Nature

What lives and grows around Siem Reap: the animals, flowers and fungi I find, with their Khmer names where I know them.

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Bird's Nest Fungus

Bird's Nest Fungus

Cyathus

Pileated gibbon family, AngkorEndangered

Pileated gibbon family, Angkor

Hylobates pileatus

Close view into the waxy red bracts of a torch ginger, each rimmed in pale pink, with a single drop of water

Torch Ginger

Etlingera elatior

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Close view into the waxy red bracts of a torch ginger, each rimmed in pale pink, with a single drop of water

Torch Ginger

Etlingera elatior

Orange-red flowers of an African tulip tree against a clear blue sky

African Tulip Tree

Spathodea campanulata

Bird's Nest Fungus

Bird's Nest Fungus

Cyathus

Crested pink and red cockscomb flowers on tall spikes among green leaves

Cockscomb

Celosia

Sprays of small pink coral vine flowers hanging from a tree

Coral Vine

Antigonon leptopus

White orchids with purple lips on a single stem against a cloudy sky

Dendrobium Orchid

Dendrobium

A deep pink frangipani flower with a yellow centre, more pink flowers and buds behind

Frangipani

ចំប៉ី · champei

Plumeria

Upright orange and pink heliconia bracts against a dark green background

Heliconia

Heliconia