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.
CGTN continues its compilation of flowers that have bloomed each month throughout last year at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden.
Take a look at the May flower collection, and don't miss the blossoms in May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.
Paphiopedilum delenatii
Barringtonia fusicarpa
Turraea pubescens
Paphiopedilum callosum
Paphiopedilum villosum
Dendrobium lituiflorum
Dendrobium harveyanum
Dendrobium fimbriatum
Dendrobium densiflorum
Aristolochia elegans
(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 Mo to express his affection for plants, an obsession since childhood.)
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