December blooms at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden

Mild climate and agreeable temperature have turned Xishuangbanna in southwest China's Yunnan Province into a kingdom of countless plant species where flowers of different shapes and colors bloom all year long. 

Starting today, we'll bring you photographs of flowers as they bloom each month throughout this year at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden. 

Here is our December collection.

Cardinal creeper (Ipomoea horsfalliae)