Yanacocha plant 09 (Geranium sp)
Altitude 3400 metres.
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Yanacocha plant 08 (Geranium sp)
Altitude 3400 metres.
Alonsoa meridionalis
Altitude 3400 metres.
Mullein (Verbascum sp)
Altitude 3400 metres.
Yanacocha thistle (Cirsium sp)
Altitude 3400 metres.
Yanacocha plant 09 (Tephrosia sp?)
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.
Wild cocoa (Herrania mariae)
The inflorescense of the Herrania is otherwordly beautiful and mysterious, and unlike any I have encountered. Of course there are countless beauties in the primary forest of Yasuni, but most are in the canopy. The wild cocoa has a different strategy that makes it so accessible to passers by like me – on the dark [...]
Wild mango (Grias neuberthii)
An incredibly fascinating flower – thick and waxy and extremely tough. This tree grows close to the creek on the grounds of the welcome center of Napo Wildlife Center (where you leave the motorized boat and Napo river behind and embark on a silent canoe trip up the creek to the lodge itself) – a [...]
Morning glory (Ipomoea linearifolia)
An unusual flower, resembling a Petunia. I only encountered this species on Santiago. Perhaps it’s endemic to Santiago?
Galápagos plant 01 (Cordia sp)
Looks similar to Cordia verbenacea, but the latter has ruffled betals. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Galápagos passion flower (Passiflora foetida galapagensis)
What an incredible shape of the sepals! It seems like a stupendous form of art – but this one is alive and stays so well into the ripening of the fruit, which is kind of unusual. For once I didn’t touch the plant, so I don’t know what the sticky substance smells like or feels [...]
Galapagos Acacia (Acacia rorudiana)
One of several subscpecies of Acacia on Galapagos.
San Isidro plant 09 (Stigmaphyllon sp)
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
San Isidro plant 05 (Tibouchina sp)
The first Melastomataceae I’ve seen so far with 7-petalled flowers – they mostly seem to have 4 or 5 petals. Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Munnozia hastifolia
Altitude 2112 metres.
Hydrangea peruviana
Finally a specimen not out of reach! I first encountered the infloresence of the Hydrangea peruviana high up towards the canopy in the jungle, but here it was available by the road leading to San Isidro. It has long winding branches almost like a climber. As they grow they reach to a point where gravity [...]
Tibouchina lepidota
Some were tree-like in size – more than 3 metres tall and with enormous amount of flowers. These trees were hyptnotizingly beautiful to me and birds & insects alike. Altitude 2105 metres.
San Isidro plant 07
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
San Isidro plant 04 (Sida sp)
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Desmodium adscendens
Altitude 2112 metres.
San Isidro plant 04 (Ludwigia sp)
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
San Isidro plant 01 (Monochaetum)
Altitude 2112 metres.
San Isidro plant 01 (Monochaetum)
One of many species in the Melastomataceae family in Ecuador, and around San Isidro. Altitude 2112 metres.
Solanum quitoense
A very hairy plant – native to Ecuador and named naranjilla. Altitude 2111 metres.
Browallia speciosa
Located in dense and dark jungle on the way down to the river Cosanga, with minimal light reaching the plant. Altitude 2070 metres.
Telipogon hirtzii
Altitude 2105 metres.
Erythrina edulis
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 [...]
Crassilabia
Altitude 2109 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Guzmania squarrosa
One of the most beautiful of the Bromeliads. It’s striking from afar and up close. I didn’t encounter any pollinator on it during my short encounter, perhaps because it was close to the ground, opposed to their normal location up on the branches? Altitude 2109 metres.
Guango Lodge plant 09 (Odontoglossum?)
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
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
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
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
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.
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, [...]
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