Itatiaia lichen (Usnea sp)

Itatiaia lichen (Usnea sp)

The very last couple of kilometres of road to the plateau of Itatiaia National Park is blocked by the park entrance, and even though you can drive to the…


Snout beetle (Curculionidae)

Tandayapa Snout beetle (Curculionidae)

Please help me classify it - leave a comment :-) 0.002500, -78.677500


Roraima heather (Ledothamnus sessiliflorus)

Roraima heather (Ledothamnus sessiliflorus)

An endemic plant. I only found a couple with one flower each on my 2 day stay on Roraima tepui. The flower is huge compared to the European heather, which…


Roraima heather (Ledothamnus sessiliflorus)

Roraima heather (Ledothamnus sessiliflorus)

This psecimen grew underneath an outcrop, and in contrast to the guyanensis it was a big and dense specimen competing with other plants. This one very much…