Flora

Flowers growing around Siem Reap: in gardens, at pagodas, on the water and by the roadside. Some are native and some arrived from the other side of the world. Many end up as offerings.

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

African Tulip Tree

Spathodea campanulata

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

A red hibiscus flower with a long yellow-tipped stamen column

Hibiscus

Hibiscus

A round white jasmine bud among green leaves

Jasmine

ផ្កាម្លិះ · phka mlis

Jasminum sambac

A pink-purple periwinkle flower with five petals and a dark pink eye, raindrops on the leaves

Madagascar Periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

The centre of a yellow marigold, a dense cluster of stamens surrounded by soft yellow

Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Bright red sepals around green seeds on a leaf, the petals already fallen

Ochna

Ochna

A cluster of red star-shaped flowers and red buds against a soft green background

Peregrina

Jatropha integerrima

A glossy red cone of overlapping bracts on a ginger plant, wet green leaves around it

Red Button Ginger

Costus woodsonii

A rose apple flower seen from the front, a burst of fine white stamens around a square centre

Rose Apple

Syzygium

White spider lilies with long thin petals in a garden, palms behind

Spider Lily

Hymenocallis

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

A water lily with white petals tipped in violet and a yellow centre, among green leaves

Water Lily

Nymphaea

Two small white flowers with fringed petals and yellow centres floating on brown water beside a leaf

Water Snowflake

Nymphoides indica

Close view into a cream flower with a yellow centre and five dark purple marks around the stamens

White Alder

Turnera subulata

A yellow-orange cosmos flower on a thin stem, more flowers behind

Yellow Cosmos

Cosmos sulphureus

A magenta zinnia with a ring of yellow florets at its centre

Zinnia

Zinnia