Here are some pictures of flowers and trees, as well as some underwater pictures.
Pictures of birds in Guadeloupe and other nature pages are separate:
Bird Page for Guadeloupe
Other Nature Pages
All pictures are © Dr. Günther Eichhorn, unless otherwise noted.
Fauna and Flora in Terre-de-Haut
Peacock Flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima, german: Pfauenstrauch, french: Fleur de paon). (639k)
Madagascar Rubbervine (Cryptostegia madagascariensis). (621k)
Bleeding Glory Bower (Clerodendrum thomsoniae, french: Clérodendron grimpant). (556k)
Giant Spider Lily (Crinum amabile, german: Hakenlilien). (735k)
Giant Spider Lily (Crinum amabile, german: Hakenlilien). (608k)
Desert Rose (Adenium obesum, german: Wüstenrose, french: Rose du désert), native to Africa. (1204k)
Dok Champa (Plumeria alba, german: Westindische Frangipani, french: Fleur des temples). (1259k)
Aloe (Aloe sp., german: Aloen, french: Aloès). (1165k)
Mountain Aloe (Aloe marlothii, french: Aloè de montagne), native to Africa. (1145k)
Strange looking plant. (1194k)
Great Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis). (810k)
Flowering bush. (943k)
Tree. (985k)
Huge Yucca (Yucca sp., german: Palmlilien). (983k)
Flowering tree. (737k)
Date palms. (1258k)
Here too was hurricane damage. (1377k)
Damaged mountain side. (1262k)
Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata, german: Westatlantische Reitkrabbe, french: Crabe fantôme atlantique). (2.6M)
Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus, german: Rote Klippenkrabbe, french: Crabe rouge des Galápagos). (784k)
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana, german: Grüner Leguan, french: Iguane vert). (1353k)
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana, german: Grüner Leguan, french: Iguane vert). (1134k)
Underwater
Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina insularis). (612k)
Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina insularis). (611k)
Brain Coral (Mussidae gen.), Sea Fan (Alcyonacea fam., german: Weichkorallen), Soft Coral (Alcyonacea fam., german: Weichkorallen). (691k)
Sea Fan (Alcyonacea fam., german: Weichkorallen), a type of Soft Coral. (585k)
Christmas Tree Worms (Spirobranchus giganteus, german: Weihnachtsbaumwurm, french: Spirobranche-arbre de Noël). (802k)
Christmas Tree Worms (Spirobranchus giganteus, german: Weihnachtsbaumwurm, french: Spirobranche-arbre de Noël). (653k)
Sea Worm. (570k)
Dead lobsters. (821k)
School of small reef fish. (451k)
School of Mackerel Scad (Decapterus macarellus, french: Comète maquereau). (713k)
Yellow Goatfish (Mulloidichthys martinicus, french: Barbarin blanc). (692k)
Initial phase of Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride, french: Poisson perroquet de feu tricolore). (609k)
Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis, german: Gestreifter Sergeant). (657k)
French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum, german: Französischer Grunzer, french: Gorette jaune). (606k)
This page contains 36 pictures with 22 species
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