Bushman’s Pipe

Plants > Succulents

The Bushman’s Pipe (Ceropegia ampliata) is an exquisite and architecturally bizarre succulent climber endemic to the dry thickets and bushveld slopes of eastern South Africa. Belonging to the dogbane family Apocynaceae, this virtually leafless scrambler is...

Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe

Plants > Aristolochias & Vines

The Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe (Aristolochia gigantea), also known as the giant pelican flower, is a spectacular evergreen woody liana native to the Atlantic forest biome of Brazil. Producing some of the largest single blossoms in the Neotropics, this climbing...

Voodoo Lily

Plants > Arums

The Voodoo Lily (Sauromatum venosum), also known as the monarch of the East, is a bizarre and hypnotic tuberous perennial belonging to the arum family Araceae. Hailing from the mist-shrouded temperate and subtropical foothills of the Himalayas, this extraordinary...

Lion Nudibranch

Invertebrates > Sea Slugs & Nudibranchs

The Lion Nudibranch (Melibe viridis), also affectionately known as the ghost nudibranch or cast-net sea slug, is one of the most surreal and captivating marine gastropods in the Indo-Pacific oceans. Breaking dramatically from the classic nudibranch anatomy, this...

Threadfin Dragonfish

Fish > Deep-Sea Fish

The Threadfin Dragonfish (Echiostoma barbatum) is a fearsome, bioluminescent predator reigning over the twilight mesopelagic depths of the world’s tropical and warm-temperate oceans. Belonging to the barbed dragonfish family Stomiidae, this apex abyssal hunter...