Yanacocha plant 09 (Geranium sp)
Altitude 3400 metres.
Altitude 3400 metres.
Altitude 3400 metres.
Altitude 3400 metres.
Altitude 3400 metres.
Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3400 metres.
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From Fernandina.
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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.
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 [...]
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.
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 2111 metres.
Altitude 2070 metres.
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify – leave a comment
Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3083 metres
Altitude 3083 metres
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
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
Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment
Altitude 3720 metres
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
Altitude 3450 metres.
Altitude 3450 metres.
Altitude 3500 metres.
Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment
The leaves are leathery, pointy, thick and shiny. Here you see the long spines – hence the name “spinosa”. Altitude 3450 metres.
The leaves are covered with rather stiff hairs. Altitude 3450 metres.
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