I observed new (to me at least) and different species of plants wherever I looked, and even though I left the the plateau the very same trail walked up, I saw new and interesting plants all the time! With the enormous diversity of flora in this park, one would need years to see and photograph […]
I observed new (to me at least) and different species of plants wherever I looked, and even though I left the the plateau the very same trail walked up, I saw new and interesting plants all the time! With the enormous diversity of flora in this park, one would need years to see and photograph […]
Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me identify it – leave a comment!
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 identify it – leave a comment!
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.
Altitude 2112 metres. Help me identify it – leave a comment!
One of many species in the Melastomataceae family in Ecuador, and around San Isidro Lodge. Altitude 2112 metres. Help me identify it – leave a comment!
Native to Ecuador and Peru and this altitude called Páramo. I saw several individuals on my trip here. Altitude 3720 metres
Altitude 3450 metres.
Altitude 3450 metres.
The leaves are covered with rather stiff hairs. Altitude 3450 metres. Native range is Colombia to Peru.
I found none with open flowers, but the promise is beautiful nonetheless. Altitude 3450 metres. Native range is Colombia to Peru.
The boat journey to Angel Falls was interrupted only once by a long section of rapids where we had to disembark and walk for about 20 minutes on the open savanna. This flowering shrub was located along this path. Native range is Brazil.
The boat journey to Angel Falls was interrupted only once by a long section of rapids where we had to disembark and walk for about 20 minutes on the open savanna. This flowering shrub was located along this path. Native range is Mexico to tropical South America.
Grows alongside the path to Roraima tepui and looks like it belongs to the heather family. Native range is Colombia to Guyana and Brazil.
Grows alongside the path to Roraima. Possibly Tribe Marcetieae. Please help me identify it – leave a comment!
Native range is the Guyana Shield.
I found this growing in a small brook close by Kamoiran lodge. Please help me identify it – leave a comment!