tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31346483250488186152024-03-19T01:48:19.786-07:00PrairiebreakHorticultural and botanical musings from the Rockies, Great Plains and beyond. In humble tribute to Goddess Flora.Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comBlogger1028125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-6098651800391096592024-03-11T22:06:00.000-07:002024-03-11T22:10:55.909-07:00A fertile area for fritillarias!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ahdr3wZKPsVAIBV9IotNK9c5oNPKkvBVDukNYvoz-cnfz0eYpC4sV4h34Qvd1bdur_cTQWcc6mGh1I3Eh3V6FhhgTqUwL_uO3ZGxLSKJBnd_sqL6Gp2zf1Cj3mp9RAhUOQa6R2NURKLUPdq0cckrm3AUObSBlmEEB582IYzmisi1oBCPB4yUGRiDVYk/s4032/IMG_8503.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ahdr3wZKPsVAIBV9IotNK9c5oNPKkvBVDukNYvoz-cnfz0eYpC4sV4h34Qvd1bdur_cTQWcc6mGh1I3Eh3V6FhhgTqUwL_uO3ZGxLSKJBnd_sqL6Gp2zf1Cj3mp9RAhUOQa6R2NURKLUPdq0cckrm3AUObSBlmEEB582IYzmisi1oBCPB4yUGRiDVYk/w480-h640/IMG_8503.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fritillaria affinis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />There are some of us smitten by frits. I think if you were along with us (the last day of the NARGS study weekend--our group went to San Bruno Mountain) where we found scads of the commonest fritillary of the West Coast (which I knew for years as<i> F. lanceolata </i>and now is called <i>F. affinis) </i>you'd fall in love with them too!<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNgE0IjMe-Cnwu-n0NOkqGPcNKpm43YdKBWtfwkT5GWAPjin77WZqz5qPqkuJ9MVqggEg-34onfsvqrZT2K0IRqDNwDL9-ey7ROSq-PCBzXvD8f7HMWu188thIpFekRwI0aS4ehKYRNjWPwanEwWcSjZWpq3If1TMKyeiSvOtkHW5c8HlqT8Ety6e2No/s4032/IMG_8454.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNgE0IjMe-Cnwu-n0NOkqGPcNKpm43YdKBWtfwkT5GWAPjin77WZqz5qPqkuJ9MVqggEg-34onfsvqrZT2K0IRqDNwDL9-ey7ROSq-PCBzXvD8f7HMWu188thIpFekRwI0aS4ehKYRNjWPwanEwWcSjZWpq3If1TMKyeiSvOtkHW5c8HlqT8Ety6e2No/w480-h640/IMG_8454.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>The pictures on this post are a pretty random sampling of the ones we saw on San Bruno: a fraction of the plants on the mountains, we saw dozens of leaves of non-blooming plants everywhere. 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Time to visit New Zealand...<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipOTyAJtm4KV2NzgLKKAZ9jlPkJ9foRGW5xkKP0L1rKCNS_KH-D_DAwRPpeob7letX8ieCh9_hC5hD4A4KFD2pKeUwboYA7T1dbZWqnJJFRhqIti5AHm1KxgNBU7acHA8V7qU07U0YR1B2HJKAV5an_tl-zQHJfpMPx5f9SS2vSdEA3TGg1i-QrQO7Be0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="1643" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipOTyAJtm4KV2NzgLKKAZ9jlPkJ9foRGW5xkKP0L1rKCNS_KH-D_DAwRPpeob7letX8ieCh9_hC5hD4A4KFD2pKeUwboYA7T1dbZWqnJJFRhqIti5AHm1KxgNBU7acHA8V7qU07U0YR1B2HJKAV5an_tl-zQHJfpMPx5f9SS2vSdEA3TGg1i-QrQO7Be0=w629-h640" width="629" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and<i> Raoulia mammillaris </i>on top of Mount Southey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>If 1) you love Horticulture and 2) are not a eunuch and 3) are not a nut case you are eligible to perhaps becoming a Hortisexual--a very congenial group of passionate plant people (once primarily perhaps predominately <span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times;">LGBTQ</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> </span>however, nowadays the group is diverse and the primary expectation is mutual respect and that participants not be prone judgementalism.</p><p>I possess a Hortisexual T-shirt--and have not had the pleasure of going on one of their trips--yet: I know scads of people who have, and all have reported that Hortisexual trips are superbly orchestrated, see the best stuff and are pretty much non stop fun.</p><p>Talking to Robin Parer (owner of <a href="https://www.geraniaceae.com/" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">Geraniaceae</a>*--the best source of plants for that family in the world), who is a dear friend and a national treasure, she mentioned that there are two places left for their tour to New Zealand next November. This is the description of the trip she sent me in an email last night:</p><div dir="ltr"><i>"The cost will be approximately $5000US plus airfare - but it is for 18 days. Anyone interested can get in touch with me at my email address <<a href="mailto:geraniac@pacbell.net" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">geraniac@pacbell.net</a>></i></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: #26282a; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div id="m_-2536849996087292685ydp968ee2bbyiv0407146436ydpb91f722eyiv3527617984" style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div dir="ltr" style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important; width: 903px;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div id="m_-2536849996087292685ydp968ee2bbyiv0407146436ydpb91f722eyiv3527617984ydpea093639yiv8871035472yqt28121" style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div id="m_-2536849996087292685ydp968ee2bbyiv0407146436ydpb91f722eyiv3527617984ydpea093639yiv8871035472ydpc729e742yahoo_quoted_0168045861" style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div id="m_-2536849996087292685ydp968ee2bbyiv0407146436ydpb91f722eyiv3527617984ydpea093639yiv8871035472ydpc729e742yiv6520155206" style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><blockquote style="border-color: currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204, 204, 204); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; margin: 5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt; outline-color: currentcolor !important; padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><u style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">THE BAY AREA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND, OCTOBER 30 THROUGH NOVEMBER 17, 2024</u></p></div><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><p style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B, L, D, CP</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">: breakfast, lunch, dinner, cocktail party (paid for)</span></p></div><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 19px; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">October 30 (Wednesday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> - Arrive at The Sebel Viaduct Harbour, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/85-89%2BCustoms%2BStreet%2BWest,%2BAuckland,%2BNZ?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070831000&usg=AOvVaw3PyAsm6W6J-J5M6LlpHIuV" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/85-89+Customs+Street+West,+Auckland,+NZ?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">85-89 Customs Street West, Auckland, NZ</a> (3 nights) </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:00 p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Welcome Cocktail Party, Soul Bar and Bistro, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/16-18%2BLower%2BHobson%2BStreet?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070831000&usg=AOvVaw2X8kefWwHPX6P_SJtkH7Ev" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/16-18+Lower+Hobson+Street?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">16-18 Lower Hobson Street</a> West, Auckland - a very short walk on the RHS out the back door of the hotel. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">CP</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">October 31 (Thursday) </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:30 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Breakfast at Giraffe, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/80%2BQueen%2BSt.,%2BAuckland?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070831000&usg=AOvVaw0MZbS_ELkjI2S_2e54ksig" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/80+Queen+St.,+Auckland?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">80 Queen St., Auckland</a> (has a separate vegetarian menu). The restaurant can be found by walking through the hotel lobby, past some chairs and tables and through the back door, and can be found immediately on your left. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Take our Bus from The Sebel <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/Viaduct%2BHarbor,%2B85-89%2BCustoms%2BSt.%2BWest,%2BAuckland?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070831000&usg=AOvVaw2pOs-QX3VHM0z0q27uk5W7" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Viaduct+Harbor,+85-89+Customs+St.+West,+Auckland?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">Viaduct Harbor, 85-89 Customs St. West, Auckland</a> </b>to Auckland Domain Wintergardens and Fernery, drop-off point for bus on Wintergreen Road, Auckland </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:00 a.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Gordon’s Native Plant Nursery, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/159A%2BScenic%2BDrive,%2BTitirangi,%2BWest%2BAuckland?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070831000&usg=AOvVaw09r0tAlWJ1OB25ofaZwo6d" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/159A+Scenic+Drive,+Titirangi,+West+Auckland?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">159A Scenic Drive, Titirangi, West Auckland</a> Small nursery, plants very well labelled. Talk by Ms. Glenda Gordon or her son Ted.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:15 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to Auckland Botanic Gardens, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/102%2BHill%2BRoad?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw1OYKvKQqup6tkPK96QV6Hz" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/102+Hill+Road?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">102 Hill Road</a>, Manuwera, Auckland. Explore the native plant section </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12:45 p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Lunch at the Botanic Gardens, Café Miko (kitchen closes at 2:30 p.m.)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">2:00 p.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Talk with Barbara Wheeler, Curator </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">2:45 p.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to The Sebel Hotel, Viaduct Harbor</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">3:30 p.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">You are on your own for the rest of the day. There are many restaurants and cafes around the area of the hotel if you are interested in dinner later on.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 1 (Friday) (Bus is not needed today)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:30 a.m</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">. Quick<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b>Breakfast at Giraffe, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/80%2BQueen%2BSt.%2BAuckland?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw0TAt-IVT0Hm_nIZpDliYsG" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/80+Queen+St.+Auckland?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">80 Queen St. Auckland</a>. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">You must be in time for the ferry.</b> (We collect packed lunches). <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Walk</b> to the ferry dock. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:00 a.m. Ferry to Tiritiri Matangi Island - Departs from the Explore Booking Kiosk in Viaduct Harbor. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">(80 minutes trip) Bring binoculars.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:10 a.m</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">. Arrive at <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Tiritiri Matangi Island</b> - collect lunch; guided tour of the island. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L </b>You should pair up, and then you can take many of the well marked trails by yourself, but you must be back at the Ferry Dock at<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> 2.20 p.m. The ferry departs at 2:40 p.m.</b> (If you are late you will spend the night outside on the island - there is no accommodation for visitors!) Ferry arrives back in Auckland at 4 p.m.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">You are on your own for dinner.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 2</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> (<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Saturday)</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:30 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Breakfast at Giraffe. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus from Sebel Viaduct Harbor</b> to Omaio, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/194%2BWhitmore%2BRoad?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw02S3ppWn4ergiMfOdex5fj" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/194+Whitmore+Road?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">194 Whitmore Road</a>. Tawharamui. Matakana Omaio is a private 18 acre garden on the coast of Kawai Bay. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:30 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">We will receive a Maori welcome, followed by a garden tour and a catered lunch <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">1:30 p.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Whangarei (2 hours)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">3:00 - 4:00 p.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Hundertwasser Art Center, (with the Wairau Maori Art Gallery) <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/81%2BDent%2BStreet,%2BWhangarei?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw0IbT_mLGKS0NimEwF-p8lE" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/81+Dent+Street,+Whangarei?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">81 Dent Street, Whangarei</a>. Visit the roof garden; see a short film on Friedensreich Hundertwasser; visit book store and the art gallery.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">4<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">:00 p.m. Bus</b> to Lodge Bordeaux, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/361%2BWestern%2BHills%2BDrive,%2BWhangarei?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw1CX0vs2KcXarWdBjv4CVx1" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/361+Western+Hills+Drive,+Whangarei?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">361 Western Hills Drive, Whangarei</a> (2 nights) <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Don’t forget to order breakfast for tomorrow - it will be delivered to your room</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:00 p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to Top Sail Restaurant, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/206%2BBeach%2BRoad,%2BOnerahi,%2BWhangarei?