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 collection of July, and don't miss the blossoms in August, September, October, November and December.
Ambroma augustum
Passiflora serrulata
Aristolochia faviogonzalezii
Dipterocarpus retusus
Nyctocalos pinnatum
Gloriosa superba
Amalocalyx microlobus
Ravenia spectabilis
Randia formosa
(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.)