All Categories Sale New Arrivals Gift Cards & Items IridescentPlants Grow lights Special Terrarium Plants Terrarium plants in Vitro Highland Spikemoss (Selaginella)... throughout the tropics, possess iridescent leaves (Richards, 1952). Iridescentplants can be observed in Malaysian rain-forests (see Table 1), and some are extremely common. Most (possibly all) large iridescentplant species are confined to tropical latitudes, and are generally associated with lowland, shady, vegetated environments. Plants with Iridescent Foliage. Iridescence in nature is not uncommon. Japanese beetles are a prime example. Iridescentplants. 43 Members•. 184 Photos•. On IridescentPlants. by. David W. LEE. Botany Department University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Abstract. Plants with leaves of iridescent blue and green colour are common in the deep... Iridescentplants on the tepuis - Carnivorous Plants UK Iridescent thin layer provides photoprotection: understory rainforest plants - Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Design Portal... Often many of the plants tagged as “iridescent” show their iridescence fully only under special light conditions like flash or other equipment. Some plants that grow in deep shade have a striking and attention-grabbing iridescent blue tinge to their leaves, an adaptation which allows plants to photosynthesize more efficiently in dim... ...Iridescentplants with expert tips for care and propagation. how to grow Sarcopyramis Iridescentplant, Sarcopyramis care tips, propagate Sarcopyramis parvifolia, Sarcopyramis planting... Iridescent, metallic, or greyish colouration found naturally in plants is the result of physical structures or physical effects and not pigmentation. Phenotypical appearance of plants with... In plants, as in animals, the most common mechanisms are multilayers and diffraction gratings. The functions of structural colour are then discussed.