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw3QFPESPjG0wsV0aPR_qDtT" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/206+Beach+Road,+Onerahi,+Whangarei?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">206 Beach Road, Onerahi, Whangarei</a>. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">D Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:30 - 9:00 p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> returns to Lodge Bordeaux</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 3 (Sunday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:00 a.m. Breakfast in room. B</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Bus </b>to visit Te Wairahi Taiao Native Nursery, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/1836%2BWhananaki%2BNorth%2BRoad,%2BWhananaki?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw2Q-IjMKWO71vSlxTF-t66b" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1836+Whananaki+North+Road,+Whananaki?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">1836 Whananaki North Road, Whananaki</a> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">or </b>Waimarie Nurseries, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/131%2BDraffin%2BRd.,%2BPoroti?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw1acu66KscjkMeBSvU79U-R" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/131+Draffin+Rd.,+Poroti?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">131 Draffin Rd., Poroti</a>(we will make a choice closer to the date)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:30 a.m</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">.<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Bus </b>to Hundertwasser Public Toilets, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/60%2BGillies%2BSt.,%2BKawakawa?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw16hccwcbcaoLymOT0xBmid" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/60+Gillies+St.,+Kawakawa?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">60 Gillies St., Kawakawa</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:15 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Visit toilets</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:30 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Leave toilets and get on<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Bus</b> to The Museum of Waitangi, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Waitangi</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:45 a.m. Museum and Lunch </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">at Whare Wake Cafe at the Museum<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">We will have a short walk this afternoon:</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">1:15 p.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Waipoua Forest</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">3:00 p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Arrive at the Waipoua Forest</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">The Tane Mahuta Walk is approximately a 3 min walk from the Tane Mahuta car park. We will see the Tane Mahuta kauri tree, 2500 years old. If there is time we will explore another of the walks, but the carpark for the Te Matua Ngahere Walk closes at 4:30 p.m. It depends how speedy we are.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">4:30 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> will return to Lodge Bordeaux, Onerahi.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">You are on your own for dinner. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Don’t forget to order breakfast in your room for tomorrow morning.</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 4 (Monday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Early breakfast in room <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:00 a.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> c</b>ollect packed lunch DeLucca Cafe, 6/<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/8%2BRust%2BAve.%2BWhangarei?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw1yg2P5b9pTcucVZIgWGDCb" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/8+Rust+Ave.+Whangarei?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">8 Rust Ave. Whangarei</a> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:30 a.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Ayrlie’s Garden, 125 Potts Road, Auckland </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:30 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Tour the garden 1 1/4 hours</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:45 a.m. Bus to Hamilton, </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">1:15 p.m. visit town, lunch on your own, shopping opportunity </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">2:45 p.m. visit Hamilton Gardens, Hungerford Crescent.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">4:00 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Huka Falls on the Waikato River, Taupo - visit falls and take a short walk.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">6:00 p.m. Bus to</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Ika Nui Motel, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/64-66%2BLake%2BTerrace,%2BTaupo?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw3tElK0IfuS7OKVoU5QFTV7" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/64-66+Lake+Terrace,+Taupo?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">64-66 Lake Terrace, Taupo</a> - 2 nights) You are on your own for dinner - a short walk to a number of restaurants.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 5 (Tuesday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:30 a.m. Walk </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b>breakfast at Cafe Baku, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/42%2BRoberts%2BStreet,%2BTaupo?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw2opFMrMIfG7zl12OWqKh-o" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/42+Roberts+Street,+Taupo?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">42 Roberts Street, Taupo</a> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B </b>Order ahead and pick up sandwiches for lunch </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:45 a.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b>Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/201%2BWaiotapu%2BLoop%2BRoad,%2BRd?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw1h8chAxe_hu59CQprWzARZ" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/201+Waiotapu+Loop+Road,+Rd?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">201 Waiotapu Loop Road, Rd</a> 3 Rotorua (1 1/2 hr. walk)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12:15 p.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Rotorua and The National Kiwi Hatchery <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/Aotearoa,%2B192%2BFairy%2BSprings%2BRoad,%2BRotorua?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw2t-X7qWorveJ7pMh7M4Sbi" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Aotearoa,+192+Fairy+Springs+Road,+Rotorua?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">Aotearoa, 192 Fairy Springs Road, Rotorua</a> for a 45 minute guided tour, starting at 1 p.m.. (The Hatchery closes at 2 p.m.) Eat lunch on bus before or after the tour.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">1:00 p.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Waikite Valley Hotpools <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/648%2BWaikite%2BValley%2BRoad,%2BRotorua?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw3scrOUvQNk8gcwIZHmt3Zh" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/648+Waikite+Valley+Road,+Rotorua?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">648 Waikite Valley Road, Rotorua</a> and the Te Manaroa Spring Eco-Trail. Bathe in hot pools and hike to view unique ferns and mosses.<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">4:00 Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">returns to Ika Nui Motel in Taupo</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Dinner on own</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 6 (Wednesday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:30 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Walk to breakfast at Cafe Baku, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/42%2BRoberts%2BStreet,%2BTaupo?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw2opFMrMIfG7zl12OWqKh-o" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/42+Roberts+Street,+Taupo?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">42 Roberts Street, Taupo</a> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b> Order ahead and pick up sandwiches for lunch </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:00 a.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to New Plymouth (5 hour drive) …45 minutes from Taupo..</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:45 </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Along the way…Hike - Rimu walk in the Pureora Forest Park - Kakaho Campsite, at the end of Kakaho Road, off SH32 (Tihoi Road). It's 43 km from Taupo – follow Poihipi Road, then Marotiri Road to SH32, or 26 km from Pureora Village - follow Barryville Road then Link road to the campsite.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12 noon Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> continues to New Plymouth</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Stop for picnic lunch </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">on the north Taranaki coast near Tongaporutu - Three Sisters Lookout - to see the rock formations on the beach <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> p.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to The State Hotel <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/162%2BDevon%2BStreet,%2BEast%2BNew%2BPlymouth?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw0dLjtXS9M76uIVwfSYWhKx" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/162+Devon+Street,+East+New+Plymouth?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">162 Devon Street, East New Plymouth</a> and The Nice Hotel, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/71%2BBrougham%2BSt.,%2BNew%2BPlymouth?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw2lUx52ezTse7-O-X987kSQ" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/71+Brougham+St.,+New+Plymouth?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">71 Brougham St., New Plymouth</a> (Hortis may have to be picked up by <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">bus</b> and driven to the Elixir Cafe on Nov. 7 and 8) (2 nights)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">On your own for dinner</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 7 (Thursday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:30 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Walk or <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus </b>to breakfast at The Elixir Cafe, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/117%2BDevon%2BStreet%2BEast,%2BNew%2BPlymouth?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw2uLi31TMx1Xn0LqGrW9xqE" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/117+Devon+Street+East,+New+Plymouth?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">117 Devon Street East, New Plymouth</a> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B </b>Order ahead and collect picnic lunches<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">930 a.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Te Kainga Marire, the garden of Valda Poletti and Dave Clarkson, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/15%2BSpencer%2BPlace,%2BNew%2BPlymouth?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw0VToiohDpcGI9bAbHlV2yU" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/15+Spencer+Place,+New+Plymouth?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">15 Spencer Place, New Plymouth</a> (5 minute drive)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:30 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to Pukekua Park, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/10%2BFillis%2BSt.%2BNew%2BPlymouth?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw33LMmcxw3AmsdnQmcV2a3V" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/10+Fillis+St.+New+Plymouth?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">10 Fillis St. New Plymouth</a>, Fernery and Display Gardens</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Pukekua Park and early lunch <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12:30 Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Mt. Taranaki, Egmont National Park - <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to the Potaema Picnic Area, 3 km from the national park boundary on Pembroke Road. Potaema Track - a 30 minute easy access boardwalk that takes you through native forest.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Back on the Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Stratford Plateau Car Park and Lookout. Round the Mountain Circuit Track - 1 hour and 20 minutes walk downhill through Wikis Pools to the Dawson’s Falls Visitor Center where we will <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">meet the Bus.</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">If we have time…<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Bus </b>for a visit to Environmental Products (NZ) <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/1103%2BOpunake%2BRd?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw2h7xSHUK_CV2ZhQOIKl0Qb" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1103+Opunake+Rd?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">1103 Opunake Rd</a>. Mahoe, Stratford, Taranaki for possum/wool products - sweaters, socks, etc.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Late afternoon…</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to hotel</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Dinner on own</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 8 (Friday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:30 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Walk or <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to breakfast at the Elixir Cafe, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/117%2BDevon%2BStreet%2BEast,%2BNew%2BPlymouth?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw2uLi31TMx1Xn0LqGrW9xqE" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/117+Devon+Street+East,+New+Plymouth?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">117 Devon Street East, New Plymouth</a>.<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> B </b>Collect packed lunches.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:45 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus </b>to Paloma Gardens, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/11%2BPohutukawa%2BLane?