Yanacocha plant 09 (Tephrosia sp?)
Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3400 metres.
Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3400 metres.
I only found this clutch of this species alongside the dirt road on my way back to Quito from Yanacocha. Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3400 metres.
This looks almost like a different species, as the thorns are longer, and the new growth is red opposed to light green on the other photo. I don’t remember if I shot the same tree or not, but perhaps the red is due to direct exposure to the sun, while the other is in dappled [...]
One of several subscpecies of Acacia on Galapagos.
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 2112 metres.
The Erythrina family has some of the most wonderful infloresences of any trees, and this one is no exception. I arrived at San Isidro as the twilight was approaching. I was checking out the grounds and was greeted by this one branch hanging down low enough for me to photograph it. Some species grow incredibly [...]
The boat journey to Angel Falls was interrupted only once by a long section of rapids. Here we had to disembark and walk for about 20 minutes on the open savanna. This flowering shrub was located along this path.
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