Denne arten vokser enkelte steder i delingsdalen i tette bestander, men ofte finner man ensomme planter langt fra sine artsfrender. Den trives best der det er gjørmete og fuktig. Denne vokser langs bekken som mater hele dalbunnen med fuktighet.
Det som slår en når man går i den fuktige og dunkle Delingsdalen er at det er så mye mose overalt! På trær, stein og bakke er det tykke og flotte mosetuer. Her får vekstene fullføre sine livsykluser, og man ser her moser som er mye større og flottere enn man normalt ser i en [...]
Denne regntunge dagen var det rett og slett umulig ikke å ta bilde av engsnelleskuddene fulle av vanndråper.
Den korte tiden da alt spirer om våren viser former og farger som kun kan sees på denne tiden, og her er det engsnellen som fryder mitt øye. Den vokser ofte sammen med skogsnelle i området, og disse står i sørenden av plenen i Sandbukta.
As I got close to the Huanchaca Plateau I noticed many new types of plants compared to further down the slopes of the plateau, and it seemed to increase as I closed in on the plateau itself. This species is also found on the pampas part of the park. Altitude: 795 metres. Please help me [...]
The Condoriri park was a treasure trove of plant species, and I wish I had several days here, as my few hours was far from enough to explore all the incredible miniature plants growing here. Altitude: 4503 metres.
The Condoriri park was a treasure trove of plant species, and I wish I had several days here, as my few hours was far from enough to explore all the incredible miniature plants growing here. Altitude: 4608 metres.
The Condoriri park was a treasure trove of plant species, and I wish I had several days here, as my few hours was far from enough to explore all the incredible miniature plants growing here. Some plants, including this one was so close to being in bloom – I wish I had some more time [...]
This is perhaps the most abundant and eye-catching grass on the Altiplano. Even outside the flowering season they are incredibly decorative, and in particular those growing in solitude are really amazing. Even though the grass is incredibly tough, pointy and to me very dry, it’s food for many of the grass-eaters including the llamas. Here [...]
The Condoriri park was a treasure trove of plant species, and I wish I had several days here, as my few hours was far from enough to explore all the incredible miniature plants growing here. Altitude: 4611 metres.
Grows on the salty portions of the rim of the Salar de Uyuni that receives fresh water sporadically. Please help me identify it – leave a comment Altitude: 3669 metres.
Grows on the salty portions of the rim of the Salar de Uyuni that receives fresh water sporadically. Please help me identify it – leave a comment Altitude: 3669 metres.
When not in bloom it looks just like the white-flowering Echinopsis atacamensis, but this one is much rarer, and I found only one with flower here on the slopes of Cerro Tunupa. Altitude: 3989 metres.
When not in bloom it looks just like the white-flowering Echinopsis atacamensis, but this one is much rarer, and I found only one with flower here on the slopes of Cerro Tunupa. Altitude: 3989 metres.
A few weeks earlier and I would have seen all this as flowers – a beautiful sight I imagine. This species seems abundant here, and is undoubtedly able to spread far and wide with the wind. The amount of seeds per plant is staggering, and sometimes so many are released that it looks like smoke [...]
The white-spined variety is my favourite of the cacti here, and with the backdrop of the white saltflats they create a surreal feeling of ice and snow! Altitude: 3716 metres.
The flowers of this species are simply gorgeous! Huge, juicy and dripping with resin! Without these cacti, the local insect and bird populations would have a much harder time. Altitude: 3716 metres.
Many of the local guides regard the white-spined Echinopsis atacamensis as a separate species from the brown-spined, but evidently this is one species that has a way of coming in two varities! Altitude: 3716 metres.
Many of the local guides regard the white-spined Echinopsis atacamensis as a separate species from the brown-spined, but evidently this is one species that has a way of coming in two varities! Both have huge white flowers. Altitude: 3716 metres.
Please help me identify it – leave a comment Altitude: 3671 metres.
It reminds me of Senecio. It has a bushy growth. Please help me identify it – leave a comment Altitude: 3671 metres.
Please help me identify it – leave a comment Altitude: 3671 metres.
Altitude: 3671 metres.
Please help me identify it – leave a comment Altitude: 3671 metres.
A decorative plant in or out of bloom. I guess many rock-garden enthusiasts would like it in their garden! Please help me identify it – leave a comment Altitude: 4232 metres.
In certain areas it is very common and you’ll see both color variants. The white variety. Please help me identify it – leave a comment Altitude: 4232 metres.