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw3dEm3uoR-Fb3Q1BajHXkOH" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/11+Pohutukawa+Lane?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">11 Pohutukawa Lane</a>, off Denlair Road, Fordell, Whanganui</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12.15 p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Arrive at gardens. (Lunch either in garden or on bus)<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">2 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Waikanae, Kapiti Coast to visit Blue Gecko Landscape Creations (Ben Hoyle)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">3:<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">30 p.m.</b> Arrive at Ben Hoyle’s garden, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/25%2BGreenaway%2BRoad,%2BWaikanae,%2BKapiti%2BCoast?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw0grriGO22awDy48u8yW64o" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/25+Greenaway+Road,+Waikanae,+Kapiti+Coast?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">25 Greenaway Road, Waikanae, Kapiti Coast</a>. He will show us around his own garden and another “down the street.”</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">4:45 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Wellington, The Sebel Wellington, Lower Hutt, 15 Queen’s Drive, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt (One night)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:30 p.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Dinner at Hotel <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">D</b></span><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 9 (Saturday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:00 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Breakfast at The Sebel <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:45 a.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Otari-Wilton’s Bush, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/160%2BWilton%2BRoad,%2BWellington?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw1z5vSecMRZK71pov28A_eU" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/160+Wilton+Road,+Wellington?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">160 Wilton Road, Wellington</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10 :15 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus </b>to Garden of James Frazer and Biddi Bunzi, Newtown (address to be added)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to Garden of x (to be confirmed)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12:00 noon</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to Bluebridge Ferry - Departs Wellington to Picton at 1:30 p.m. (check on ferry times, may change after October 31). (3 hours) (Buy your own lunch on the ferry)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">430 p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Arrive in Picton. Take <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to Hotel d’Urville, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/52%2BQueen%2BStreet,%2BBlenheim?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw3uayL2TTzoUiSiI9SQuGVF" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/52+Queen+Street,+Blenheim?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">52 Queen Street, Blenheim</a> and the 14th Lane Urban Hotel, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/1A%2BKinross%2BSt.%2BBlenheim?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070832000&usg=AOvVaw0bB9xd_mpoW-UcGrD2zbJc" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1A+Kinross+St.+Blenheim?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">1A Kinross St. Blenheim</a> (2 nights)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus pick up 14th Lane Urban Hotel group at 7:15 p.m. and bring to d’Urville for dinner.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:30</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Group<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b>Dinner at Hotel d’Urville <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">D</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:30 Taxi returns group to 14th Lane Urban Hotel</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 10 (Sunday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:30 a.m </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Continental breakfast at hotel <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:45 a.m. Bus pick up group from hotels and then </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Welton House, garden of Wendy Palmer, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/10%2BStaces%2BRoad,%2BGrovetown,%2BBlenheim?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw2CqJRDhpk-Cngc_s8yh_sM" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/10+Staces+Road,+Grovetown,+Blenheim?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">10 Staces Road, Grovetown, Blenheim</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:30 a.m</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">.<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Bus </b>to Rosa Davison’s garden, Paripuma, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/243%2BRenners%2BRoad,%2BLower%2BDashwood,%2BMarlborough?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw1gt9BZwBuyUqh8aoPcM6f_" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/243+Renners+Road,+Lower+Dashwood,+Marlborough?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">243 Renners Road, Lower Dashwood, Marlborough</a>.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">1:30 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Allan Scott Bistro,<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b>9 Jackson’s Road, Rapaura (open until 5 p.m.) (distance from our hotel 5.6 miles) <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">4:30 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to return to the Hotel d’Urville and the 14th Lane Urban Hotel<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Dinner, if necessary, is on your own.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 11 (Monday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Breakfast at hotel(s)<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:30 a.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Winterhome Garden, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/5781%2BState%2BHighway%2B1,%2BKekerengu?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw3jijBIS95YBJL3unvB4Lhz" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/5781+State+Highway+1,+Kekerengu?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">5781 State Highway 1, Kekerengu</a> (51 miles)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:30 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Visit Winterhome</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12:30 Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Kaikoura (60km) Point Kean Viewpoint, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/274%2BScarborough%2BStreet?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw3HJ2E3Yuon43bErbN7UZ-B" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/274+Scarborough+Street?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">274 Scarborough Street</a>, Kaikoura, Kaikura Peninsula Walkway to visit the Kaikoura Seal Colony. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">2<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> p.m. Bus</b> to lunch, Cods and Crayfish, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/81%2BBeach%2BRoad,%2BNorth%2BCanterbury,%2BKaikoura?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw3pOd17IrjnCYvzvgginCoz" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/81+Beach+Road,+North+Canterbury,+Kaikoura?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">81 Beach Road, North Canterbury, Kaikoura</a> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">3<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> p.m. Bus </b>to Christchurch</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">6:00 </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">The Observatory Hotel, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/9%2BHereford%2BStreet,%2BChristchurch?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw2SXVXScv3l-cgLFQYCtBzJ" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/9+Hereford+Street,+Christchurch?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">9 Hereford Street, Christchurch</a> (126 miles) (2 nights)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">You are on your own for dinner</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 12 (Tuesday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:30 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Breakfast at The Bean at the Y (on the same side of the street as the hotel - towards the Botanic Garden) <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:30 a.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Fisherman’s Bay Garden (100km), <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/188%2BFishermans%2BBay%2BRoad,%2BR.D.?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw0BNDiaKjG7jyJ3bMHaXrGV" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/188+Fishermans+Bay+Road,+R.D.?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">188 Fishermans Bay Road, R.D.</a> 3, Akaroa</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:30 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Fisherman’s Bay Garden</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12:30 Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to The Giant’s House Garden and lunch at the restaurant <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">2:30-3:00 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Ohinetahi Gardens, 1 The Terrace, Governor’s Bay</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">4:45 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to The Observatory Hotel, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/9%2BHereford%2BSt.,%2BChristchurch?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw3hL-kjhPU7XmDB0Gu0ycZn" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/9+Hereford+St.,+Christchurch?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">9 Hereford St., Christchurch</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">5:15 p.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">The Observatory Hotel - 15 minute visit to the Hotel - followed by a walk in the Christchurch Botanic Garden (half a block away). It's open until 8:30 p.m.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Return to the Observatory Hotel at your pleasure.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">You are on your own for dinner. Jaba’s Grill and Bar, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/150%2BLichfield%2BSt?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw095DCmw602uAYHJl2nXPQc" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/150+Lichfield+St?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">150 Lichfield St</a>. is recommended - it’s a flesh palace but delicious food; reservations suggested - you will need a taxi.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 13 (Wednesday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Breakfast at Bean at the Y down the street towards the Botanic Garden<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> B </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:45 a.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Broadfields Garden, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/1094%2BShands%2BRoad?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw2KMQ_NAMSysK62IXUzb4ae" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1094+Shands+Road?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">1094 Shands Road</a>, Lincoln (garden opens at 8 a.m.)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:30 a.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Lake Pukaki, (go through Methven); stop at Rakaia River and Gorge; short hike; then Geraldine for lunch, Barkers Foodstore and Eatery, 71 Talbot St., Geraldine (call ahead to have lunch ready); Linis Pass short hike for viewing spots <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L </b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to Jo Wakelin garden, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/20B%2BGilmore%2BRd,%2BMt%2BPisa?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw2Vf_xf30wlBOAXKasa0hI4" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/20B+Gilmore+Rd,+Mt+Pisa?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">20B Gilmore Rd, Mt Pisa</a>, Cromwell.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">? p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus</b> to The Dairy Private Hotel, Queenstown, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/21%2BBrecon%2BSt.%2BQueenstown?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw303rBplpoZkr11qD21LC3Y" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/21+Brecon+St.+Queenstown?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">21 Brecon St. Queenstown</a> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">and </b>The Central Private Hotel, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/4%2BSydney%2BSt.,%2BQueenstown?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw3k5gDEP3eQrFQAtJczIkAf" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/4+Sydney+St.,+Queenstown?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">4 Sydney St., Queenstown</a> (2 nights)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">You are on your own for dinner</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 14 (Thursday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Breakfast (included with the room) <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:30 a.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Little Paradise, Wild Dream Garden on Lake Wakatipu (house tour plus garden), and a small hike to Bennett’s Bluff; 25 minute scenic drive from Queenstown at 2600 Glenorchy Rd.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">10:45 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus c</b>ontinues to Glenorchy</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:45 a.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Visit Glenorchy Eco Retreat to view Jeffrey Bale’s stoneworks and the Glenorchy Lagoon Walkway - from the waterfront park at the northern end of Glenorchy and follow the DOC signs (30 minutes)</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">1:00 p.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Lunch in Mrs. Woolly’s General Store, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/64%2BOban%2BStreet,%2BGlenorchy?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw3jcMLpN8ka8W1w9uJ1RTKf" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/64+Oban+Street,+Glenorchy?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">64 Oban Street, Glenorchy</a>. