Bejuco de sopla in flower at Juan Alonso, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The two large pink “wings” are petal-like sepals; the yellow, fleshy upper petals and
A clump of bushy bluestem in late-season color, its fluffy seed heads lit by low sun among saw palmetto. Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Florida. Photo:
A giant philodendron climbing a forest tree near Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, its leaves getting larger toward the light. It grows the same way in the rain
Black olive, called úcar in Puerto Rico, in heavy bloom. The tiny greenish-cream flowers are packed into slender spikes among the leaves. Photo: Forest &
A tall tabonuco rising above sierra palms in the foothills of the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico. Photo: ritirene, via iNaturalist (CC BY) Dacryodes excelsa, known
Muskwood in fruit. The nearly round, reddish-brown capsules hang in clusters along the branches and usually hold three or four seeds. Photo: uploader’s own work,
A wild Puerto Rico coontie, or marunguey, in dry forest in southwestern Puerto Rico. The arching, palm-like leaves rise from a stem that sits mostly
A mature ceiba shows the plank buttresses and wide, layered crown that make it the largest tree of many Caribbean landscapes. Jardin botanique de Deshaies,
A red passionflower in bloom near Woodfordhill, Dominica. The flowers are pale greenish white with a fringe of slender filaments banded in pink; the name
A cardinal airplant in bloom, perched on a branch with its fan of red flower spikes held above the gray-green rosette. Jonathan Dickinson State Park,
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