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Guango Lodge plant 09 (Odontoglossum?)

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 13:19 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 640 Shutter speed: 1/125 s

Guango Lodge plant 08 (Odontoglossum?)

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/9 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 13:18 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 640 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Guango Lodge plant 07 (Bromeliaceae)

This is one of the less conspicuous of the Bromeliads. Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/14 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 13:15 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/160 s

Guango Lodge plant 06 (Orchidaceae)

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 13:10 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 640 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Telipogon

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 13:05 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 640 Shutter speed: 1/160 s

Erato polymnioides

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/7.1 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 11:09 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/320 s

Erato polymnioides

A vital and dominant plant with large leaves that effectively support its growth while suppressing that of the smaller plants in close proximity. Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/10 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 11:07 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Thalictrum podocarpum

Altitude 2700 metres. Aperture: ƒ/10 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Thalictrum podocarpum

A very “flimsy” and widespread infloresence where the flowers hang like constant moving bells. Altitude 2700 metres. Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 800

Gynoxys sp

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 09:40 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/125 s

Gynoxys sp

Yet another wild flowering plant that should make its way to parks and gardens, as you’re richly rewarded when it’s in bloom. I found it close to the bridge crossing the river Papallacta. Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 […]

Guango Lodge plant 03

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 09:30 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 500 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Guango Lodge plant 02 (Cyrtochilum ?)

Altitude 2700 metres. Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 09:23 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 720 Shutter speed: 1/100 s

Guango Lodge plant 01

Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 09:16 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 500 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Shanshi (Coriaria thymifolia)

Grows widespread in high altitudes, and I saw it in all stages from pre-bloom to ripe fruits like here. Looks like licorice, but don’t be fooled! The berries are toxic to cattle and hallucinogenic to humans. Supposedly one of the experiences is the feeling of flying or floating! Better stay firmly on the ground then, […]

Cayambe Coca plant 26 (Rubus sp)

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/10 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 08:54 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 500 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Cayambe Coca plant 26 (Rubus sp)

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 08:53 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 640 Shutter speed: 1/100 s

Salvia scutellarioides

Altitude 3083 metres. Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 900

Salvia scutellarioides

Altitude 3083 metres. Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 560

Cayambe Coca insect 01

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/11 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 30 November, 2011 08:43 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/400 s

Macleania cf. rupestris

Altitude 3083 metres. Aperture: ƒ/5.6 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Macleania cf. rupestris

Altitude 3083 metres. Aperture: ƒ/8 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Cayambe Coca plant 23 (Odontoglossum?)

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 17:39 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/125 s

Cayambe Coca plant 23 (Odontoglossum?)

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 17:36 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Bidens andicola

Altitude 3083 metres. Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 17:27 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Bidens andicola

Grows widespread at this altitude and should be popular in gardens and parks due to it’s large flower. Altitude 3083 metres. Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 17:27 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Brugmansia sanguinea

Looks like a wild mango, but it’s far from it! Altitude 3083 metres. Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 17:11 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/160 s

Calceolaria tripartita

One of several very similar of the Calceolaria and grows commonly at this altitude. Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/14 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 17:03 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Cayambe Coca plant 22 (Rubus sp)

Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me classify – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/7.1 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 16:45 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/320 s

Cayambe Coca plant 22 (Rubus sp)

Yet another species of Rubus! Altitude 3083 metres. Please help me identify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1000

Brugmansia sanguinea

An incredibly large flower which attracts insects in droves, especially small flies inhabit the flower for the duration of its flowering period. I saw most of them had a ring of flies sitting inside. It is a great combination of safety, food and insulation against the elements. Although this is a wild and native plant […]

Cayambe Coca plant 21

Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Altitude 3083 metres Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 16:26 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/125 s

Lepidium sp

Altitude 3083 metres Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1250

Lepidium sp

Altitude 3083 metres Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1000

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja arvensis)

The intense and unique red is simply mesmerizing to me, and this specimen was the absolute grandest of them all! Altitude 3083 metres Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1000

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja arvensis)

Altitude 3083 metres Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 16:09 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1250 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Cayambe Coca plant 19

At this altitude many plants have limited heat and energy to produce flowers, and thus all energy is invested in one huge. It seems disproportionate to the rest, as the leaves are so small and seems to have too little surface area to photosynthesize sufficient energy. Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – […]

Hypochaeris taraxacoides

I’m not certain about this one – is it a pink variety or a different species? Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 12:29 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Hesperomeles obtusifolia var. microphylla

Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Hesperomeles obtusifolia var. microphylla

Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Tristerix longibracteata

Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 11:32 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Cayambe Coca plant 17 (Stachys sp)

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Clinopodium nubigenum

Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Cayambe Coca plant 16

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/22 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 11:27 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Cayambe Coca plant 16

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/22 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 11:27 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Monnina crassifolia?

