Mild climate and agreeable temperatures 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, we continue with the compilation of flowers that have bloomed each month throughout this year at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden.
Take a look at our August collection, and don't miss the blossoms in September, October, November and December.
Aeschynanthus mimetes.
Aristolochia gigantea.
Colona auriculata.
Dasymaschalon rostratum.
Colona auriculata.
Disporum calcaratum.
Erythrina caffra.
Lagerstroemia noei.
Passiflora yucatanensis.
Pereskia bleo.
(All photos contributed by Mo Haibo, who earned his master's degree in botany and now works at Xishuangbanna Botanic Garden. Botanic photography has gradually become a way for him to express his affection for plants, an obsession since childhood.)
(If you want to contribute and have specific expertise, please contact us at nature@cgtn.com.)