Sprays of angelitos blooming on a slender trunk in a Puerto Rico forest. The small fan of narrow leaves sits at the base of the
The classic red form: a stiff, upright spike of boat-shaped bracts, each one cupping a cluster of small tubular flowers. Jardin botanique de Deshaies, Guadeloupe.
In bloom among coastal boulders, the flower spike of living vase rises from a ring of bright red bracts, its yellow flowers held on a
A mature corita rosette: broad, deep green, sword-shaped leaves with small marginal teeth radiating from a short base. Photo: beagsmn, via iNaturalist (CC BY) Agave
Wild cane in flower near Naguabo, eastern Puerto Rico. Feathery plumes stand well above the fan-shaped tufts of leaves. Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, via iNaturalist (CC0)
Mammee apples ripening on the tree in the French Antilles. The thick, rough, russet skin hides bright orange flesh. Photo: Marcoarbo, via Wikimedia Commons (CC
The upright flower spike of West Indian tufted airplant: bright orange-red bracts at the tip, green bracts below, and small white tubular flowers peeking out
Barbasco flowers are small, waxy and white, with five spreading lobes and a ring of petal-like staminodes in the throat. Guadeloupe. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz,
Monarch amazonvine in full bloom, scrambling over sea grape at the edge of a beach at Pointe des Colibris, Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. Photo:
Native begonia in bloom in El Yunque National Forest, eastern Puerto Rico. Sprays of white flowers rise on red stalks above the toothed, lopsided leaves.
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