My first encounter with monninas was close to the wall of Mount Roraima in Venezuela, albeit a slender specimen compared to this incredibly vital and beatiful member of the familfy. At first glance one might think this infloresence is of the Lupinus, but it’s not even in the same family. Altitude 3720 metres Please help […]

Monnina crassifolia?

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me identify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Tristerix longibracteata

A parasitic plant, so the wonderful flowers are possible only due to the nutrients stolen from the host plant! In Europe we have the mistletoe – but no such floral extravaganza! Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 11:18 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Cayambe Coca plant 15

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/9 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 11:11 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1400 Shutter speed: 1/320 s

Cayambe Coca plant 15

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/9 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 11:11 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1400 Shutter speed: 1/320 s

Monnina crassifolia?

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me identify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1600

Brachyotum jamesonii

Endemic to Ecuador and this altitude called Páramo. I saw several individuals on my trip here. Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/14 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 11:00 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Hypericum laricifolium

Compared to all the European species of Hypericum this is a very large plant, and I didn’t even see the resemblance. The spiral arrangement of the petals for one, and the leaves and the size for another. Grows commonly at this altidtude. Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:56 […]

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 Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:48 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Valeriana microphylla

Easy to see when in bloom, and when in groups like here. They were in many stages – from almost past blooming to just buds, so they are a source of food for insects for quite some time. Very hard to get a sharp image here, as it was very windy! Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: […]

Cayambe Coca plant 14 (Asteraceae)

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:40 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Cayambe Coca plant 14 (Asteraceae)

Altitude 3720 metres Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/11 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:35 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/400 s

Diplostephium gladulosum

In some locations this plant grows in dense groups, and when in bloom they form equally dense fields of flowers. I was lucky to visit during the flowering season! Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/14 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:29 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1600 Shutter speed: 1/320 s

Diplostephium lavandulaefolium

Altitude 3720 metres Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:25 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/100 s

Diplostephium lavandulaefolium

Seems identical to the gladulosum when not in bloom, but now the color makes all the difference. Just like the gladulosum this one can form dense groups that are simply astonishing when in bloom. During flowering all kinds of insects are visiting, and sometimes an odd humanoid like me just sighs in awe and gratefulness! […]

Nertera granadensis

Common and easy to find when bearing fruits. Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/9 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:11 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Cayambe Coca plant 12 (Epilobium)

Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:07 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/400 s

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 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 10:05 Focal […]

Cayambe Coca plant 11 (Gnaphalium?)

An almost white plant! Only the infloresence and flowers are different in color. Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1000

Cayambe Coca plant 10 (Lycopodium)

One of several species of Lycopodium at this altitude. Looks like spruce! Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:58 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Cayambe Coca plant 09 (Bartsia)

Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/9 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:55 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/320 s

Cayambe Coca plant 08

Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:45 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/320 s

Cayambe Coca plant 08

Some places it grows in dense and large groups, so much so that they effectively have overpowered all other species. Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:42 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Pernettya prostrata

Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1000

Pernettya prostrata

One of very few purple fruits. Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/13 Camera: NIKON D700 ISO: 1000

Deer’s Antlers (Halenia weddeliana)

Looks at first glance like an orchid, but it’s not. It’s common at this altitude. Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:34 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Baccharis genistelloides

Altitude 3500 metres. Aperture: ƒ/14 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:31 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Baccharis genistelloides

Looks almost cactus-like, but it’s far from it! One of the more unusual of the daisies. Altitude 3500 metres. Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:31 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 1000 Shutter speed: 1/160 s

Cayambe Coca plant 06

Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/8 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:17 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/125 s

Cayambe Coca plant 06

Altitude 3450 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment 🙂 Aperture: ƒ/20 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:16 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Barnadesia spinosa

The leaves are leathery, pointy, thick and shiny. Here you see the long spines – hence the name “spinosa”. Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:14 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/250 s

Brachyotum ledifolium

The leaves are covered with rather stiff hairs. Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:11 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Brachyotum ledifolium

I found none with open flowers, but the promise is beautiful nonetheless. Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/16 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:11 Focal length: 150mm ISO: 800 Shutter speed: 1/200 s

Halo (22° Circular Halo)

Altitude 3083 metres. See Atmospheric Optics for more on halo and how it forms. Aperture: ƒ/10 Camera: NIKON D3S Taken: 29 November, 2011 09:09 Focal length: 14mm ISO: 250 Shutter speed: 1/4000 s

Barnadesia Spinosa

This shrub was growing close to the dirt road leading deeper into Cayambe Coca and was growing on private grounds where cows were grazing. Fortunately cows do not find this plant edible – not even the flowers. It could be due to the long spines or simply because it’s just not suited for food. Despite […]

Aetanthus nodosus

Looks edible and tempting – but are they? First of all red here is not ripe – black is! Should I trust black berries from a plant that is parasitic? Then again a parasite might offer chemicals not much different than that of the host. Altitude 3450 metres. Aperture: ƒ/18 Camera: NIKON D700 Taken: 29 […]