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">2:30 p.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> returns to Queenstown. You are on your own for the rest of the day and for dinner. Shopping opportunities!</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 15 (Friday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Breakfast (included with room) <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:30<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> a.m. Bus</b> to Mike Henry’s garden, Chantecler, midway between Queenstown and Arrowtown in the Wakitipu Basin - <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/14%2BLower%2BShotover%2BRoad,%2BQueenstown?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw3aTZjzGR3PRz4x2vgVL6yb" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/14+Lower+Shotover+Road,+Queenstown?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">14 Lower Shotover Road, Queenstown</a>.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">11:30 Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to Te Anau, The Sandfly Cafe, 9 the Lane, Te Anau for lunch <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">to check in to Radfords on the Lake, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/56-58%2BLakefront%2BDrive,%2BTe%2BAnau?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw0XyH-X-4j7G21pajFlJnfE" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/56-58+Lakefront+Drive,+Te+Anau?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">56-58 Lakefront Drive, Te Anau</a> (2 nights) </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus at 4 p.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> for the 4:30 tour of the Te Anau Glowworm Caves, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/85%2BLakefront%2BDr.%2BTe%2BAnau?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw21c_bEuTRDx7h_VqgMVf17" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/85+Lakefront+Dr.+Te+Anau?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">85 Lakefront Dr. Te Anau</a></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7: 00 p.m. <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus </b>returns to Radfords on the Lake.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">You are on your own for dinner. Possibilities include the Redcliff Restaurant and Bar, Ranch Bar and Grill among many others, all within walking distance of the motel.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 16 (Saturday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> Breakfast at the Sandfly Cafe, 9 The Lane, Te Anau <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:00 a.m.</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Bus </b>to Milford Sound and tour of the fjord by boat. Stops along the way include the Mirror Lakes; visit with the Kakas; a short hike in<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b>Gertrude Saddle.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">12:30 p.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Lunch, Milford Sound Information Center and Cafe, State Highway 94, Milford Sound<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> L</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">1:30 p.m. </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Join Mitre Peak Cruises, Milford Sound Visitor Terminal, State Highway 94, Milford Sound - depending on the weather and tides, tour by boat through the Sound to the ocean edge.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">3:45 p.m. Bus </span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">returns to Te Anau</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Dinner on your own</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 17 (Sunday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">8:00 a.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to breakfast at The Sandfly<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </b>Cafe<b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> B</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">9:00 a.m. Bus</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> to Queenstown to the airport <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">(Bus service is finished)</b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Snack lunch at airport</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Take early afternoon flight to Auckland</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">Take bus/taxi to The Sebel Viaduct Harbour, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/85-89%2BCustoms%2BStreet%2BWest,%2BAuckland,%2BNZ?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw2wB1NdmyMWGNEKUGlyg6kK" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/85-89+Customs+Street+West,+Auckland,+NZ?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">85-89 Customs Street West, Auckland, NZ</a> (one night) Taxi is $90-$100 NZ from the airport - please share the ride.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">7:00 Walk to Farewell Cocktail Party at Bivacco, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/maps/search/115%2BCustoms%2BStreet%2BWest,%2BAuckland?entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&source=gmail&ust=1710221070833000&usg=AOvVaw1S6PMVmpp54yjPA2BJAxLg" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/115+Customs+Street+West,+Auckland?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc; outline-color: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">115 Customs Street West, Auckland</a> <b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;">CP</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><b style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;">November 18 (Monday)</span></b><span style="color: #161a1e; outline-color: currentcolor !important;"></span></p><div style="outline-color: currentcolor !important;"><div>Return Home </div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>I would jump on this: you'll never have a better trip to New Zealand at a better price. I'd do so myself--but it overlaps with a trip I've already planned to Patagonia (DRATS!)...</p><p>This is a special service to my Blog readers. You're welcome!</p><p>*If you've never seen Robin's website, g<a href="https://www.geraniaceae.com/" target="_blank">o back to the <b>Geraniaceae</b> link I did above and click on it (or on this sentence here: it's a treasure trove of plants are very reasonable price</a>s.</p><p><br /></p>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-12102781482362041312024-03-01T21:07:00.000-08:002024-03-01T21:07:06.527-08:00The commander and the captain<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBjUiF2RG1GcsCrObdPqbY7-ZweCR3B2d-zIuDentsPBIAg3uKz7PXM5g5SV5BfjGbgkbOYXN1Qo6b8IghWmzctZ6uoI_CawRXVYEub_cD07kqK0QYSDWMK5mim6Zn0zZmhlPgvuTeXE22Zow0MjE8lDWMfiRV00KeUqEf0oMcKMZU-pu-MVwi2smcLQ/s4032/Karel%20Du%20Toit%20Strandfontein%2009-08-23%20(152).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBjUiF2RG1GcsCrObdPqbY7-ZweCR3B2d-zIuDentsPBIAg3uKz7PXM5g5SV5BfjGbgkbOYXN1Qo6b8IghWmzctZ6uoI_CawRXVYEub_cD07kqK0QYSDWMK5mim6Zn0zZmhlPgvuTeXE22Zow0MjE8lDWMfiRV00KeUqEf0oMcKMZU-pu-MVwi2smcLQ/w640-h480/Karel%20Du%20Toit%20Strandfontein%2009-08-23%20(152).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Commander"</td></tr></tbody></table>Those of us lucky enough to travel with Karel du Toit (above) and his long time buddy, Steve Brack (below) know the joys of traveling with "the Captain and the Commander"...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge2QLCe60DD5EQh2WVI8XSmfLV0O11uFa-Pn6HxkJILgS3XQiOeBLsoJY3-mfOyTQWTXH42t4bjmVYGqZXHdBeFEL5waIg8t_DRZpsleyT1QntkRKTE2WinhvrVuKDBOzyB96Eu_2j5yXm99Ly3lD_DRBSTwb07SDUIEFdg81Aip_wumDs5aNXLJY15A/s1700/Steve%20Brack%20Poortjieskloofdam%20%2009-19-2023%20(67)2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1653" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge2QLCe60DD5EQh2WVI8XSmfLV0O11uFa-Pn6HxkJILgS3XQiOeBLsoJY3-mfOyTQWTXH42t4bjmVYGqZXHdBeFEL5waIg8t_DRZpsleyT1QntkRKTE2WinhvrVuKDBOzyB96Eu_2j5yXm99Ly3lD_DRBSTwb07SDUIEFdg81Aip_wumDs5aNXLJY15A/w622-h640/Steve%20Brack%20Poortjieskloofdam%20%2009-19-2023%20(67)2.JPG" width="622" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Captain"</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Steve is renowned among cactus lovers around the world for founding Mesa Gardens (still in existence--Steve sold it several years ago and it continues thriving under new management). In addition to cacti, Mesa Gardens offered a wide spectrum of Mesembryanthemaceae (ice plants) and other succulents--I have read that over 10,000 accessions had been offered at one point or another.<div><br /></div><div>These were sold worldwide--obviating the need to collect rare succulents since nursery grown ones were far less scarred and more easily available. I doubt anyone has done more to get rare cacti into cultivation than Steve. He began traveling with Karel over twenty years ago--they've traveled dozens of times together. Karel credits Steve with fanning the flames of his interest in native plants. Today, Karel is an authority with an astonishing knowledge of the native South African flora--not to mention folkways and the cultural history of his country. His life story is the stuff legends are made of (once a professional Rugby player with the Springbok, he was chief detective of the province of Namaqualand, arresting dozens of poachers and confiscating incredible quantities of rare poached succulents--that's just the tip of the iceberg!)</div><div><br /></div><div>We in Denver are extraordinarily lucky to have the Captain and Commander both speak at "Out of Africa"--an afternoon symposium on March 17 in Sturm Auditorium at Denver Botanic Gardens' Freyer Newman Center. Sponsored by the Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society (members of those two organizations are admitted free)--they are opening up this symposium to the public at a very modest cost of $12 (and less for DBG members--see webpage for details)</div><div><br /></div><div>Speaking of web-page, scan this QR code to sign up! See you there!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6aopyVBh4J2nTkh3Vzzqjw4ebSG8Ue0EE1P9g_qPlqpSJnd-1tLOflj-RulBM1ZeynuH1dncx-5yYxfE3Pb13GgstxomNNX7BDIMzUDPBXyTnXXPI2epwm7V1uLdwJMVK1PKLrFu24_QwYLpU0cA4eDmjPyltYBknBSdRkbuU35-WteX-PiN4bQ37J4o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="474" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6aopyVBh4J2nTkh3Vzzqjw4ebSG8Ue0EE1P9g_qPlqpSJnd-1tLOflj-RulBM1ZeynuH1dncx-5yYxfE3Pb13GgstxomNNX7BDIMzUDPBXyTnXXPI2epwm7V1uLdwJMVK1PKLrFu24_QwYLpU0cA4eDmjPyltYBknBSdRkbuU35-WteX-PiN4bQ37J4o=w400-h397" width="400" /></a></div><br />P.S. Adam Harrower--horticulturist extraordinaire from Kirstenbosch will be the third presenter: he's awesome too!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuwBA01AiKl3mlXnyP_sbm9EdRlE713yF4h6bj8klFx8O_OFIy4XlqIQPxsJai5uV1w4S3CFUPlXBdTywR4KychvZB1pgTNzuRgh8YtPuHbRLbwIvexKqwXDBI2MdZ34FC55JjMzE8IR3a65jq0PfuoQhRhc6A0cBJzo8sg3vOc6Mx6h_YzhsS77XyWA/s1207/Adam%20Harrower2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="1193" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuwBA01AiKl3mlXnyP_sbm9EdRlE713yF4h6bj8klFx8O_OFIy4XlqIQPxsJai5uV1w4S3CFUPlXBdTywR4KychvZB1pgTNzuRgh8YtPuHbRLbwIvexKqwXDBI2MdZ34FC55JjMzE8IR3a65jq0PfuoQhRhc6A0cBJzo8sg3vOc6Mx6h_YzhsS77XyWA/w632-h640/Adam%20Harrower2.jpg" width="632" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adam Harrower</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-79725487717413672032024-02-18T18:42:00.000-08:002024-02-18T18:57:54.874-08:00Cuter than a bug's ear...Gentianella cerastoides<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0ZQnSUH-8VrP5vvwTqOGNu2dklK8pf9KtsjQ_IOHcUIK31Xou5dBPAs_yRj4mdlMkZHScQPPxeU3L1Q6cWlqnIiFW3CCWdrhO_ZV7r2EwkQkh0pkWirfeTf4b8gV4Cfz4imzO3sAh1Rl8Sw-zt8Z22VMFxehn-bwrTtDub6V_k67CIcWtepQ3NeFoss/s2862/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(145)2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2862" data-original-width="2580" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0ZQnSUH-8VrP5vvwTqOGNu2dklK8pf9KtsjQ_IOHcUIK31Xou5dBPAs_yRj4mdlMkZHScQPPxeU3L1Q6cWlqnIiFW3CCWdrhO_ZV7r2EwkQkh0pkWirfeTf4b8gV4Cfz4imzO3sAh1Rl8Sw-zt8Z22VMFxehn-bwrTtDub6V_k67CIcWtepQ3NeFoss/w576-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(145)2.JPG" width="576" /></a></div><br /> I don't know what possessed Kunth to name this plant <i>cerastoides</i>...proof that botanical names are arbitrary (there are a few mouse ears with congested foliage, but none possess luminous lavender purple flowers like this, such perfect chalices dotting the Paramo).<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidb4JZWMAyp-YhHCMB5Uyfrhbijtv5NFhfgNWssIf5ysGDVBKgw_ztPW-556uBx1wA4o5Y5euDdwT_VNYTAVWpfR-FdFeLWER8BZt4ok6JrW8aiAPMEpkzivtYZymoG_I36Riba_GMxI_iM7QNRW8B0e8a269uNL3hYibJj3I6oprmXQ2ZRQC890kRNXw/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(131).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidb4JZWMAyp-YhHCMB5Uyfrhbijtv5NFhfgNWssIf5ysGDVBKgw_ztPW-556uBx1wA4o5Y5euDdwT_VNYTAVWpfR-FdFeLWER8BZt4ok6JrW8aiAPMEpkzivtYZymoG_I36Riba_GMxI_iM7QNRW8B0e8a269uNL3hYibJj3I6oprmXQ2ZRQC890kRNXw/w480-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(131).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>On my recent trip to Ecuador (a tour sponsored by Denver Botanic Gardens) we only had a few days at altitude: our big alpine hike on Cotopaxi (15,000 up to 16,000') was aborted due to hurricane force winds and horizontal smow...I shall always wonder what we missed!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyre4FwIC-5nSTv5Ckol2mWANJCIwn4tqzc8xbNXP-EtBgLKwG48Vzo2t_cHLTqW4YS3dd_QS__7WicpHd5wxNl2DZJ2BfMafHljOaojCFnXltZB_qAOJXolKdCLGA5GHeXchSGMa7v-vkMH53RX0r68zDFAegsToGSVdZvvlTzwnsiXfn85x9Hl_Njks/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(130).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyre4FwIC-5nSTv5Ckol2mWANJCIwn4tqzc8xbNXP-EtBgLKwG48Vzo2t_cHLTqW4YS3dd_QS__7WicpHd5wxNl2DZJ2BfMafHljOaojCFnXltZB_qAOJXolKdCLGA5GHeXchSGMa7v-vkMH53RX0r68zDFAegsToGSVdZvvlTzwnsiXfn85x9Hl_Njks/w640-h480/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(130).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>At first I took it for a crocus: it kept appearing again and again around the lake at the foot of Cotopaxi around 12,000' pin elevation. Here it can get chilly--even freeze--most any night of the year. But every day warms up a tad. We saw it again at other spots--it's not rare here. But it is apparently restricted to Paramo in Colombia an Ecuador.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYiUBkj6U8cCPWPQ6bVzO82RpH6ObCL6XX1Fu1rwKVY0OAus4m68-wuzqTq2u_iZzeVZy3KzVfSlvIzxp4V66WcMbSLTYsaoW-hkm-AyarwHbjsI1xJlsLEFenizo7upMBlMUjwzzeluHuoTbbLFHkof4AvQyj3CliEMRzeoUBlGOV4SfunZeZy8-8zc/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(133).