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Dendrobium orchids ornament Shade Plant Garden Dendrobium orchids ornament Shade Plant Garden
The Shade Plant Garden is an elite living collection of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG). I t covers an area of one hectare. It serves as a resource for research, public education, and horticultural display. It is a place of relaxation and tranquility, and an ideal place of drawing and painting for artists as we...
Cambodian dragon trees in bloom Cambodian dragon trees in bloom
The genus Dracaena includes more than 50 species, which are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa. Dracaena cambodiana is a narrow-distributed species, which is found in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Hainan provinces in China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia. It is commonly known as Cambodian d...
<em>Balanophora latisepala</em>, a new record of Balanophoraceae from China Balanophora latisepala, a new record of Balanophoraceae from China
Balanophora latisepala is a new record of Balanophoraceae. Some XTBG researchers found the new species in Xishuangbanna in 2014 for the first time.   Balanophora latisepala in the family Balanophoraceae are parasitic on the roots of Phyllanthus emblica(family Phyllanthaceae). It’s distributed in Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos...
Minority girls enjoy nature in living collections Minority girls enjoy nature in living collections
In early February, spring is very much in the air in Xishuangbanna. The beautiful landscape attracts numerous visitors from both home and abroad. Local girls in traditional clothes of ethnic minorities add scenery and provide a picture of man and nature in harmony.   Here are a few pictures of ethnic girls in the Vine Garde...
A new species of Gesneriaceae reported from south Yunnan A new species of Gesneriaceae reported from south Yunnan
  Flower of Oreocharis glandulosa   During 2011 and 2012, a few young researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) made many floristic surveys of southern Yunnan. They discovered and described some new species. They also collected a specimen of Oreocharis that morphologically did not match any of the k...
A newly recorded species of Christisonia from China A newly recorded species of Christisonia from China
Christisonia siamensis Craib is reported as a new record species to China.A morphological description of the species was given based on the newly discoverd population,which grew under the tropicalr ainforest at an altitude of 750 m.The main difference between C.hookeri Clarke is:calyx whitish or yellowish,sometimes dark ...
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