Category: Vegetal kingdom
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In the kapok shade
It’s the month of April and the water is already on the pillars of the blockhouse. The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) also feels the tickle
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Princess
From my balcony overlooking the forest, I am greeted by the sight of the majestic tree, a 180-feet-tall iron tree (Dinizia excelsa).
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Ephemeral flower
That is, until one day, suddenly, she opened the doors of her cathedral to me, ten years after our first meeting.
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Eyes of guaraná
The fruit of guaraná (Paullinia cupana) grows from a vine in the Amazon rainforest. Cultivated by the Sateré-Mawé, the plant is native
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Channel of taxizeiros
On the horizon of the photo, the Negro river dominates and the channel empties into it or, interestingly, it can also reverse
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Natural calendar
Maybe the riverside people’s feelings are not enchanted by that spectacle, as I am.
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Awarded forest
Image awarded first place in the 11th Itaú-BBA National Contest of Photography in the Flowered Forest category.
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Princess Residents
During the mating season, two toucans (Ramphastos tucanus), also known as the white-throated toucan, begin to regularly visit the Princesa
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Domesticating a tree
Domesticating a tree does not in any way tame or change the nature of that living being. Domestication refers only to the conditions that
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An angel
An orchid with open arms, wings and even aureola, a protective angel of nature. I ask myself, again I ask myself, I always ask myself:
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Little fairy
The inevitable question always comes to my mind: who designed you? so perfect! so harmoniously proportioned!
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A minute violet dot
A minute violet dot about 40 meters high from an adult and healthy kapok tree, there it was, enjoying the shade of a very sunny afternoon.
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Immaculate beauty
In Central America, it is popularly known as “orquídea de la Virgen Maria” and, certainly, its immaculate beauty justifies
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Bifrenaria rudolfii
In this photographic version, the foreground was then isolated to reduce background brightness and thus allow the main
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Aphrodisiac perfume
This orchid (Catasetum barbatum) it is unique in having male, female, and hermaphroditic flowers, pollinated by male Euglossine bees.
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Priestess flower
I had obtained authorization to photograph in an area reserved for research, INPA’s Campina Reserve. I had all day to flutter between
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Perfect symmetry
The perfect symmetry of the flower suggests a very complex geometry, which can even be carried on an architect’s drawing board. But
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Cattleya eldorado
It is mainly present in campinas, in areas of high luminosity, preferentially vegetating on macucu (Aldina heterophylla).
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Cattleya brymeriana
When two species such as C. eldorado and C. violacea, despite having different flowering times, due to special circumstances,
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Special night
The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) was in bloom, and I had had my fill of photographs during the day.
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Dark wonder
The orchid receives exotic names such as ‘dark wonder’ or ‘dark warrior’ for its petals and dark burgundy sepals.
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Ballerina orquid
Notice the arms crossed above the head and the legs, as if standing on tiptoe. Who drew you, dancer?
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Poet’s orchid
The wooer came, adding more wonders. Yes, the courtier comes to flower to perfume himself, as this is part of his mating ritual.
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Inebriating perfume
The discovery of a flowering orchid in the treetops is a celebration. I once stood in the canopy for several hours,
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Shameless monkey
The capuchin monkey seems to smell the flower, but make no mistake, he is about to make another prank, as is his nature.
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Blue orchid
The orchid like very much to grow near waterfalls, like in the picture, taken near the Neblina waterfall,