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYiUBkj6U8cCPWPQ6bVzO82RpH6ObCL6XX1Fu1rwKVY0OAus4m68-wuzqTq2u_iZzeVZy3KzVfSlvIzxp4V66WcMbSLTYsaoW-hkm-AyarwHbjsI1xJlsLEFenizo7upMBlMUjwzzeluHuoTbbLFHkof4AvQyj3CliEMRzeoUBlGOV4SfunZeZy8-8zc/w480-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(133).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Each time we found it it looked a tad different.. you are not seeing all the pictures I took by a LOOOONG shot--but wanted to give you glimpses of one of the charming miniatures ever. Alas, hope of growing it in Colorado is slim, despite its lofty origins in nature.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1FJIR-kgYmdIXG8CFY_QBl1fAqq3yrvMRZLSWUzjNVYhmaZMUZ5L8LLQsRAlhRIyqF6o6eLdQEApERORZ-1X6lF0WkW1SrLKhhOBY4iRv4AEYK-6EvdwSOUA2BBqHQV48aLK4czN8Yss5swKrcl7e8qj_CBLg1WqJpvjgwsWEquDSVlt1nSse99r8GY/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(134).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1FJIR-kgYmdIXG8CFY_QBl1fAqq3yrvMRZLSWUzjNVYhmaZMUZ5L8LLQsRAlhRIyqF6o6eLdQEApERORZ-1X6lF0WkW1SrLKhhOBY4iRv4AEYK-6EvdwSOUA2BBqHQV48aLK4czN8Yss5swKrcl7e8qj_CBLg1WqJpvjgwsWEquDSVlt1nSse99r8GY/w480-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(134).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It's so DANG CUTE!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFfEzkrOasnmYWPTgkLYUIyIfO4yiZvKAn4bcp_tjjItuFVnSNho4syLq-IWqwfCvnjUm-6B4O_f-doEKt9AjKRD08C58DozKeFrEQNERUxU-6v7oeJ3Oif8Ioee83wQ08svuKPe29mLasq7h3CqcfZRqHDFgpvfmy3r3MonG5QNO748Cm3JASpAeMnk/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(137).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFfEzkrOasnmYWPTgkLYUIyIfO4yiZvKAn4bcp_tjjItuFVnSNho4syLq-IWqwfCvnjUm-6B4O_f-doEKt9AjKRD08C58DozKeFrEQNERUxU-6v7oeJ3Oif8Ioee83wQ08svuKPe29mLasq7h3CqcfZRqHDFgpvfmy3r3MonG5QNO748Cm3JASpAeMnk/w640-h480/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(137).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It seemed to love to grow with lady's mantle and other groundcovers</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aSLFpzBSyDLFdvQoF9SEUpNvvFW69wqUpjidkHsc38muRlF_fUaPQuZqp24sBoBdU01Rydn18cpHAxyXBWTaVLQI0OJeT1JCfLBDBc0cK5Q3gCi9V-eUkS2A7ssSE-kD4I_Q9KI3BQCIoBR-0fXpvNp1P5Jj1uS9ghJxjfPzMe8rRoQPUBrdRSm3l5s/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(140).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aSLFpzBSyDLFdvQoF9SEUpNvvFW69wqUpjidkHsc38muRlF_fUaPQuZqp24sBoBdU01Rydn18cpHAxyXBWTaVLQI0OJeT1JCfLBDBc0cK5Q3gCi9V-eUkS2A7ssSE-kD4I_Q9KI3BQCIoBR-0fXpvNp1P5Jj1uS9ghJxjfPzMe8rRoQPUBrdRSm3l5s/w480-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(140).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The dozens of specimens I encountered were almost always single flowering. The web shows dense little clumps with a half dozen or more flowers open simultaneously. <i>Sacrebleu</i>! I'd a hadda heart attack if I'd come across that!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WwQ3pIj-OpgEz_3y5bA9gCehZ4PufuI1XFFfb7wEPpvqeqyISxdOw-kusx-aKCsLeLlboAvd7Z0uOyyQEjmps0TKYjXLrOYoanblFQiH2WU0tdEPb3DLKO0KsvQ3oVzxHHeEmrWEw0j6g6_5zRu61ShOTnRn6C1jleDUmcaISmKL5GBtdXAX8zo2FD0/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(141).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WwQ3pIj-OpgEz_3y5bA9gCehZ4PufuI1XFFfb7wEPpvqeqyISxdOw-kusx-aKCsLeLlboAvd7Z0uOyyQEjmps0TKYjXLrOYoanblFQiH2WU0tdEPb3DLKO0KsvQ3oVzxHHeEmrWEw0j6g6_5zRu61ShOTnRn6C1jleDUmcaISmKL5GBtdXAX8zo2FD0/w480-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(141).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Fun to see even in bud.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hrhFXpDdyB-3N3XPw_sElo5eeHpi9vzTrAc9_QEIIoVoIqjG1sulDZwaLO1QJrYag8UrfzOV2GcOG_7h2YLU0v5YeSkKnAa5ecSCpIldFUC-THJdM5SvVGxUBIjIk9XyiP5AUYD7vhcEsrIk3PDVAOfJc9nbabJkjQkiQUQDXZ0pAZIdhFkZ6Bw30hg/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(146).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hrhFXpDdyB-3N3XPw_sElo5eeHpi9vzTrAc9_QEIIoVoIqjG1sulDZwaLO1QJrYag8UrfzOV2GcOG_7h2YLU0v5YeSkKnAa5ecSCpIldFUC-THJdM5SvVGxUBIjIk9XyiP5AUYD7vhcEsrIk3PDVAOfJc9nbabJkjQkiQUQDXZ0pAZIdhFkZ6Bw30hg/w480-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(146).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This one's almost lost in the herbiage!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhf-w5Ke-5jRQYGq5M4jaC_CRBYvyZqjNEFJCRI1NpqRYQkVnE3Nh45XtH_nZKbsimqQ8owMtFWE5UJMRV5e_HOXnSAbAIRvfPKd02lQwRGRLFo8wmDfzWRz31VYpxvNbjrQ1_5HWXmtScOGKQT0W10imRRykuDUUNmPSwJEz50e4F5YrEdcQXCuS8g3g/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(147).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhf-w5Ke-5jRQYGq5M4jaC_CRBYvyZqjNEFJCRI1NpqRYQkVnE3Nh45XtH_nZKbsimqQ8owMtFWE5UJMRV5e_HOXnSAbAIRvfPKd02lQwRGRLFo8wmDfzWRz31VYpxvNbjrQ1_5HWXmtScOGKQT0W10imRRykuDUUNmPSwJEz50e4F5YrEdcQXCuS8g3g/w640-h480/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(147).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This one decided to grow sideways...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='532' height='442' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxd6J43wDwJqzdbcpU9g8g0806UdoNF0MtxCytiYKJ43xqjyb-T39B3prZK3okcz73l3vBik138cxmHWzr5gw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, one must see this in motion! You have to click the arrow again to see it (Blogger ain't perfect--and neither am I)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEq8PK-tDfCSrAs6XpwQEAIosp7M1tjWwc7WYAFh6uHaTnXiQvIFI0ONHdRll6p2WP0IL11TxOGyeyx5VfpMISV3S_mF2wlRe5JeSm0IQW_ur3YDM_EzY1_j1CtZWgsPCQknx-a8an8aQUCkw9x5nzxmJ_eFm6H6zl2wkqPzji4t-okS1nFHEl5MWYi0/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(143).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEq8PK-tDfCSrAs6XpwQEAIosp7M1tjWwc7WYAFh6uHaTnXiQvIFI0ONHdRll6p2WP0IL11TxOGyeyx5VfpMISV3S_mF2wlRe5JeSm0IQW_ur3YDM_EzY1_j1CtZWgsPCQknx-a8an8aQUCkw9x5nzxmJ_eFm6H6zl2wkqPzji4t-okS1nFHEl5MWYi0/w480-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(143).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>What lucky mortals we be to travel so far and find such treasures!<br /><p><br /></p></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-57713572435576376812024-02-13T13:54:00.000-08:002024-02-14T00:22:37.911-08:00Heroes and friends: Woody Minnich<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglllAXZLvc1HaNycfEiRNGV3tA1FCWX9wKecDqghNrd-E4r1fcQxjRc2OkJfTHJ-tsiH3l3K1NGv7TdgG9DikFFpZc-zAeLQkIm_a2z3M0xzykEoiYShvw4ve7hFjIFpb60DdMz8765OqnUfOJzwweOQj3uSgKxQBXilY_vs7cn9qhX-_CecEFg9Mbd_Y/s2263/Woody%20Minnich%202021-07-08%20%20%282%29.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2263" data-original-width="1894" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglllAXZLvc1HaNycfEiRNGV3tA1FCWX9wKecDqghNrd-E4r1fcQxjRc2OkJfTHJ-tsiH3l3K1NGv7TdgG9DikFFpZc-zAeLQkIm_a2z3M0xzykEoiYShvw4ve7hFjIFpb60DdMz8765OqnUfOJzwweOQj3uSgKxQBXilY_vs7cn9qhX-_CecEFg9Mbd_Y/s600/Woody%20Minnich%202021-07-08%20%20%282%29.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">How many of you are lucky enough to have a masterful gardener (SEVERAL steps above master gardener) groom plants in your garden? Well, I'm such a lucky son of a gun. Full disclosure--that fantastic specimen of <i>Escobaria leei</i> (<i>OK, E. sneedii var. leei</i>) was actually grown by Sandy Snyder (another masterful friend) who gave it to me when she downsized her large house and garden. It eventually made it to her NEW smaller house and garden...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2IuwiVh0KUKnvTUPh7eDzASW56WbVDDfFQHrVSs0hnBAcIACUxNhCKdJfqhsX35a7MAtVWxPKABe_qZedxjcEe_DbAE9XHmqdiv1fntWJAlg53zM71iUUZedzTSbCsSCo8xQGgTXtMLL3xkMUfpIlO8ZxVWPkQW_J_X_UZUT2Htk_lyxAHNSZqZONt0/s1200/Woody%20Minnich%20and%20me%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2IuwiVh0KUKnvTUPh7eDzASW56WbVDDfFQHrVSs0hnBAcIACUxNhCKdJfqhsX35a7MAtVWxPKABe_qZedxjcEe_DbAE9XHmqdiv1fntWJAlg53zM71iUUZedzTSbCsSCo8xQGgTXtMLL3xkMUfpIlO8ZxVWPkQW_J_X_UZUT2Htk_lyxAHNSZqZONt0/s1200/Woody%20Minnich%20and%20me%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2IuwiVh0KUKnvTUPh7eDzASW56WbVDDfFQHrVSs0hnBAcIACUxNhCKdJfqhsX35a7MAtVWxPKABe_qZedxjcEe_DbAE9XHmqdiv1fntWJAlg53zM71iUUZedzTSbCsSCo8xQGgTXtMLL3xkMUfpIlO8ZxVWPkQW_J_X_UZUT2Htk_lyxAHNSZqZONt0/s600/Woody%20Minnich%20and%20me%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I don't ALWAYS color coordinate with my heroes, but I love it when I do! Randy Tatroe looking on a bit wistfully: he didn't get the memo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfVnoEOeSFjBFVBy5KTqdgBNeSCcsR0sdtNJeSo4B7jZWdbYVsDDoE_2NyhSG3pG0B50l99SY3MWCsRGCxT2yQZ0OIXUtPPrvWgvJo6Ww77R3K0C01jkXvcFQYyNK7WL4dOcOPFEBWsnHN5st8Pqh6nnKnmH0UHtEyYFJzyP62GC0XCt4E3PtPhTugOE/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(28).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfVnoEOeSFjBFVBy5KTqdgBNeSCcsR0sdtNJeSo4B7jZWdbYVsDDoE_2NyhSG3pG0B50l99SY3MWCsRGCxT2yQZ0OIXUtPPrvWgvJo6Ww77R3K0C01jkXvcFQYyNK7WL4dOcOPFEBWsnHN5st8Pqh6nnKnmH0UHtEyYFJzyP62GC0XCt4E3PtPhTugOE/w640-h480/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(28).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>I'd known Woody for decades when he finally let me into one of his inner sancta at his home--chockablock full of trophies, awards. I'm guessing more than hundreds. The breadth and depth of his knowledge, commitment an experience in the world of cacti and succulents is humbling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA693eUNpauV7QB_DWbRw8k1lCbePQUnZhR35s2TyJYSzjjQKNL_WUXUB-lmu-jLSn1S4NxN99KtFvIZhKQ5l_erOk3HXNhft7EslrnWzpgzkwF713_7EuRCCuQJ0A8w6pyC5aSyTztSDxZvdpSZFIuRgT6Pm1T4B1_AsKra1Xykx4cUxsi4nOLdTS2Z4/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(29).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA693eUNpauV7QB_DWbRw8k1lCbePQUnZhR35s2TyJYSzjjQKNL_WUXUB-lmu-jLSn1S4NxN99KtFvIZhKQ5l_erOk3HXNhft7EslrnWzpgzkwF713_7EuRCCuQJ0A8w6pyC5aSyTztSDxZvdpSZFIuRgT6Pm1T4B1_AsKra1Xykx4cUxsi4nOLdTS2Z4/w640-h480/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(29).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Woody spends an inordinate amount of time on the road: he speaks to <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Cactus and Succulent </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Societies</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> in America </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and Internationally </span>every year--bringing treasures from his greenhouse which he sells (plants you can't get otherwise) which helps supplement the extremely modest (let's not say cheap) fees that he's paid by these clubs. Nevertheless, his home garden is full of interest (let's be honest and give Kathy Minnich credit for that as well!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7Qxg-YK5IcmKSjVZGo8TpqTNxVhanUokg8aHT2zW3jwLcQ8gOkucam4wqVwbFiMJ7GzQE9gxnns48eUiwVPwqpIf8JDd5_TzCo31ECNjWQkP7_pVS7GboGrOyyL4C5PlyCbiwNaX298oYyEYRUHlZS0dkDN9lD3SFbSPWqDzZL8eiJ_HLdY70Tjers4/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(30).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7Qxg-YK5IcmKSjVZGo8TpqTNxVhanUokg8aHT2zW3jwLcQ8gOkucam4wqVwbFiMJ7GzQE9gxnns48eUiwVPwqpIf8JDd5_TzCo31ECNjWQkP7_pVS7GboGrOyyL4C5PlyCbiwNaX298oYyEYRUHlZS0dkDN9lD3SFbSPWqDzZL8eiJ_HLdY70Tjers4/w480-h640/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(30).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>He has a large array of saikei that I've coveted forever...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He was embarrassed at how excited I was to peruse and look through it--it's his laboratory and not meant for visitors!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaUCkxnqG_YHoV201KUFNkPCybOfXoxAYDYLRaDRfQCy0Ux75JI5alcOtSJyJGJZlEjYrj0i5aarA6_bmMkzSPuI3ZVFxe29D0Sa0W85U-j5xkMFRrk13Q8SsmhSfnLkcGPLiT0NyDEumBXsnO3dmpkYhtlgTqCfJGNxIKI0o40CQkqP1abUM966u6KM/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(36).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaUCkxnqG_YHoV201KUFNkPCybOfXoxAYDYLRaDRfQCy0Ux75JI5alcOtSJyJGJZlEjYrj0i5aarA6_bmMkzSPuI3ZVFxe29D0Sa0W85U-j5xkMFRrk13Q8SsmhSfnLkcGPLiT0NyDEumBXsnO3dmpkYhtlgTqCfJGNxIKI0o40CQkqP1abUM966u6KM/w640-h480/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(36).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Even in his private corners, the humblest objects, like the driftwood below, strike your eye...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Woody was prime mover in the creation of the Inter-city show, where he insisted that plants be grown and shown impeccably--leading to the exquisite shows of now--when plants, top dressing and pots are all carefully coordinated. As an trained artist, teacher of art and persuasive leader, he was more responsible than anyone for the high standards of showing cacti and succulents that prevails today across North America. He also began the movement to exclude collected plants from cactus shows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxphHT2LbzX_D_yuhYoI43BXhDjDo_JTqnCJ5YpFuawud_bNjXP9v0IsDR56rqQLBIwGuCsGuX26RYtMHQRnbuzTe6p4Xgb_35I7HYFqphRKHqDarvL7gNwvd7qhya4sGmWcfq9RFeJiE117BVcPHzMzG5gOYDiH4Hyq-7tjfDiWGoEVk7diSq9y9Tsd0/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(41).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxphHT2LbzX_D_yuhYoI43BXhDjDo_JTqnCJ5YpFuawud_bNjXP9v0IsDR56rqQLBIwGuCsGuX26RYtMHQRnbuzTe6p4Xgb_35I7HYFqphRKHqDarvL7gNwvd7qhya4sGmWcfq9RFeJiE117BVcPHzMzG5gOYDiH4Hyq-7tjfDiWGoEVk7diSq9y9Tsd0/w640-h480/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(41).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After more decades than Woody would admit to, "Cactusdata" continues to raise the bar on the quality of plants grown and sold at plant sales across America.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lAsnBD78XTY29cofUUUo7ChqY6aKMQFx1ouWGj68T0f2lrrP2OdVdW3hbyUFAfPc7rm_sh5mRfTl5YltfHnlc_uhpodQbUNajj0FsVLFWXqaMDnDVc7TwEdJzoAl1t2R-0l5z8lNGOsUZ1cjTl-OXL98HIdxIrhRY74vkoyct2fG7Dkd8wra4-ykHkI/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(43).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lAsnBD78XTY29cofUUUo7ChqY6aKMQFx1ouWGj68T0f2lrrP2OdVdW3hbyUFAfPc7rm_sh5mRfTl5YltfHnlc_uhpodQbUNajj0FsVLFWXqaMDnDVc7TwEdJzoAl1t2R-0l5z8lNGOsUZ1cjTl-OXL98HIdxIrhRY74vkoyct2fG7Dkd8wra4-ykHkI/w480-h640/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(43).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some gems Woody was propagating</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He's done the same for Marcia Tatroe and no end of other speakers. Otherwise we'd all be turtles at home (had to give the picture some relevance!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Bil747f9uTsOI8d7AYK6BDaFw8ym60azfCgLNWl403bYT1SMJlPFTR2_OdWXld2nYgZE_qIM_TdOB77kej34cSLeNy1IbcFifMiJS57bGaQQpztSLJktl8jrRRzg1DeK3kDsBT2wYzk6XL-ZSgYEVp9mz5fVNcDVLbNzGOwgf6N3Tx1gIjtNtlS81dU/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(50).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Bil747f9uTsOI8d7AYK6BDaFw8ym60azfCgLNWl403bYT1SMJlPFTR2_OdWXld2nYgZE_qIM_TdOB77kej34cSLeNy1IbcFifMiJS57bGaQQpztSLJktl8jrRRzg1DeK3kDsBT2wYzk6XL-ZSgYEVp9mz5fVNcDVLbNzGOwgf6N3Tx1gIjtNtlS81dU/w640-h480/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(50).