Results for "high elevation"
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Roan Mountain
A high Appalachian massif known for rhododendrons and grassy summits
Carter County, 🇺🇸 United States · Bloom site
Disocactus ackermannii
A scarlet-flowered epiphytic cactus from southern Mexico's cloud forests
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Wildflower
Cypripedium tibeticum
A high-altitude slipper orchid with deep maroon to pink flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Greek peonyPaeonia parnassica
A rare, deep red peony found only in the mountains of Greece
🇬🇷 Greece · Wildflower
Autumn sageSalvia greggii
A variable sage with spicy-scented leaves and flowers in many colors
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Wildflower
Odontoglossum
A cool-growing cloud forest orchid genus, now folded into Oncidium
🇬🇾 Guyana · Orchid
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Roan Mountain: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 2.5, source
- Dancing-lady orchid: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Disocactus ackermannii: Andreas Maitisch, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cypripedium tibeticum: Patricia Harding, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Autumn sage: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source