Tropical Flowers of Jamaica

The country of Jamaica is a tropical island in the Caribbean, and is a popular tourist destination. Jamaica is home to a wide range of tropical plants and flowers, some of which are native like the country's 200 species of orchids, and others which have been brought from either England, Spain or Africa including blossoming fruit trees like bananas and citrus fruit.

This flower is Jamaica's national flower, which grows on the wood, or tree, of life. This tree is made of one of the densest woods in the world that actually sinks, instead of floats in water like most woods. The flowers from this tree grow in clusters of blue and white, with five petals on each small flower and long, hair-like stamen emerging from the center of the blossom, which goes by its Latin name, Lignum vitae. Later, these flowers turn into small, orange fruit.

The hibiscus flower is an iconic representation of all things tropical. These flowers are large, bright blooms that can come in a number of different colors, including red, white, pink and yellow. This flower can be grown indoors, but is wild in Jamaica.

There are over 200 varieties of orchid that grow wild in Jamaica. Orchids are unique because they sprout from the branches of other plants like trees and has large blooms that can come in colors like white, yellow, peach and pink.

The bromeliad is a tropical plant found in many warm, humid countries including the Jamaican rainforests. It has a distinct flower that looks like a cluster of pointy-shaped leaves and comes in bright colors like red and purple. The leaves of this plant are often serrated, and in some types of bromeliads the petals of the flower are serrated as well.