More Plants Back by popular demand! Plants and more plants. 1st flower I saw in Colombia….. ….and the 2nd. The fruits of the above tree- they look like cattails. Coffee Coffee beans. Not positive, but the photo below I think this is coca. It was near a camp in Colombia. Drier regions of Colombia Castilleja in Ecuador. Same pattern of tapping into the roots of a host plant. Lupine Bolete This next bunch was from Pichincha, some as high as 14,000 ft Chuquiragua jussieni (very prickly) Lupinus pubescens Hypochaeris sessiliflora Plant key! . These next are from Iliniza. Really an exceptional place for flora. Astragulas Similar to the Arctic’s Lingonberry- berries are sweet. Culcitium canescens . The next are from Chimborazo Bromus catharticus Seed heads of the Bromus Culcitium sp. Quenual trees. They grow to 17,000 ft elevation. Lichens Bioluminescent bug. They were all over the ground the night at San Rafael Falls. San Rafael Falls. In a couple of days I went from alpine to this and in three more…….. …..to this…… ….and finally here. These grow in the U.S.’s Southwest….can’t remember what they’re called. Green batminton birdie. They evidently deflate like S. brevispinus in the dry season (now).
