Tag Archives: Leaves

Yanacocha plant 09 (Geranium sp)

Yanacocha plant 09 (Geranium sp)

Altitude 3400 metres.

Yanacocha plant 08 (Geranium sp)

Yanacocha plant 08 (Geranium sp)

Altitude 3400 metres.

Alonsoa meridionalis

Alonsoa meridionalis

Altitude 3400 metres.

Yanacocha thistle (Cirsium sp)

Yanacocha thistle (Cirsium sp)

Altitude 3400 metres.

Yanacocha plant 09 (Tephrosia sp?)

Yanacocha plant 09 (Tephrosia sp?)

Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3400 metres.

Galápagos plant 01 (Cordia sp)

Galápagos plant 01 (Cordia sp)

Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Galápagos passion flower (Passiflora foetida galapagensis)

Galápagos passion flower (Passiflora foetida galapagensis)

I wonder what insects are able to digest or damage this plant which has covered itself in dense hairs and sticky ones in strategic locations and during the vulnerable growth periods.

Galápagos Acacia (Acacia rorudiana)

Galápagos Acacia (Acacia rorudiana)

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 [...]

San Isidro plant 05 (Tibouchina sp)

San Isidro plant 05 (Tibouchina sp)

Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Munnozia hastifolia

Munnozia hastifolia

Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Hydrangea peruviana

Hydrangea peruviana

Altitude 2112 metres.

San Isidro plant 07

San Isidro plant 07

Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

San Isidro plant 04 (Sida sp)

San Isidro plant 04 (Sida sp)

Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Solanum quitoense

Solanum quitoense

Altitude 2111 metres.

Browallia speciosa

Browallia speciosa

Altitude 2070 metres.

Erato polymnioides

Erato polymnioides

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Guango Lodge plant 04

Guango Lodge plant 04

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Gynoxys sp

Gynoxys sp

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Cayambe Coca plant 26 (Rubus sp)

Cayambe Coca plant 26 (Rubus sp)

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Cayambe Coca plant 25

Cayambe Coca plant 25

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Cayambe Coca plant 24

Cayambe Coca plant 24

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Cayambe Coca plant 22 (Rubus sp)

Cayambe Coca plant 22 (Rubus sp)

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify – leave a comment

Cayambe Coca plant 20

Cayambe Coca plant 20

Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3083 metres

Cayambe Coca plant 18

Cayambe Coca plant 18

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Cayambe Coca plant 17 (Stachys sp)

Cayambe Coca plant 17 (Stachys sp)

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Cayambe Coca plant 16

Cayambe Coca plant 16

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Cayambe Coca plant 15

Cayambe Coca plant 15

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Monnina crassifolia?

Monnina crassifolia?

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Valeriana microphylla

Valeriana microphylla

Leathery, thick, shiny and geometrically arranged leaves. In addition to this, each and every leaf has an artistic burgundy droplet on the tip! Altitude 3720 metres

Cayambe Coca plant 14 (Asteraceae)

Cayambe Coca plant 14 (Asteraceae)

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Diplostephium lavandulaefolium

Diplostephium lavandulaefolium

Altitude 3720 metres

Cayambe Coca plant 11 (Gnaphalium?)

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 08

Cayambe Coca plant 08

Altitude 3450 metres.

Cayambe Coca plant 07

Cayambe Coca plant 07

Altitude 3450 metres.

Baccharis genistelloides

Baccharis genistelloides

Altitude 3500 metres.

Cayambe Coca plant 06

Cayambe Coca plant 06

Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Barnadesia spinosa

Barnadesia spinosa

The leaves are leathery, pointy, thick and shiny. Here you see the long spines – hence the name “spinosa”. Altitude 3450 metres.

Brachyotum ledifolium

Brachyotum ledifolium

The leaves are covered with rather stiff hairs. Altitude 3450 metres.

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