More Plants

Back by popular demand!  Plants and more plants.

1st flower I saw in Colombia.....
1st flower I saw in Colombia…..
....and the 2nd.
….and the 2nd.

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The fruits of the above tree.
The fruits of the above tree- they look like cattails.

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Coffee
Coffee
Coffee beans.
Coffee beans.

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Not positive, but I think this is coca. It was near a camp in Colombia.
Not positive, but the photo below  I think this is coca. It was near a camp in Colombia.

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Drier regions of Colombia
Drier regions of Colombia
Castilleja in Ecuador
Castilleja in Ecuador.  Same pattern of tapping into the roots of a host plant.

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Lupine
Lupine

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Bolete
Bolete
This next bunch was all from Pichincha, some as high as 14,000 ft
This next bunch was from Pichincha, some as high as 14,000 ft

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Chuquiragua jussieni
Chuquiragua jussieni (very prickly)
Lupinus pubescens
Lupinus pubescens
Hypochaeris sessiliflora
Hypochaeris sessiliflora
Plant key
Plant key!

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These next are from Iliniza. Really an exceptional place for flora.
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Astragulas
Astragulas

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Similar to the Arctic's Lingonberry- they're sweet.
Similar to the Arctic’s Lingonberry- berries are sweet.

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Culcitium canescens
Culcitium canescens

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The next are from Chimborazo
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Bromus catharticus
Bromus catharticus
Seed heads of the Bromus
Seed heads of the Bromus
Culcitium sp.
Culcitium sp.

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Quenual trees
Quenual trees.  They grow to 17,000 ft elevation.

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Lichens
Lichens

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Bioluminescent bug. They were all over the ground the night at San Rafael Falls.
Bioluminescent bug. They were all over the ground the night at San Rafael Falls.
San Rafael Falls.
San Rafael Falls.

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In a couple of days I went from Alpine to this and in three more........
In a couple of days I went from alpine to this and in three more……..
.....to this......
…..to this……
....and finally here.
….and finally here.

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These grow in the U.S.'s Southwest....can't remember what they're called.
These grow in the U.S.’s Southwest….can’t remember what they’re called.

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Green batminton birdie. They evidently deflate like S. Brevispinus in the dry season (now).
Green batminton birdie. They evidently deflate like S. brevispinus in the dry season (now).