In pictures: Blossoms brightening Xishuangbanna 12
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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 has compiled a list of flowers that have bloomed during each month of 2019 at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden. 

Take a look at the February flower collection, and don't miss the blossoms in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

Saraca dives Pierre

Saraca dives Pierre

Congea tomentosa Roxb

Congea tomentosa Roxb

Thunbergia coccinea Wall

Thunbergia coccinea Wall

Pachystachys coccinea

Pachystachys coccinea

Passiflora quadrangularis

Passiflora quadrangularis

Saraca declinata Miq

Saraca declinata Miq

Brownee grandiceps Jucq

Brownee grandiceps Jucq

(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.)