An indigenous perennial herb locally common on mossy rocks and trees in montane forests above 1000 m altitudes.
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Peperomia tetraphylla
An indigenous perennial herb locally common on mossy rocks and trees in montane forests above 1000 m altitudes.
Saturday, March 9, 2024
ගල් වෙරළු (Elaeocarpus glandulifer)
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Robiquetia virescens
An endemic epiphyte on branches of trees in sub montane to montane wet evergreen forests up to 2150 m elevations.
Flower Size: 4mm across and 1.2 cm long
Monday, January 15, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
තෙල් තල [Thel Thala]/Gingerlly (Sesamum indicum)
*Cultivated Plants usually have white flowers >>
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Ardisia gardneri
Friday, November 24, 2023
Mecardonia procumbens
Monday, October 23, 2023
Friday, September 22, 2023
Ceylon Spider Lilly/වල් ලූනු (Pancratium zeylanicum)
An indigenous herb rather common in lowlands. Often cultivated. Flowering more or less throughout the year.
Friday, September 1, 2023
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
බට දඹ/දිය දඹ/කොබෝ මල් (Syzygium nervosum [Syn: Cleistocalyx operculatus, Syzygium operculatum])
An indigenous tree locally common, especially in ravines and along river banks of wet and intermediate zone forests up to 800 (-1300) m elevations.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Cyanotis ceylanica
Monday, August 28, 2023
බල (Nothopegia beddomei)
An indigenous small to medium-sized tree of wet lowlands to hill country forests. Rather common in the intermediate zone and occurs also in the Ritigala hill. Flowering from March to July.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
වල් ජම්බු/ජම්බු (Syzygium amphoraecarpus)
An endemic medium-sized tree common in Southwestern Sri Lanka including the Knuckles from sea level to about 1500 m altitudes in wet and intermediate zones.