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Sunday, December 09, 2007
Wildflowers and Flora of Ecuador-The Amazon
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Saturday, December 08, 2007
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
Taxonomic Name: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
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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.
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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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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:)
Monday, October 29, 2007
Plants of Ecuador-Gardens of Sangolqui-Basil
The collection would not be complete without basil! Here is our bountiful crop and it only got larger
Plants of Ecuador-Gardens of Sangolqui
Tomate de arbol(tree tomato) trees growing in the school garden. These are way to close together and should have been further apart. The fruit can be used to create a great drink(with lots of sugar) or eaten on its own. Next year's students are lucky!
Plants of Ecuador-Gardens of Sangolqui
The town centrepiece in a small town outside of Cuenca. It reminded me of the town structure in many similar towns in Brazil
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