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>A small corner of his "backup" arsenal: this man has meticulously grown and displayed countless thousands of gems..'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu2g--Oeaa3mz0uXXf3EBCqh6UM-OiEwunQL2O7rr4gAZbC8q2tbxgC-Eoo85cJVbBdT37Iri1cPjUrL-WBT85p78bYDggxagZC3y6mNpQ1vfbL0RpsZ9tJ4m265aIJb4RufyhCozfvp9qJp5cWnTWTSzUjhLzGdFdAz5mVDKZSLijDoxjedm0F_ak5M/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(51).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu2g--Oeaa3mz0uXXf3EBCqh6UM-OiEwunQL2O7rr4gAZbC8q2tbxgC-Eoo85cJVbBdT37Iri1cPjUrL-WBT85p78bYDggxagZC3y6mNpQ1vfbL0RpsZ9tJ4m265aIJb4RufyhCozfvp9qJp5cWnTWTSzUjhLzGdFdAz5mVDKZSLijDoxjedm0F_ak5M/w640-h480/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(51).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>I just love the back corner of his outdoor workshop! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipW_95k4DMKj2NCGbgYlSYfZL4jQsdJgHLO8wFoeU7UC3Bgu_GhTHjemgM3KE46lapIDTtPLLvR44Sxa1o42-gXHTZO1ouo6ZxHLhv6H6bqPpoRZNisxfTtANqIJ0st9y0cRvjZgoVrsovCtoHkfTGd47xzSDGRXu-APBK0_Leo57pLT6pXdr3hSouX0s/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(52).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipW_95k4DMKj2NCGbgYlSYfZL4jQsdJgHLO8wFoeU7UC3Bgu_GhTHjemgM3KE46lapIDTtPLLvR44Sxa1o42-gXHTZO1ouo6ZxHLhv6H6bqPpoRZNisxfTtANqIJ0st9y0cRvjZgoVrsovCtoHkfTGd47xzSDGRXu-APBK0_Leo57pLT6pXdr3hSouX0s/w480-h640/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(52).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Even the empty pots are pretty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvi1oYYJHxMUN4c5OPZPSvVy__32qrAvC5NtaDf9-LyYXf7-fs0n3pPXMgqHfvT-syespxzNLJXSBV36bkujZYNbp3d4ynq42pMcbE_JFEGtMVmGVOuidNDY_peChXeFgR2E9H_mj_WSdmqmCSbDId4BcHbU_d_S6ei6UDUzzYMAqlrP7MguAcC0PDMs/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(53).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvi1oYYJHxMUN4c5OPZPSvVy__32qrAvC5NtaDf9-LyYXf7-fs0n3pPXMgqHfvT-syespxzNLJXSBV36bkujZYNbp3d4ynq42pMcbE_JFEGtMVmGVOuidNDY_peChXeFgR2E9H_mj_WSdmqmCSbDId4BcHbU_d_S6ei6UDUzzYMAqlrP7MguAcC0PDMs/w640-h480/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(53).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Some larger, hardy things destined for one of his shows and sales...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVrJaF9dIsU61UMLnYn5MVsY_N2wle22hHj8ZTLUAU08H-ciuKdNinALuie97Ise7P9URgGUwUIjSLyZURoXQMkikLQTP2Amuoahr2hZhU5jGVvCqgtkJV9FDSVmM0fJJPpLAU1ddHMPJYarkYx-nC-p2kBOy22gLppmtsPuIAtiEr4WCCC1hUA-ZG8k/s4032/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(54).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVrJaF9dIsU61UMLnYn5MVsY_N2wle22hHj8ZTLUAU08H-ciuKdNinALuie97Ise7P9URgGUwUIjSLyZURoXQMkikLQTP2Amuoahr2hZhU5jGVvCqgtkJV9FDSVmM0fJJPpLAU1ddHMPJYarkYx-nC-p2kBOy22gLppmtsPuIAtiEr4WCCC1hUA-ZG8k/w640-h480/Minnich%20garden%20Edgewood%202022-10-18%20(54).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Did I mention that Woody has no end of awards and recognitions. Makes my little corner look paltry by comparison.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3oz73TGb8Kq3RjahFQOdcPu_NPt2bcoKDHwM6TaJagp0o89uHjHZbs71RU24CH3UScLkrmg6Q4rjDbXXHdJKbgZc9gGfBSpKnqHtu3eEFYnIkWjAjtXtoRbXaom7bfegHfs5dVM4iFSTpmmCfCjGLQP--QrvLXEyt7laU0opPA4Bt9S6mId1UVc647c/s3827/DSC03803%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="3827" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3oz73TGb8Kq3RjahFQOdcPu_NPt2bcoKDHwM6TaJagp0o89uHjHZbs71RU24CH3UScLkrmg6Q4rjDbXXHdJKbgZc9gGfBSpKnqHtu3eEFYnIkWjAjtXtoRbXaom7bfegHfs5dVM4iFSTpmmCfCjGLQP--QrvLXEyt7laU0opPA4Bt9S6mId1UVc647c/w640-h446/DSC03803%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>One of the great moments of my life was getting these two extraordinary people to sit together. This picture was taken on October 22, 2012. Woody and David became fast friends and proceeded to go on plant expeditions with one another and share plant lore and plants until the day David tragically passed away last year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9egMYxkEPwFth9BD8XD6KAtBcGoH30gQldCfBknJ_m3CxWm76WezrFfi-vyee4qnc1_20kwJ02GZrDHtWrgdumjNmlHdrHoSum5RhVwglZVqw68KdXkwibvtnDnXHVMlBWgtIAmn7W5hKJENmQ7rYRTuANYlr6cBkaQO_48PA1IkPptw0RXvTaZ4WeO4/s4608/DSC03829%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9egMYxkEPwFth9BD8XD6KAtBcGoH30gQldCfBknJ_m3CxWm76WezrFfi-vyee4qnc1_20kwJ02GZrDHtWrgdumjNmlHdrHoSum5RhVwglZVqw68KdXkwibvtnDnXHVMlBWgtIAmn7W5hKJENmQ7rYRTuANYlr6cBkaQO_48PA1IkPptw0RXvTaZ4WeO4/w480-h640/DSC03829%20(2).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>I took this picture that same visit--I believe he's clutching one of Kelly Griffin's amazing miniature aloes--possibly 'Poppa Woody"?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2IuwiVh0KUKnvTUPh7eDzASW56WbVDDfFQHrVSs0hnBAcIACUxNhCKdJfqhsX35a7MAtVWxPKABe_qZedxjcEe_DbAE9XHmqdiv1fntWJAlg53zM71iUUZedzTSbCsSCo8xQGgTXtMLL3xkMUfpIlO8ZxVWPkQW_J_X_UZUT2Htk_lyxAHNSZqZONt0/s1200/Woody%20Minnich%20and%20me%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzei2PoAf1yhVSIuIyAcePOiG9F9eCuA7hctZMWUaJbJY98z-Oj16n-1qd56lC1Fdv94q21BXV7PHoEMaSnfTapiEaTOinOKIxfgr34MepUPe63NVTNJSf7dSO7Mp9tsVGCOba75s5SdBOIitQomguON3oOHRJdhrvIjXd8vZzBn_FoJ78BOq5GbH20DA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1580" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzei2PoAf1yhVSIuIyAcePOiG9F9eCuA7hctZMWUaJbJY98z-Oj16n-1qd56lC1Fdv94q21BXV7PHoEMaSnfTapiEaTOinOKIxfgr34MepUPe63NVTNJSf7dSO7Mp9tsVGCOba75s5SdBOIitQomguON3oOHRJdhrvIjXd8vZzBn_FoJ78BOq5GbH20DA=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br />This is a picture I've "borrowed" off the internet--it was a large spread in a major Los Angeles newspaper about Woody and his work--published decades ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">These random images represent a tiny fraction of my interactions with a mentor who has had a profound influence on my life: I have learned so much from listening to dozens of talks I've heard him give. I've asked him no end of questions--and am always astonished at the depth and breadth of first hand knowledge he has about plants. Multiply my case by the tens of thousands of people Woody's given talks to, sold plants to, interacted with everywhere: he's practically the world-wide web weaver of the Succulent World!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He has handled an unimaginable volume of plants that he has purchased and sold--often buying tiny liners and sizing them up. He has been the go-to auctioneer who's sold collections of elderly collectors or those who've passed away--for more years than I can remember. For as long as I can remember he has found wild collecting abhorrent (obviously, there are exceptions for those who do so with permits and under proper circumstances). I don't know anyone who comes close to Woody's commitment--although there are those who pretend to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am painfully aware that there are those who envy and resent anyone possessing Woody's extraordinary combination of skills: skilled artistry, vast scholarship, a worldwide network of friends, and a wellspring of energy, commitment and passion that I have not seen paralleled in anyone. Anyone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I highly recommend you watch <i>Oppenheimer </i>if you haven't seen it it yet and you can see how an extraordinary talent can be tormented (and in Robert Oppenheimer's case destroyed) because of professional jealousy. I have a hunch Woody will be more like Robert's brother, Frank--who triumphed in the end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have had to resort to voicing my <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">towering contempt</span></span> for character assassination more than once in my blog: check these disgusting instances below if you don't believe me. (By the way, both Saco and Pesman have left their accusers in the dust.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2023/08/subverting-past.html">https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2023/08/subverting-past.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-different-kind-of-russian-tragedy.html" target="_blank">https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-different-kind-of-russian-tragedy.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I cannot stand by and watch as Woody Minnich is dealt the Oppenheimer treatment. I don't believe the world of Cactus and Succulents has had a greater champion who has maintained the very highest standards in the realm of conservation, in conducting business and especially in his commitment to the Cactus and Succulent Society of America. I have a hunch anyone who disagrees may have a lot more to account for than Woody does. And they eventually shall.</div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-14782810633712330952024-02-08T11:02:00.000-08:002024-02-09T09:38:43.514-08:00Cotopaxi: alphabetically....(some parameters of the paramo...)<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBGZTVa7AS6rL-r4Swm-Wib4gEBge8ajbsyMPKZ_9kLHZxFouBtUffs0s6Aw0IDIOIoowHMmdcttiRWj29STQ6ufjOswv6yLM-hqkEYPg2mcO6glDjZr00PVCq9o8uS671SPib5S3NJdHC1UxrpxAktMz4IaYpesG8jlnBmnxJMnCNsRQf4GozrbthhU/s2526/Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(34)2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2526" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBGZTVa7AS6rL-r4Swm-Wib4gEBge8ajbsyMPKZ_9kLHZxFouBtUffs0s6Aw0IDIOIoowHMmdcttiRWj29STQ6ufjOswv6yLM-hqkEYPg2mcO6glDjZr00PVCq9o8uS671SPib5S3NJdHC1UxrpxAktMz4IaYpesG8jlnBmnxJMnCNsRQf4GozrbthhU/w640-h518/Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(34)2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cotopaxi</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>"...I went into a golden land,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Chimborazo, Cotopaxi</span><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Took me by the hand."</span><div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Walter J. Turner</div><div><br /></div><div>Unlike Turner, I was not obsessed with Chimborazo or Cotopaxi at the age of 13. Perhaps I should have been. This is the best picture I managed of the second highest peak of Ecuador (<span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa;">19,347'). The following album is a rather mixed up lot--but at least they're alphabetical--of plants from the "Paramo"--the high elevation ecosystem near Cotopaxi. There is NOTHING comparable to paramo at high latitudes...</span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8Kewp3zw1lTy5F_kAa19l6QpLw9InGpO2xGQK8D7d5bnc3sZaBNBCOezD-KIOcsc55c5b6-CdMcjDWdi2sm6k43bgKaYPRwYwWX1hpPJFgrYig6Ojb7zvWnkRNy2mgQGQJFU3jU_a2usvgQghCdz3N016puAiSUSJtlnEOcSAx8qUC2sqFM2m_u764M/s4032/Acaena%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(134).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8Kewp3zw1lTy5F_kAa19l6QpLw9InGpO2xGQK8D7d5bnc3sZaBNBCOezD-KIOcsc55c5b6-CdMcjDWdi2sm6k43bgKaYPRwYwWX1hpPJFgrYig6Ojb7zvWnkRNy2mgQGQJFU3jU_a2usvgQghCdz3N016puAiSUSJtlnEOcSAx8qUC2sqFM2m_u764M/w640-h480/Acaena%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(134).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Acaena elongata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Not actually in the wild--in a "botanic garden' in the national park...so strange to see a genus I know so well from New Zealand and Patagonia growing as an upright shrub!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3rMXJuq1D0vXR53NNubooJZjpmm1Boxrsy5pS2u4f_bgUW0VjwLSb28CCS-DZWF5-yQijP6ohTR87H-9HHgNqfSlePk0TCKgS5pSSjL0TKZJ5gugYhQRUop5RmhAZp_olQ2PJh9CyhN64xsysbK02vH-_eMEP6V6D0dy1vEOqKPECeSDKk7MNfhb9jI/s4032/Adiantum%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(245).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3rMXJuq1D0vXR53NNubooJZjpmm1Boxrsy5pS2u4f_bgUW0VjwLSb28CCS-DZWF5-yQijP6ohTR87H-9HHgNqfSlePk0TCKgS5pSSjL0TKZJ5gugYhQRUop5RmhAZp_olQ2PJh9CyhN64xsysbK02vH-_eMEP6V6D0dy1vEOqKPECeSDKk7MNfhb9jI/w640-h480/Adiantum%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(245).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Adiantum poiretii</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>The variety of ferns in more protected spots was astonishing. I-Naturalist proposed the name for this one--I guessed it was in the <i>capillus-veneris</i> complex. Or guide said there were over 1000 species of ferns in Ecuador. I believe him.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAvrDGpZFFsk3-NmSRRyiXlz2s-NLVoyHVbGHQaWw_EcycTWJJp3Zi1eoFj5FX8jcWuWFgngF6EUjLfla1GfVR1jKlD3HWiZadBssQER3Ib5jSYw1Jx7U3UGS3RL8ii_3IbpsVHF81DzeWaNCJzT8VAYwQ6e9nBDXjpghDCDCSF_0nL22inJHQkGI5ZE/s4032/Alchemilla%20orbiculata%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(18).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAvrDGpZFFsk3-NmSRRyiXlz2s-NLVoyHVbGHQaWw_EcycTWJJp3Zi1eoFj5FX8jcWuWFgngF6EUjLfla1GfVR1jKlD3HWiZadBssQER3Ib5jSYw1Jx7U3UGS3RL8ii_3IbpsVHF81DzeWaNCJzT8VAYwQ6e9nBDXjpghDCDCSF_0nL22inJHQkGI5ZE/w640-h480/Alchemilla%20orbiculata%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(18).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Alchemilla orbiculata</i><i><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I was shocked at how MUCH of this grew EVERYWHERE around the volcano--acres and acres of lady's mantle. Who'd a thunk it? I know the genus from South Africa and Eurasia--how surprising to see it here too. I'd surmise it's just about the most abundant forb on the Paramo.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWerNDJIesJuI08ljtEIMko0eb4szk5akYsV4WZ0gmsRH94vGl2-jED9O5zLjUwY_0Z0TfUyPUzm-ksxAYgtetEOxMdwHFBcD9gG_uN9Pc8o9CX0FLZ1c27qME22oOMzpWGCHTlWJJ5u2jFdLxoE3vQd32XdNBAM85Fv2XBRX5oWnBNl3qsDtQqS7zPnM/s4032/Alchemilla%20orbiculata%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(19).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWerNDJIesJuI08ljtEIMko0eb4szk5akYsV4WZ0gmsRH94vGl2-jED9O5zLjUwY_0Z0TfUyPUzm-ksxAYgtetEOxMdwHFBcD9gG_uN9Pc8o9CX0FLZ1c27qME22oOMzpWGCHTlWJJ5u2jFdLxoE3vQd32XdNBAM85Fv2XBRX5oWnBNl3qsDtQqS7zPnM/w480-h640/Alchemilla%20orbiculata%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(19).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Closer look at the "flowers"-- basically an apetaloid potentilla!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3yfScFcRLIZvPU-tgPqdWESh-UZf_4W74OeMMlLui2CJZNmuDeh2cQOMPDNmx5jEvZrSGDgChTmFrnAcw72i2lz0oNaWQa-kt_s-KwwDBm33XnuS2FB6_zRLfjbGmeAbUe4SP9NIa51DV-PRkQPK9SI6KjcTikpXhhBPW6csMxtvbHfvJiV_G2pQf0c/s640/Alchemilla%20orbiculata%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(20).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3yfScFcRLIZvPU-tgPqdWESh-UZf_4W74OeMMlLui2CJZNmuDeh2cQOMPDNmx5jEvZrSGDgChTmFrnAcw72i2lz0oNaWQa-kt_s-KwwDBm33XnuS2FB6_zRLfjbGmeAbUe4SP9NIa51DV-PRkQPK9SI6KjcTikpXhhBPW6csMxtvbHfvJiV_G2pQf0c/w640-h480/Alchemilla%20orbiculata%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(20).