Field paintbrush (Castilleja arvensis)

Field paintbrush (Castilleja arvensis)

The color of the infloresence is incredibly attractive - to me and insects alike. The red leaves are nothing more than indicators or flags - the real flower…


Bellavista Lepidoptera 03

Eretris sp

Very wary and hard to get close to. Shot on the ridge behind Bellavista lodge, where the dirt road made it possible for several species of flowers to thrive,…


Bellavista Lepidoptera 02

Leptophobia species

I found this one alongside a dirt road on a ridge behind Bellavista lodge. A bright and open area receiving wind from the valleys below. Please help me…


Altinote ozomene

Altinote ozomene

I found this one alongside a dirt road on a ridge behind Bellavista lodge. A bright and open area receiving wind from the valleys below. Thanks to Kim Garwood…


Bamboo shoot

Bamboo shoot

Fully grown this species is immensely long and slender, and looked like enormous fishing rods. E28, Ecuador-00 00' 58" -078 40' 52"


Bomarea hieronymi

Bomarea hieronymi

Bomarea is unmistakable and eye-catching. In a gloomy forest of green, the hanging inflorescence is one of few wonders of blossom accessible to us humans - as…