Yanacocha thistle (Cirsium sp)
Altitude 3400 metres.
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Yanacocha thistle (Cirsium sp)
Altitude 3400 metres.
Yanacocha thistle (Cirsium sp)
Altitude 3400 metres.
Munnozia hastifolia
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Munnozia hastifolia
Altitude 2112 metres.
Erato polymnioides
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Erato polymnioides
A vital and dominant plant with large leaves that effectively support its growth while suppressing that of the smaller plants in close proximity. Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Gynoxys sp
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Gynoxys sp
Yet another wild flowering plant that should make its way to parks and gardens, as you’re richly rewarded when it’s in bloom. I found it close to the bridge crossing the river Papallacta. Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Bidens andicola
Altitude 3083 metres.
Bidens andicola
Grows widespread at this altitude and should be popular in gardens and parks due to it’s large flower. Altitude 3083 metres.
Cayambe Coca plant 19
At this altitude many plants have limited heat and energy to produce flowers, and thus all energy is invested in one huge. It seems disproportionate to the rest, as the leaves are so small and seems to have too little surface area to photosynthesize sufficient energy. Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – [...]
Hypochaeris taraxacoides
I’m not certain about this one – is it a pink variety or a different species? Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 16
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 16
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 14 (Asteraceae)
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 14 (Asteraceae)
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Diplostephium gladulosum
In some locations this plant grows in dense groups, and when in bloom they form equally dense fields of flowers. I was lucky to visit during the flowering season! Altitude 3720 metres
Diplostephium lavandulaefolium
Altitude 3720 metres
Diplostephium lavandulaefolium
Seems identical to the gladulosum when not in bloom, but now the color makes all the difference. Just like the gladulosum this one can form dense groups that are simply astonishing when in bloom. During flowering all kinds of insects are visiting, and sometimes an odd humanoid like me just sighs in awe and gratefulness! [...]
Cayambe Coca plant 11 (Gnaphalium?)
A dense, soft, sun-reflecting and protective layer of white hairs protects against the cold climate at this altitude. With this layer of dense sun-reflecting hair, the photosynthesis must be rather inefficient! Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 11 (Gnaphalium?)
An almost white plant! Only the infloresence and flowers are different in color. Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 08
Altitude 3450 metres.
Cayambe Coca plant 08
Some places it grows in dense and large groups, so much so that they effectively have overpowered all other species. Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Baccharis genistelloides
Altitude 3500 metres.
Baccharis genistelloides
Looks almost cactus-like, but it’s far from it! One of the more unusual of the daisies. Altitude 3500 metres.
Barnadesia spinosa
The leaves are leathery, pointy, thick and shiny. Here you see the long spines – hence the name “spinosa”. Altitude 3450 metres.
Barnadesia Spinosa
This shrub was growing close to the dirt road leading deeper into Cayambe Coca and was growing on private grounds where cows were grazing. Fortunately cows do not find this plant edible – not even the flowers. It could be due to the long spines or simply because it’s just not suited for food. Despite [...]
Cayambe Coca plant 01 (Asteraceae)
Altidtude 3374 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 01 (Asteraceae)
Altidtude 3374 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 02 (Asteraceae)
Altitude 3374 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Lasiocephalus ovatus
I have also found it under Culcitium reflexum and Culcitium uniflorum. Altitude 4200 metres.
Chuquiragua jussieui
An iconic flower – so huge and conspicuous. How is it able to make such a huge infloresence at this altitude and with seemingly so little nutrition? This specimen was located in the Antisana Ecological Reserve. During my brief visit only a very few were in bloom, which made me wonder how the Ecuadorian Hillstar [...]
Hypochaeris sessiliflora
Many in the family have adapted the same way at this altitude – only one huge flower, barely over the ground and leaves. Impossible to pluck for a bouquet, fortunately – and thus it’s saved from human exploitation. Altitude 4200 metres.
Antisana plant 01 (Asteraceae)
One of few in the family at this altitude that produces a tall stem. I encountered it here in Antisana Ecological Reserve as well as in Cayambe Coca. Resembles the Nordic Erigeron uniflorus. Altitude 4200 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Yanacocha plant 05 (Senecio sp?)
Older flowers reddens and bend downwards.
Stenopadus sp.
A small shrub and one of the more unusual flowers on the Roraima tepui. It makes me think of some of the flowers on the table mountains of South Africa. Perhaps it has a genetic commonality with South African table mountain shrubs? Geologically South Africa and the table mountains, and South America and the tepuis, [...]
Asteraceae
Grows alongside the path to Roraima. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
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