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even CLOSER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nIqXp4n4-RaQ5kMb4tfiRnHy45MjGKav8LEQXWollIBHm8zXFABrpO1nfDWwuD3RzM_pZq6HDB9FEo9gCvOsn7AA1R_NqavSYedqGbLSd9oflHGhjHbyuiGNmWphvmeBqPj9xp0XSGQfS8kLGW2sISdXsAlUTGTpkUFbA_D5gyZQf-jGTM80n5dT-rQ/s4032/Arcytophyllum%20thymifolium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(183).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nIqXp4n4-RaQ5kMb4tfiRnHy45MjGKav8LEQXWollIBHm8zXFABrpO1nfDWwuD3RzM_pZq6HDB9FEo9gCvOsn7AA1R_NqavSYedqGbLSd9oflHGhjHbyuiGNmWphvmeBqPj9xp0XSGQfS8kLGW2sISdXsAlUTGTpkUFbA_D5gyZQf-jGTM80n5dT-rQ/w640-h480/Arcytophyllum%20thymifolium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(183).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Arcytophyllum thymifolium </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />At first I thought it was a daphne--but research revealed this is in the Rubiaceae: incredibly abundant in certain areas. I can't believe I only took one picture of this--it was wonderful! Since it experiences a cool summer every day and a chilly winter every night it is hopeless in a Continental climate. Annoyingly they could very likely grow many of these plants outdoors in cool, maritime climates like Sweden, Scotland, Vancouver Island or coastal Western USA. Grrrr.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0oXStrTZvl6E17eDVs4JkHTUjfPZOhHh3KUj3WYsV-0DoFl4mReBSTOojx14j3JsnMQPF2_vwg7u8BImI7iX1_qBA47_WI8qUTBvNYgNuQKGNqhORuD1nX2G6L6wGd89CDZ2NZSIn4iFL4mRtBt4yzhHNRnrp3h6n9Jps_6ZY2-Fdd6nfSvtKQRGWQE/s4032/Asplenium%20cf.%20viride%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(73).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0oXStrTZvl6E17eDVs4JkHTUjfPZOhHh3KUj3WYsV-0DoFl4mReBSTOojx14j3JsnMQPF2_vwg7u8BImI7iX1_qBA47_WI8qUTBvNYgNuQKGNqhORuD1nX2G6L6wGd89CDZ2NZSIn4iFL4mRtBt4yzhHNRnrp3h6n9Jps_6ZY2-Fdd6nfSvtKQRGWQE/w640-h480/Asplenium%20cf.%20viride%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(73).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Asplenium cf. viride</i></td></tr></tbody></table>I posted this on I-Naturalist--turns out this grows far to the north--so I am probably wrong about the name--but looks just like this plant I've seen in Eurasia and North America (although not in Colorado where it is found in quite a few places. Scott Smith found a fantastic colony in the Sangre de Cristo I would LOVE to check out!)<br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMufnOg00ulHG1FF2zlH9Fh5pI2KxuXe8LnK4X0yB25XEXYl9LKoprcmDOMrlDaOoefzAbq4tTasmaUwJ6KhJRcDqxO481sln5gVGvXXDa54KLvMFOS0p1dHwdka-ABptIlMWsU8dO_n8YZzGTy0uNRuCd5eISigJGL9oJKBDXaTp2_FoAOIfcyqSi-g/s4032/Azorella%20pedunculata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(33).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMufnOg00ulHG1FF2zlH9Fh5pI2KxuXe8LnK4X0yB25XEXYl9LKoprcmDOMrlDaOoefzAbq4tTasmaUwJ6KhJRcDqxO481sln5gVGvXXDa54KLvMFOS0p1dHwdka-ABptIlMWsU8dO_n8YZzGTy0uNRuCd5eISigJGL9oJKBDXaTp2_FoAOIfcyqSi-g/w640-h480/Azorella%20pedunculata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(33).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Azorella pedunculata </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I've seen a lot of Azorella--but NOTHING like this with the ludicrous chartreuse excrescences--seed? flowers? Couldn't figure it out...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtJhSVxdCNehdfDIugDX5xszeja0uX5gx4asF-NT58xDNEOWr4wE_w2wO310Bdw6LaVJRV9EtFUpi7hG9lEEhsHzqgS14kgt1cO37wIEvJbh9UwRAMvWm3ATjU6-0Sdl8LT68Z-dbYKM6ZawxevKSgnvBcqVcf_LDpNf39wkKqoNckjYA2J1aIu596wk/s4032/Azorella%20pedunculata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(35).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtJhSVxdCNehdfDIugDX5xszeja0uX5gx4asF-NT58xDNEOWr4wE_w2wO310Bdw6LaVJRV9EtFUpi7hG9lEEhsHzqgS14kgt1cO37wIEvJbh9UwRAMvWm3ATjU6-0Sdl8LT68Z-dbYKM6ZawxevKSgnvBcqVcf_LDpNf39wkKqoNckjYA2J1aIu596wk/w480-h640/Azorella%20pedunculata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(35).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And some without those growths: different sex? Different species? Looked almost exactly like <i>A. trifurcata-</i>-which I did see listed for here...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RH69r3wmoDMsEQsxmphw7bI1CivtGKLjeTMzbTZrJQKd3azJgbIDyff25SbiMP2N5ZsRfSOBrHhe0m8ZfUxbRH-7wDrjx4ByxFbBDxcR9vzX90cy4JASbXo16-dHpB2lCOU_-k3Xq7ky4jGiHbpoLQ6jM0WwAgTvZ8sWCyql4LE7BByEHrvp6bWJjNQ/s4032/Baccharis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(85).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RH69r3wmoDMsEQsxmphw7bI1CivtGKLjeTMzbTZrJQKd3azJgbIDyff25SbiMP2N5ZsRfSOBrHhe0m8ZfUxbRH-7wDrjx4ByxFbBDxcR9vzX90cy4JASbXo16-dHpB2lCOU_-k3Xq7ky4jGiHbpoLQ6jM0WwAgTvZ8sWCyql4LE7BByEHrvp6bWJjNQ/w480-h640/Baccharis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(85).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Baccharis </i>aff.<i> buxifolia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>There are several species of Baccharis that are extremely common. Unfortunately we didn't come across the tiny, pulvinate high alpine species--which is to die for!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0oDhfS_Pb9NFjtn1tOHd5YTMvvpuDqN3LPxC-pok0X7y6z5F3K0rVDd7P01gqgOoUR4zsoQDUuTY4Yrs1op8VkAOguIj6q-R52xn1EQ7i4lW8LFhJKQZfeJo_Mz6nH66ICrUz_q6an-fdDEe6tpZVx8AlAjDoh93jPpkrd8UiyPojesmIrHdMBtRJAk/s4032/Baccharis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(15).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0oDhfS_Pb9NFjtn1tOHd5YTMvvpuDqN3LPxC-pok0X7y6z5F3K0rVDd7P01gqgOoUR4zsoQDUuTY4Yrs1op8VkAOguIj6q-R52xn1EQ7i4lW8LFhJKQZfeJo_Mz6nH66ICrUz_q6an-fdDEe6tpZVx8AlAjDoh93jPpkrd8UiyPojesmIrHdMBtRJAk/w480-h640/Baccharis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(15).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Baccharis </i>aff.<i> buxifolia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYgQ5nyn7iYFMRpGKKQ7Tymmj9OGdX2ABQAgvsCTrK-TTw9M3QiXSIr6Kl8dJXQuroGSG2_bObyt9-9MGx2qr4nt4IPVR46cnx2HS8y5SXTBY1wPlWfq9Nlvb-xLp7Bz4q6KCQPLvR5wPDVDXO3zxCtkJde9y1_iqM7xG3q_84CMcUdnECxseO2sKXE8/s4032/Bartsia%20laticrenata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(68).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYgQ5nyn7iYFMRpGKKQ7Tymmj9OGdX2ABQAgvsCTrK-TTw9M3QiXSIr6Kl8dJXQuroGSG2_bObyt9-9MGx2qr4nt4IPVR46cnx2HS8y5SXTBY1wPlWfq9Nlvb-xLp7Bz4q6KCQPLvR5wPDVDXO3zxCtkJde9y1_iqM7xG3q_84CMcUdnECxseO2sKXE8/w480-h640/Bartsia%20laticrenata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(68).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Neobartsia (Bartsia) laticrenata </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>One of several hemi-parasites closely allied with north temperate taxa--way cool!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkWF6hCH6JGHxxZW_wnPwa_H6qyjgDjla3MqQh6ZUw4wj75UBFpFPf3ZfwlkO8gVAu8Z4rPo-zdLXJuPSvSZ-Wtq5XHLx2cxihE3hYFguPvsyZExB6RB7WZi3sGqqZG3SB7H1xjWF7UQaPSvRml4uqbZFtDhzZxC4nqFtXAJxkOB5nRcSTK6MIIctNV8/s4032/Berberis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%201%202024-01-14%20(42).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkWF6hCH6JGHxxZW_wnPwa_H6qyjgDjla3MqQh6ZUw4wj75UBFpFPf3ZfwlkO8gVAu8Z4rPo-zdLXJuPSvSZ-Wtq5XHLx2cxihE3hYFguPvsyZExB6RB7WZi3sGqqZG3SB7H1xjWF7UQaPSvRml4uqbZFtDhzZxC4nqFtXAJxkOB5nRcSTK6MIIctNV8/w640-h480/Berberis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%201%202024-01-14%20(42).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Berberis </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>We saw at least 3 species--and probably more--very much resembling American and Eurasian barberries: who knew?<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyosz3xC4APxzESbCEfmGIpcQaofmj91i_NAnasVCNHG8fo7Rr0E0vN_ySNbSKR2ASHkBHDeuj4YA6bDUxaO55zOfp3rsQ7paxGdt9uNGSML1R0wXrAOvuVvSTXssKHP3CikaUyEkMCreZVLqxUKCSt-2ZieWhFmKTk1kDxZf2zqHmTE6cb7P0FY3Pl_8/s3087/Bidens%20andicola%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(94).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3087" data-original-width="2942" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyosz3xC4APxzESbCEfmGIpcQaofmj91i_NAnasVCNHG8fo7Rr0E0vN_ySNbSKR2ASHkBHDeuj4YA6bDUxaO55zOfp3rsQ7paxGdt9uNGSML1R0wXrAOvuVvSTXssKHP3CikaUyEkMCreZVLqxUKCSt-2ZieWhFmKTk1kDxZf2zqHmTE6cb7P0FY3Pl_8/w610-h640/Bidens%20andicola%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(94).JPG" width="610" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bidens andicola </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>A really fantastic plant--growing by the million all over the paramo. Flat as a pancake. Kelly Grummons has hardy Bidens in several colors persisting and overwintering--a genus I have obviously undervalued.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0yYT10-ombPImL9h2jByb9Js7A0jiHSmUyfkqe344oPcELs26SVpomtHyVaT_NalDZqEUVeJtHKuUETr4Wetku7mEb75qKd5qD46L-wxhPhXQRog99rkX0TifZ84-7IC3P-UWQ-D2eU56vQD-V71VG0saUMSLJBlGSolwm55mlTbwZzh1KHfJfeCOdY/s1878/Bidens%20andicola%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(95).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1878" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0yYT10-ombPImL9h2jByb9Js7A0jiHSmUyfkqe344oPcELs26SVpomtHyVaT_NalDZqEUVeJtHKuUETr4Wetku7mEb75qKd5qD46L-wxhPhXQRog99rkX0TifZ84-7IC3P-UWQ-D2eU56vQD-V71VG0saUMSLJBlGSolwm55mlTbwZzh1KHfJfeCOdY/w640-h382/Bidens%20andicola%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(95).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bidens andicola <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Closeup showing the incredible paramo lichens that encrust vast swaths of the land. The flowers really do resemble <i>Zinnia grandiflora</i>! Not to get too wrapped up in this ludicrous year, I vastly prefer <i>Bidens </i>to <i>Drumbfia</i>, the latter a nasty, invasive, parasitic genus with crass, ostentatious (and yet somehow insipid) orange flowers. Most reliable authorities regard this genus as fallacious at best and probably illegitimate. I personally believe <i>Drumpfia </i>is just a subspecies of <i>Putinia</i>--that most insidious weed of all! How I would LOVE to exchange it all for some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krapfia_weberbaueri" target="_blank"><i>Krapfia </i>(op cit.)</a>...so much nicer really than any!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9i-sXdl2Z4PrlAHWZTQFu8xEC9DfJu6WvPORxWLt4A5gllaAi6DN5Quvr8nFpPjG5CrMZKoeY-GS0gCe1CwMeExOHvFrVDx2E0gXGjPPw1jIEHHs12rRbmxcKSTj4g7YlYDcKIeYYrJQCpQv6-oesrNzKL_GTPutStfsIsqSrs9IqQ4ztas7k_ivRNo/s2332/Bomarea%20hirsuta%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(168)1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1805" data-original-width="2332" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9i-sXdl2Z4PrlAHWZTQFu8xEC9DfJu6WvPORxWLt4A5gllaAi6DN5Quvr8nFpPjG5CrMZKoeY-GS0gCe1CwMeExOHvFrVDx2E0gXGjPPw1jIEHHs12rRbmxcKSTj4g7YlYDcKIeYYrJQCpQv6-oesrNzKL_GTPutStfsIsqSrs9IqQ4ztas7k_ivRNo/w640-h496/Bomarea%20hirsuta%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(168)1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bomarea hirsuta</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We saw this (or a close relative) time and again--some almost yellow. I know they grow this in California. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4Mj1NZF1MosvOotURH-foIHcBrZcs7pFelNgypSLpo9sMq51MRotdnWn7kaWdHBLJPxopmW-OVo-qu8NVX51fjxh8btnSAMMsYYy0b-UJA-tDOWFsm7ICcnQuGq2ATSaw3LhuCXJvUIYoCWSIG3PaTSTQ6y_ApKCEm3_vrjyGMhw3GD2Vh7qo69Mnpk/s4032/Brachyotum%20ledifolium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(154).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4Mj1NZF1MosvOotURH-foIHcBrZcs7pFelNgypSLpo9sMq51MRotdnWn7kaWdHBLJPxopmW-OVo-qu8NVX51fjxh8btnSAMMsYYy0b-UJA-tDOWFsm7ICcnQuGq2ATSaw3LhuCXJvUIYoCWSIG3PaTSTQ6y_ApKCEm3_vrjyGMhw3GD2Vh7qo69Mnpk/w480-h640/Brachyotum%20ledifolium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(154).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Brachyotum ledifolium</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><br />I was totally mystified by this--but the leaves should have alerted me that it was Melostomataceous! Extrremely abundant all over the paramo--and lovely!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigUBWadn_d1Jkffgg4afyBVpmnWQwSwRcre_5XyA_SYIrEVijTtW7lEhMlG_DKqVQAIbpZHF15ZoU11pz1uDsB0g5Y7EcIpQBu_x22A9_YBYRVBV1MPzM-oZUQCJtc2FHSY9ZxOBZGLZ5uvmWqKdkJoNZqubCjLKqEM098t-bwfszDE97HYQWC132MJo/s4032/Brachyotum%20ledifolium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(157).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigUBWadn_d1Jkffgg4afyBVpmnWQwSwRcre_5XyA_SYIrEVijTtW7lEhMlG_DKqVQAIbpZHF15ZoU11pz1uDsB0g5Y7EcIpQBu_x22A9_YBYRVBV1MPzM-oZUQCJtc2FHSY9ZxOBZGLZ5uvmWqKdkJoNZqubCjLKqEM098t-bwfszDE97HYQWC132MJo/w640-h480/Brachyotum%20ledifolium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(157).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Did I mention the vistas were lovely?</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZ0573XayQm0ePbKAPTHF9Ipb5lozuBaRtzjU-laaVKDHQoEx8l9tLrqeyXY6_1U0AezYJnMym8H5KXNsf_iAsH8U-n4UoqjJT4FYd3PvsYSeJzVyNbgE-N1Nj7x5jVzkNBCzawcL6e0imjv6baCU4VA2fFY33oCUhcNFo1xt_khq2cEtFP19-qxGPyI/s4032/Calamagrostis%20intermedia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(92).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZ0573XayQm0ePbKAPTHF9Ipb5lozuBaRtzjU-laaVKDHQoEx8l9tLrqeyXY6_1U0AezYJnMym8H5KXNsf_iAsH8U-n4UoqjJT4FYd3PvsYSeJzVyNbgE-N1Nj7x5jVzkNBCzawcL6e0imjv6baCU4VA2fFY33oCUhcNFo1xt_khq2cEtFP19-qxGPyI/w480-h640/Calamagrostis%20intermedia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(92).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Calamagrostis intermedia </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <br />The dominant graminoid where we were--with a definite resemblance to my dreaded 'Karl Foerster' which is so overplanted in Denver.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyFOU6RIE0OxJRSpGljfF0x8l0LKTNIIHassN2nOQNBR0wzaM6tInUyI9MyzOC6Rp2tm04gGvPxdA-SVaspDNBV9himNorBjfzjC3hzpTBJuVSAp72lGWzbOhKnwLqkRlO1XFeyiWo6CPNFW4SOqcJRl07oUSn-xqVDeDia5OkcQhHiDv5LCRmh7ahlY/s4032/Calamagrostis%20intermedia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(93).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyFOU6RIE0OxJRSpGljfF0x8l0LKTNIIHassN2nOQNBR0wzaM6tInUyI9MyzOC6Rp2tm04gGvPxdA-SVaspDNBV9himNorBjfzjC3hzpTBJuVSAp72lGWzbOhKnwLqkRlO1XFeyiWo6CPNFW4SOqcJRl07oUSn-xqVDeDia5OkcQhHiDv5LCRmh7ahlY/w480-h640/Calamagrostis%20intermedia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(93).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Calamagrostis intermedia </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOcGvWL-axfJvAwPz52wHbklTsbVlJKEEVGm5KSpHs6oBnE8glxmXXi6cH9-KWyQz5JfSdMUFoohJxmtBsHLZKaVLG17Mn5AyFoollY0LCdIh8qbBeu645rAqdvdSz4dCBGN1LH4JAAgG4FUbMR0SffAiCpQ3nOqEa1jSXlcyg5NuvM44kTowDnSzdgw/s4032/Calceolaria%20sp.%20-14%20(216).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOcGvWL-axfJvAwPz52wHbklTsbVlJKEEVGm5KSpHs6oBnE8glxmXXi6cH9-KWyQz5JfSdMUFoohJxmtBsHLZKaVLG17Mn5AyFoollY0LCdIh8qbBeu645rAqdvdSz4dCBGN1LH4JAAgG4FUbMR0SffAiCpQ3nOqEa1jSXlcyg5NuvM44kTowDnSzdgw/w480-h640/Calceolaria%20sp.%20-14%20(216).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Calceolaria </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The only Calceolaria we found--and it is out of focus. So be it.