Mild climate and agreeable temperature have turned Xishuangbanna in southwest China's Yunnan Province into a kingdom of countless plant species where flowers of different shapes and colors bloom all year long.
Today, CGTN continues showcases flowers that have bloomed each month throughout this year at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.
Check out the beautiful collection.
Saraca dives Pierre
Saraca asoca
Handroanthus impetiginosus
Congea tomentosa Roxb
Thunbergia coccinea Wall.
Pachystachys coccinea
Passiflora quadrangularis
Brownee grandiceps Jucq.
Saraca declinata Miq.
(All the photos are contributed by Mo Haibo, who earned his master's degree in botany and now works at Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden. Photography has gradually become a way for him to express his affection for plants – his obsession since childhood.)
(If you want to contribute and have specific expertise, please contact us at nature@cgtn.com.)