Wildflowers and Flora of Ecuador-The Amazon

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Description: Another standard from tourists walks. You break of the flower of this plant and put it in your mouth to make it look like a set of puffed up lips! Also rumoured to be an aphrodisiac.

Wildflowers and Flora of Ecuador-The Amazon

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Common name: Achoate
Description: When broken open have a bright red dye inside that is painted on the face like war paint by kids. Also a common feature on tourist walks.

Wildflowers and Flora of Ecuador-The Sierra

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Description: These orange flowered plants were all along roadsides and rivers of the suburbs of Quito, Ecuador

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Description: A picture that survived, along with me, the night on bald mountain

Wildflowers and Flora of Ecuador-The Sierra

On a desolate plain with only bits of grass, a herd of cows roamed.(Yes I know, in a National Park, there are other theories of conservation I guess). An interesting source of plant life was their dung of all things.

Wildflowers and Flora of Ecuador-The Sierra

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Description: Looks like some type of pine tree, also from Cotopaxi

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Description: Another from Cotopaxi National Park

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I thought these dead mosses looked cool on the rocks

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Description: Found on a windswept peak of Cotopaxi National park. Note the tiny insect that has taken refuge on the centre of the flower. What an amazing insect plant relationship:)