Guango Lodge plant 09 (Odontoglossum?)
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
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Guango Lodge plant 08 (Odontoglossum?)
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Guango Lodge plant 07 (Bromeliaceae)
This is one of the less conspicuous of the Bromeliads. Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Guango Lodge plant 06 (Orchidaceae)
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Telipogon
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
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
Guango Lodge plant 04
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Guango Lodge plant 04
A very “flimsy” and widespread infloresence where the flowers hang like constant moving bells. 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
Guango Lodge plant 03
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Guango Lodge plant 02 (Cyrtochilum ?)
Altitude 2700 metres.
Guango Lodge plant 01
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Shanshi (Coriaria thymifolia)
Grows widespread in high altitudes, and I saw it in all stages from pre-bloom to ripe fruits like here. Looks like licorice, but don’t be fooled! The berries are toxic to cattle and hallucinogenic to humans. Supposedly one of the experiences is the feeling of flying or floating! Better stay firmly on the ground then, [...]
Cayambe Coca plant 26 (Rubus sp)
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 26 (Rubus sp)
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 25
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 25
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca insect 01
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 24
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 24
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 23 (Odontoglossum?)
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 23 (Odontoglossum?)
Altitude 3083 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.
Brugmansia sanguinea
Looks like a wild mango, but it’s far from it! Altitude 3083 metres.
Calceolaria tripartita
One of several very similar of the Calceolaria and grows commonly at this altitude. Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 22 (Rubus sp)
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 22 (Rubus sp)
Yet another species of Rubus! Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify – leave a comment
Brugmansia sanguinea
An incredibly large flower which attracts insects in droves, especially small flies inhabit the flower for the duration of its flowering period. I saw most of them had a ring of flies sitting inside. It is a great combination of safety, food and insulation against the elements. Although this is a wild and native plant [...]
Cayambe Coca plant 21
Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3083 metres
Cayambe Coca plant 20
Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3083 metres
Cayambe Coca plant 20
Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3083 metres
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja arvensis)
The intense and unique red is simply mesmerizing to me, and this specimen was the absolute grandest of them all! Altitude 3083 metres
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja arvensis)
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 18
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 18
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Tristerix longibracteata
Altitude 3720 metres
Cayambe Coca plant 17 (Stachys sp)
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Cayambe Coca plant 17 (Stachys sp)
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
Monnina crassifolia?
My first encounter with monninas was close to the wall of Mount Roraima in Venezuela, albeit a slender specimen compared to this incredibly vital and beatiful member of the familfy. At first glance one might think this infloresence is of the Lupinus, but it’s not even in the same family. Altitude 3720 metres Please help [...]
Monnina crassifolia?
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me identify it – leave a comment
Tristerix longibracteata
A parasitic plant, so the wonderful flowers are possible only due to the nutrients stolen from the host plant! In Europe we have the mistletoe – but no such floral extravaganza! Altitude 3720 metres