Grows between the shores of the lagoon and the desert. Here they are about 2 metres tall. Altitude: 4135 metres.
A bush that grows between the shores of the lagoon and the desert. Here they are about 2 metres tall. Altitude: 4135 metres.
The flowers were less torn here at this small lagoon compared to Laguna Colorada. Altitude: 4139 metres.
This salt and mineral tolerant plant thrives here and has generated large mats close to the water. Further down there is only naked shores which every odd years will be flooded. The last time was a couple of years ago when the desert got about 2 metres of snow in a couple of days. Altitude: [...]
This hardy plant grows where the high watermark is, and is thus very salt and mineral tolerant. You can see the salt and mineral deposits to the bottom right. Altitude: 4300.
When the flower is gone, the remaining part is well protected from being reached, so what species is the fruit aimed at? Only insects and small rodents will reach the fruit unharmed, so perhaps that’s it? Altitude: 4004 metres.
This is the yellowish variant of this species found here on the Bolivian Altiplano. It appears it does not grow to the huge size of the orange variant (Cumulopuntia boliviana ssp. ignescens)), and also the orange variant seems to bloom a bit earlier than the yellowish species. Altitude: 4004 metres.
This enormous and partially dying specimen is growing by one of many incredibly beautiful rock outcrops here called Valle de las Rocas, or Rock Valley. Even in this photo an artistic face with a huge eye appears. The living Yareta only adds to the wonder as its shape and age seems to blend in with [...]
Some of the highest elevation of Polyepis forests are found in this park, and in particular on the slopes of Nevada Sajama seen in the background here. This slope has more medium-sized versions, but in some areas they grow to forests with heights of 3-4 metres or more. Despite the harsh conditions, these trees have [...]
Perhaps the plant that has fascinated me the most on the Altiplano. It reminds me of coral reefs and the Brain coral (Faviidae), and grows comparably slowly. It can also live up to 3000 years, or even more as humans have used it for firewood and thus might have killed the oldest specimens. When a [...]
Most will think this is a moss, but it’s a very slow-growing perennial that can grow to huge individuals. It grows less than 2 cm per year, so the largest individuals are several thousand years of age! During flowering there are huge amount of insects drawn to the sticky, sweet resin from the flowers. Even [...]
These flowers are grand and beautiful, and are some of the plants as well. Some individuals grow to monumental sizes that simply makes you stop in your tracks to wonder and ponder how this can be in an environment so hostile. I was lucky to experience the last of the flowers on this specimen, but [...]
Grows very close to hot springs and is thus salt and mineral tolerant. Seems like Sedum. Altitude: 4402 metres.
Grows close to hot springs, and is thus salt and mineral tolerant. Altitude: 4402 metres.
Om høsten er tiden da blodstorkenebben virkelig kommuniserer sin rike tilstedeværelse. Overalt er det blodrøde blader som viser hvor vanlig den er her i området, og hver eneste høst lar jeg meg inspirere og forundre over alle fargevariantene.
Karakteristiske glatte, pilspisse og taggete blader i høstfarger.
Jeg skulle ta noen bilder av en gruppe som vokser ved sjøkanten på tomta, men de var spist opp alle som en! Så sent på høsten er det vel ingen gjess som finner frem hit? Like merkelig er det om rådyret spankulerer seg frem hit mellom sleipe steiner og glatt gneisfjell! Borte var de i [...]
Noen svært få rødhyll får slike flotte rødfarger før løvfallet, som denne som står i svingen ned til Sandbukta. Den står lyst og fritt til med godt jordsmonn, og har blitt avbildet mange ganger gjennom sesongen.
Bladene ligner svært mye på vanlig stemorsblom (viola tricolor), så beste tiden for identifisering er under blomstring.
Vokser i enden av Sandbukta ned mot sjøen, en avrenningsplass med jevn fuktighet og halvskygge mot nordvest, samt her langs grusveien til Sem der det er relativt skrint men i halvskygge. Ligner veldig på stemorsblomst (tricolor), men begerbladene til åkerstemorsblom er oftest lengre enn kronbladene, i motsetning til stemorsblom som oftest har begerblader kortere enn [...]
I motsetning til hybriden mellom svartburkne og olavssjegg, har olavssjegg lange og slanke blader. Bladene gir intrykk av en rennende bevegelse – som en sildrende bekk.
Sporehusene på olavssjegg er lange og smale i motsetning til til de mindre og adskilte på svartola. Svartola er en hybrid mellom svartburkne og olavssjegg.