a territorial fight.  The snout shows damage and the lower mandible is slightly ...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Gesneria cuneifolia (DC.) Fritsch, yerba parrera, a gesneriad endemic of Puerto Rico, seen at the Rio Abajo forest.

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When I hike in the forest of Rio Abajo, I always take the camera with me, because every time I find something new and interesting t...