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The vegetation of Belize was first systematically surveyed in the 1930s. [3] Recent mapping projects have employed the following principal terrestrial and coastal categories of native vegetation: [4] lowland broad-leaved forest. This is a diverse forest type in Belize, now greatly reduced in extent by clearance for agricultural land.
The native Flora of Belize — on the southeastern Yucatán Peninsula, in Central America. ... Crops originating from Belize (1 P) E. Endemic flora of Belize (7 P) O.
It blooms in the later spring and summer on a terminal 3 foot [to 90 cm] long, many flowered panicle arising on a mature pseudobulb with several short branches and carrying 2 to 8, weakly fragrant flowers. [1] The flowers have sepals and petals that are yellow-brown to chocolate and a lip that is cream-colored with fine red-violet veins.
Prosthechea cochleata, commonly referred to as the clamshell orchid [1] or cockleshell orchid, is an epiphytic, sympodial New World orchid native to Central America, the West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela, and southern Florida. [2] It is also known as the black orchid in Belize, where it is the national flower. [3]
Belize Botanic Gardens (BBG) is 45 acres (18 ha) of native and exotic plants growing in the Cayo district of western Belize. [1] The garden is in a valley on the banks of the Macal River , surrounded by the Maya Mountain foothills.
Gelsemium sempervirens can grow to 3–6 m (10–20 ft) high when given suitable climbing support in trees, with thin stems.The plant is perennial. [10] The leaves are evergreen, lanceolate, 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and 1–1.5 cm (3 ⁄ 8 – 5 ⁄ 8 in) broad, and lustrous, dark green.
Salvia miniata, the Belize sage, is a woody-based herbaceous perennial plant from Belize and the Mexican state of Chiapas. It typically grows on shaded mountain hillsides at 600 m (2,000 ft) elevation. The single flowers are clear red, with an orange undertone, about 2.5 cm long. The flowers grow in whorls on inflorescences up to 30 cm long.
The bulb is 7–10 cm (3-4 inches) in diameter. With age, the bulb develops a neck that reaches 4–5 cm in diameter (up to 2 inches). The flowers are large, white, vanilla scented, and sessile. The tepals are adnate (attached to) the staminal cup. Each flower's tube is 14 to 17 cm (5 to 7 inches) long or longer. [4]