Showing posts with label Flora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flora. Show all posts

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Christisonia tricolor Gardner

Christisonia tricolor Gardner is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is a parasitic plant and can be seen in montane forests.

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Strobilanthes diandra






































Strobilanthes diandra is endemic to Sri Lanka. It can be seen in montane forests and forest margins.

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Henckelia communis


Henckelia communis is an endemic herb found in moist and intermediate zones of Sri Lanka.

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Woodfordia fruticosa


Woodfordia fruticosa is a species of plant in the family Lythraceae.

Impatiens macrophylla

Impatiens macrophylla is an endemic plant found in the montane forests of Sri Lanka.

Impatiens linearis

 


Impatiens linearis is an endemic plant found in wetzone forests of Sri Lanka.

Strobilanthes lipulina

Strobilanthes lupulina is a flowering plant found in the wet zone forests of Sri Lanka.

Monday, November 13, 2023

Robiquetia brevifolia (Lindl.)

Name: Robiquetia brevifolia
Four species of Robiquetia genus are found naturally in Sri Lanka. Among them, Robiquetia brevifolia (Lindl.) is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is seen in mountain forests.

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Strobilanthes zeylanica

Strobilanthes zeylanica is an endemic plant found in wetzone of Sri Lanka

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Strobilanthes habracanthoides

Strobilanthes habracanthoides is an endemic shrub found in Sri Lankan forests.

Cynoglossum furcatum


Cynoglossum furcatum(Forget-me-not) is a indigenous plant found mainly in hill contry.

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Impatiens cuspidata

Impatiens cuspidata is a plant naturally found in highlands of Sri Lanka.

Monday, May 15, 2023

Disporum cantoniense

Disporum cantoniense is a herb found in mountains regioins of Sri Lanka

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Cryptostylis arachnites

Cryptostylis arachnites is an indigenous wild orchid found in wet zone of Sri Lanka.

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Henckelia angusta

Henckelia angusta Henckelia angusta is an endemic herb found on rocky surfaces of shady sreams. It has been restricted to lowland forests of southwestern part of Sri Lanka.

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Polyspora dassanayakei

Polyspora dassanayakei


Binomial Name: Polyspora dassanayakei
Sinhala: දසනායකගේ මිහිරිය[Dasanayakage Mihiriya]
Polyspora dassanayakei (දසනායකගේ මිහිරිය) is a relatively rare species of endemic tree confined to montane forests.

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Impatiens henslowiana

Impatiens henslowiana

Binomial: Impatiens henslowiana
English: Impatiens 
Sinhala: කූඩලු[Kudalu]

Impatiens henslowiana grows in Sri Lankan rain forests where elevation level is between 900-2000m.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Angraecum zeylanicum



Angraecum zeylanicum is a wild orchid found on tree trunks of lowland wet zone of Sri Lanka.