Pink trumpet tree, called roble or roble blanco in Puerto Rico, in flower on Martinique. The blossoms range from nearly white to rosy pink, always
A wild birdnest fern perched on a tree trunk in tropical forest in Bahia, Brazil. The upright rosette of undivided fronds catches falling leaves, which
Palma de manaca in moist forest at San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, one of the few places where natural populations survive. Note the long flower clusters
Retama prieta in full flower in South Miami, Florida, where it is grown as an ornamental. Each cup-shaped yellow flower is about an inch across.
Maga in bloom, with open flowers below and pale, pointed buds above. Photo: Wendy Cutler, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Thespesia grandiflora, known in
Wild allamanda in bloom in open pine rockland on Big Pine Key, Florida. A single flowering shoot pushes up through low scrub, with saw palmetto
Beach morning-glory flowering on an Atlantic dune. The white funnels sit just above a mat of running stems, with the tiny pink flowers of frogfruit
A dense stand of seashore paspalum at the edge of a sandy, brackish shoreline. The paired flowering branches stand above the leaves in a narrow
A rubbervine flower in South Florida. The broad white corolla, 2 to 3 inches across, has a bright yellow throat. When not in bloom, the
A redmargin zephyrlily flower near Palmer Ranch, Sarasota County, Florida. Note the green throat and the faint pink tips of the tepals. Photo: Stan Shebs,
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