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Fruit of the Sandpiper Vine. These are small pods which open to release seeds. Photo from the Zamboa Rainforest lodge, central Panama. Dilleniaceae Family.
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Panama, Panama
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A rare glimpse of flowers with petals still on. Petals stay on for about two hours and then fall off. My personal first sighting of them. The picture taken at 8 am.
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A rare glimpse of flowers with petals still on. Petals stay on for about two hours and then fall off. My personal first sighting of them. The picture taken at 8 am.
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The same specimen with petals off. The picture taken at 9 am.
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This neotropical vine or liana goes by names such as Sandpiper Vine and Bejuco de Fuego. Its caustic bark can cause injury, but is also a disinfectant. Photo from Kuna Yala Mountains of Panama.
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The same specimen with petals off. The picture taken at 9 am.
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Panama, Panama
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A view of the flowers with the shell-like hard sepals closed after only one day of staying open for pollinators.
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A view of a Kielmeyera tree top (note its striking fruit at the left upper corner) covered by the climbing Davilla sessilifolia Fraga.
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Another specimen. The pictures taken at 6:30 am.
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A rare glimpse of flowers with petals still on. Petals stay on for about two hours and then fall off. My personal first sighting of them. The picture taken at 8 am.
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Another specimen. The pictures taken at 6:30 am.
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Another specimen. The pictures taken at 6:30 am.
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Another specimen. The pictures taken at 6:30 am.
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Another specimen. The pictures taken at 6:30 am.
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Fruit with seeds open for dispersal.
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Fruit with seeds open for dispersal.
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Fruit with seeds open for dispersal.
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Seed 7x5 mm.
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Seed 7x5 mm.
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Fruit with seeds covered by white fleshy aril.
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