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXLinK_2Y_KfE38uvVupZitji-T33ykuhCL8UWCF8a0NDY03GVL3Z7D9gasUwHMrm2Qm6OcH3C1mWP7ARlafwf67SulhIUdmyfj2Cn81uvphHfcGwmT2nWk1yq5NbIp2MwCGqd5hrTYRw8nwWZG-etgQB0LRp3qTdHcuRpt-1SnWLaob5A1LaZTn5ZY4/s4032/Castilleja%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(21).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXLinK_2Y_KfE38uvVupZitji-T33ykuhCL8UWCF8a0NDY03GVL3Z7D9gasUwHMrm2Qm6OcH3C1mWP7ARlafwf67SulhIUdmyfj2Cn81uvphHfcGwmT2nWk1yq5NbIp2MwCGqd5hrTYRw8nwWZG-etgQB0LRp3qTdHcuRpt-1SnWLaob5A1LaZTn5ZY4/w480-h640/Castilleja%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(21).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Castilleja fissifolia </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Had to show this--just check out that paramo--solid lichen and not much else. So like the steppe--except it's wet. And never has seasons. Weird!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoFHF_iq88NJVpPw0ESFX3IMBZaZEdWfe61GL712QC9kjpqwuw0V6HIMiTj4wxjJlOU69Pp7-pwbMRWpw4TGaIJpttF6W36_YK67zT40faUTvMzO4iBqK2O9JIbf7tPay3ObiO-pHK5BV13W-G9GYGnz53Px9WGIpvTcknPQk-grsb7pP7a9f5FG7TOc/s3409/Castilleja%20fissifolia%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(50).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2336" data-original-width="3409" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoFHF_iq88NJVpPw0ESFX3IMBZaZEdWfe61GL712QC9kjpqwuw0V6HIMiTj4wxjJlOU69Pp7-pwbMRWpw4TGaIJpttF6W36_YK67zT40faUTvMzO4iBqK2O9JIbf7tPay3ObiO-pHK5BV13W-G9GYGnz53Px9WGIpvTcknPQk-grsb7pP7a9f5FG7TOc/w640-h438/Castilleja%20fissifolia%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(50).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Castilleja fissifolia <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></i></td></tr></tbody></table>My favorite vignette: almost looks like Colorado!!!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnJiYhwHmnUQecWDePQAI5TrBiUJR23fnH0YD2jbbay00e-XO_10OFACKaJ_P4Qfqx8fmW1OY9KMUsiM0TOMjRXU7h0KE_npKmPMk6rYqdSj6a3frDGzTqSkUuUFV7DO9EWXlqMPZOReQkqL9ldSIn_RgFRFKfYY2kBffvhGPbuQER4ykwxhV2JdZnTM/s4032/Chuquiraga%20jussiei%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(81).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnJiYhwHmnUQecWDePQAI5TrBiUJR23fnH0YD2jbbay00e-XO_10OFACKaJ_P4Qfqx8fmW1OY9KMUsiM0TOMjRXU7h0KE_npKmPMk6rYqdSj6a3frDGzTqSkUuUFV7DO9EWXlqMPZOReQkqL9ldSIn_RgFRFKfYY2kBffvhGPbuQER4ykwxhV2JdZnTM/w480-h640/Chuquiraga%20jussiei%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(81).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chuquiraga jussiei </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />One of the coolest (and commonest) shrubs of the paramo. Looked South African to our eyes. Of course no nope of hardiness despite growing at 12,000' No justice in the world.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSY3ReYnlg9l4IyBGjPuFXT3NbP3CAaDvwoKJvHSoRqxp-C-HFXFbwyu_g1uS3Mlu1joc6Zcrhy0YdRC8BiZHUbyGCX8uOMYNgwBIRpaHwBc4mDpr2iKS7n7PZcFyEE5aS0mh2NQL27kgh20Dn-m3buZAaTR4P9WUQbqcr-rb_2sJsSIKZDS1HaoPvu_Q/s4032/Chuquiraga%20jussiei%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(83).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSY3ReYnlg9l4IyBGjPuFXT3NbP3CAaDvwoKJvHSoRqxp-C-HFXFbwyu_g1uS3Mlu1joc6Zcrhy0YdRC8BiZHUbyGCX8uOMYNgwBIRpaHwBc4mDpr2iKS7n7PZcFyEE5aS0mh2NQL27kgh20Dn-m3buZAaTR4P9WUQbqcr-rb_2sJsSIKZDS1HaoPvu_Q/w480-h640/Chuquiraga%20jussiei%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(83).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chuquiraga jussiei </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>This is what it looked like among the <i>Calamagrostis</i>...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRiQoY5kFBc5y4L1diUUAF2dU3FQw_sX2y-_eyS57p-ljD5-ETr61fZjMcHgiUuqlZdpRMDW-uzvK7EAFY_7P-JmiblxEenH6-AO1Fdq52FXi0KLHaHDYdXYOMZ6kDccOpXkA9COj56_JOIFBVj_UOLMDJ5F7IrYZyX517FwkJOBE-xHNgxlIjEbzTck/s4032/Elaphoglossum%20engelii%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(38).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRiQoY5kFBc5y4L1diUUAF2dU3FQw_sX2y-_eyS57p-ljD5-ETr61fZjMcHgiUuqlZdpRMDW-uzvK7EAFY_7P-JmiblxEenH6-AO1Fdq52FXi0KLHaHDYdXYOMZ6kDccOpXkA9COj56_JOIFBVj_UOLMDJ5F7IrYZyX517FwkJOBE-xHNgxlIjEbzTck/w480-h640/Elaphoglossum%20engelii%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(38).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Elaphoglossum engelii </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>I probably photographed thirty ferns--only a few of which I could put a name to. Loved this one.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33r6kujzQyoYy-eT9Nu5GPE_X2y6c14Y_V8J-OB-cGpyMPt25L2Qc4-WKxtu4EBIYHC2S-ggUaWCBl92OPwL9vvpAZZekNfA-_4uODaO-XqZoQLkUsnYaiSzH1OZabTdSQMN370YIftWf6bmp7tVL5eHh1gyjDys-QQEvAhDnM5q6S37pZH9H7s_Oxt8/s4032/Ephedra%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(50).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33r6kujzQyoYy-eT9Nu5GPE_X2y6c14Y_V8J-OB-cGpyMPt25L2Qc4-WKxtu4EBIYHC2S-ggUaWCBl92OPwL9vvpAZZekNfA-_4uODaO-XqZoQLkUsnYaiSzH1OZabTdSQMN370YIftWf6bmp7tVL5eHh1gyjDys-QQEvAhDnM5q6S37pZH9H7s_Oxt8/w640-h480/Ephedra%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(50).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ephedra cf. andina</i><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I think we saw at least three species of <i>Ephedra</i>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXQI4ioT5YZg_vSqbDlMgjBWP-s3VMDu98vG1FoDi29QUdvUpaqUX6SPedpH-q8pl2LvorxjCDZbB2OWRF_MLL8ybQ0I7IAey3MRc9NJThGjuoOIsTSGJYkCAEvp-Dk7u9Bb34u-r-P99c2Zx7g7YIoRB1CuQN8FgGofx9nY24vOMVZWFd2iUVR5K1m4/s4032/Ephedra%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(65).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXQI4ioT5YZg_vSqbDlMgjBWP-s3VMDu98vG1FoDi29QUdvUpaqUX6SPedpH-q8pl2LvorxjCDZbB2OWRF_MLL8ybQ0I7IAey3MRc9NJThGjuoOIsTSGJYkCAEvp-Dk7u9Bb34u-r-P99c2Zx7g7YIoRB1CuQN8FgGofx9nY24vOMVZWFd2iUVR5K1m4/w640-h480/Ephedra%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(65).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ephedra cf. andina</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDb4ull3Zx0TUq2-KPpQh8UYzQC1l5k4HlE2Gumun_GsiKnzmeR0OMg4eRuCnNH3FBos4osIJis4y6kuiCvABK3JZ30eWrxMNPVTcTmxplz_R9OrdYzNbevEvGAJeBc7VLjizRY0Fo-_rOHKnFpNwl2QmS_RCeoAQzA6YFoQov1JAONM_x1DV14DwHcE/s4032/Ephedra%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(77).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDb4ull3Zx0TUq2-KPpQh8UYzQC1l5k4HlE2Gumun_GsiKnzmeR0OMg4eRuCnNH3FBos4osIJis4y6kuiCvABK3JZ30eWrxMNPVTcTmxplz_R9OrdYzNbevEvGAJeBc7VLjizRY0Fo-_rOHKnFpNwl2QmS_RCeoAQzA6YFoQov1JAONM_x1DV14DwHcE/w640-h480/Ephedra%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(77).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ephedra cf. andina</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So odd to see these growing on wet paramo--but then I saw ephedra at 15,000 on wet tundra in Sikkim!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDo7BpUDhfobTS8Hm2xgFNdcgcW4Gr-RPe8Rg_2RIOIvYS_-tOJaC_bw7oWgsIvXWL-Wj2QiN6iyOpADb2LCLAgr6tRYpGzUGJ-ynUZX4YP2n3eBJq-YNTuvGHD8kE1Y3hb8_upibRjcbLuYwNCeCu4mUZWLQGF32CqUNIrP7v5ESZbnGXb3esEN_W8UE/s4032/Epidendrum%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(205).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDo7BpUDhfobTS8Hm2xgFNdcgcW4Gr-RPe8Rg_2RIOIvYS_-tOJaC_bw7oWgsIvXWL-Wj2QiN6iyOpADb2LCLAgr6tRYpGzUGJ-ynUZX4YP2n3eBJq-YNTuvGHD8kE1Y3hb8_upibRjcbLuYwNCeCu4mUZWLQGF32CqUNIrP7v5ESZbnGXb3esEN_W8UE/w480-h640/Epidendrum%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(205).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198525715" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="sciname" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Epidendrum jamiesonis</span></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Seeing massive clumps of orchids like this at 11,000' blew my mind.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eoVMuXiW_-g3Icg10rgLaz7Hafl86ZU7i_tHob-xujP0u227M2EbbdNpFrkmmV5hbjzdtn98Uw5hDygb0YVqOz3U_wS5-J9jsGD3UyuuNgpJWOHp5eNAh1tyh8oPxcJUL4YkGX6NHORGrvV36Cz08Z7-f5TFM-jlJJ7TFvy_KgiatpBDdL6bi1a-MKg/s4032/Epidendrum%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(206).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eoVMuXiW_-g3Icg10rgLaz7Hafl86ZU7i_tHob-xujP0u227M2EbbdNpFrkmmV5hbjzdtn98Uw5hDygb0YVqOz3U_wS5-J9jsGD3UyuuNgpJWOHp5eNAh1tyh8oPxcJUL4YkGX6NHORGrvV36Cz08Z7-f5TFM-jlJJ7TFvy_KgiatpBDdL6bi1a-MKg/w480-h640/Epidendrum%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(206).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXDZSYJERs24gZHmr4LaUZPcJh4f-AaEWiyqr3tUal7FpymHDn0xkvGtI83DLZkw9QHoLNFBCBcA-M0WOb1Wk10XAWtknezIwx1jZILLYwTujS3iWdCBEJsZl6vueclANdchizKjfLO3Bik11Tl-RJ1T8adz3PSBNOhXH4hwuIlv8wBl-jAC4o22DvDw/s4032/Eryngium%20humile%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(248).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXDZSYJERs24gZHmr4LaUZPcJh4f-AaEWiyqr3tUal7FpymHDn0xkvGtI83DLZkw9QHoLNFBCBcA-M0WOb1Wk10XAWtknezIwx1jZILLYwTujS3iWdCBEJsZl6vueclANdchizKjfLO3Bik11Tl-RJ1T8adz3PSBNOhXH4hwuIlv8wBl-jAC4o22DvDw/w480-h640/Eryngium%20humile%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(248).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Eryngium humile </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Photographed in the lawn at our lodge. I would grow this. But then I grow almost any <i>Eryngium</i>!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxJTVVWHCm93ZZhxq9C5pdGMGQtx8Mq1V5wkJ5WlxYugHU0fYnzRFS-5npEkBNaxY4uImM0wfs21U4ATHQKfgG5_Zd69BivpoA487WWvSJnrbojb2o54mPLAciNm7Ja8qLZc_dwSOudgadO7YYHu-gOdtvcMHgTREMRnRpv30SavELPwTG-HoHgo09jY/s2491/Gentiana%20sedifolia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(156).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2281" data-original-width="2491" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxJTVVWHCm93ZZhxq9C5pdGMGQtx8Mq1V5wkJ5WlxYugHU0fYnzRFS-5npEkBNaxY4uImM0wfs21U4ATHQKfgG5_Zd69BivpoA487WWvSJnrbojb2o54mPLAciNm7Ja8qLZc_dwSOudgadO7YYHu-gOdtvcMHgTREMRnRpv30SavELPwTG-HoHgo09jY/w640-h586/Gentiana%20sedifolia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(156).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gentiana sedifolia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Extremely reminiscent of <i>Gentiana prostrata</i> in the Rockies. Closes its flowers just as fast if covered. I've seen similar in Asia too...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5VKYZ2HbrKLenR8nj0yj-LIHfeShsQ_-LWojbw37WEsSXQhTy_XC3F4mccnLyXTPJOOQCsjt2ai6LD6OlN7Xp9r2S2dbOA0efD9X9ulkgTzX1UoBuoA73KwyHdj0n4t4Ah6fOO2OqcjbE6s0GQhcEmWIYg94S0bowIdeYxf6Tt7yVGdZNhWqupVVcMQ/s4032/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(135).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5VKYZ2HbrKLenR8nj0yj-LIHfeShsQ_-LWojbw37WEsSXQhTy_XC3F4mccnLyXTPJOOQCsjt2ai6LD6OlN7Xp9r2S2dbOA0efD9X9ulkgTzX1UoBuoA73KwyHdj0n4t4Ah6fOO2OqcjbE6s0GQhcEmWIYg94S0bowIdeYxf6Tt7yVGdZNhWqupVVcMQ/w480-h640/Gentianella%20cerastoides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(135).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gentianella cerastoides </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>It looked exactly like a crocus at first. This was the choicest plant of the trip: absolutely gorgeous--and extremely common. I took dozens of pictures--all of them turned out. I ought to do a blog just with those! Maybe I will..<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HyRFQGfwc9Cg-vJHer78JLeQSTG0GG79f9Tx-dDOPLOQ25ssk_nzFQ2AyPKA1UwwXcv6-VRvePind9f91kn_5Tt-jD4RSkrFq_Vnz7osc7fJpCMqeI98HSJjJgUE7CiCtFZf-HzXem5XstcqMpteVyYUuBvOGOSskkHA1aHTuR9541QgeF4R8sh81ck/s4032/Gentianella%20limoselloides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(121).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HyRFQGfwc9Cg-vJHer78JLeQSTG0GG79f9Tx-dDOPLOQ25ssk_nzFQ2AyPKA1UwwXcv6-VRvePind9f91kn_5Tt-jD4RSkrFq_Vnz7osc7fJpCMqeI98HSJjJgUE7CiCtFZf-HzXem5XstcqMpteVyYUuBvOGOSskkHA1aHTuR9541QgeF4R8sh81ck/w480-h640/Gentianella%20limoselloides%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(121).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gentianella limoselloides </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />And we even found a second species...but not the spectacular scarlet and yellow and giant lavender ones: perhaps I need to go back?</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9jrbzjGvgBDF4m8WO_gUtzToaQxHJbjbvpdXDx4CVus9A2t9QY6BplRqIRww7G98GUE0X_ZIN31Bw-o4jp57xZH2NRkg-H_DB_x5kerj5cL_fJ03olfCvZL5nS_7XpX-pFmniIbTBxeYVMd01rfTq3dK5q9hxo4hO9W8M21LLpLZ8gYBV7xhRqJTT8E/s4032/Geranium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(23).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9jrbzjGvgBDF4m8WO_gUtzToaQxHJbjbvpdXDx4CVus9A2t9QY6BplRqIRww7G98GUE0X_ZIN31Bw-o4jp57xZH2NRkg-H_DB_x5kerj5cL_fJ03olfCvZL5nS_7XpX-pFmniIbTBxeYVMd01rfTq3dK5q9hxo4hO9W8M21LLpLZ8gYBV7xhRqJTT8E/w640-h480/Geranium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(23).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Geranium multipartitum</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>This HAS to be closely allied to G.sessiliflorum--which I've seen in Patagonia and New Zealand. We saw this many places...some almost pink.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr80YBq6NviKVsyqZaKPUItU1raQwAfnIhLapFu-qZYGzpmyRMAIbgvsrwJ85wGicTQe-i8KD4ci4r8qXYhxTrpnW3A_4oPRIB293sgYkdlh8nGU94zMsBHoL1OjDwQgVcf_gT97MdmJk0-o8YEfy6w2XWRlN72KdFRg2KpEmgFTZ6cKteOKYp__Um_aE/s4032/Gnaphalium%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(13).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr80YBq6NviKVsyqZaKPUItU1raQwAfnIhLapFu-qZYGzpmyRMAIbgvsrwJ85wGicTQe-i8KD4ci4r8qXYhxTrpnW3A_4oPRIB293sgYkdlh8nGU94zMsBHoL1OjDwQgVcf_gT97MdmJk0-o8YEfy6w2XWRlN72KdFRg2KpEmgFTZ6cKteOKYp__Um_aE/w480-h640/Gnaphalium%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(13).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gnaphalium </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Homely I know: but we have gnaphaliums just like this. I have a weakness for the Gnaphaliniae. Don't tell anyone (in my defense that tribe DOES include <i>Helichrysum, Antennaria </i>and Eidelweiss--and some other real treasures)</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLGZC3z1wP1kcM2R9XpyzGFPwHW6pUPIc8b3L2-BfJFZz1fOAG6xk0GAC_Liz0tYl-HqLFhtoNUz0dgaxBFqwxHnr5-PG6vyV59uhVIgsq7ErqIxen6SZVHvGSwkwFLIkbJ0xjySUiMwdqR0rD1aw2bjLqgD59j7LkCOhtpCSDKXdVNQp5hFaqozNQqg/s4032/Halenia%20weddelliana%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(7).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLGZC3z1wP1kcM2R9XpyzGFPwHW6pUPIc8b3L2-BfJFZz1fOAG6xk0GAC_Liz0tYl-HqLFhtoNUz0dgaxBFqwxHnr5-PG6vyV59uhVIgsq7ErqIxen6SZVHvGSwkwFLIkbJ0xjySUiMwdqR0rD1aw2bjLqgD59j7LkCOhtpCSDKXdVNQp5hFaqozNQqg/w480-h640/Halenia%20weddelliana%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(7).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Halenia weddellian</i>a </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>A surprisingly widespread genus. I just recall seeing a tiny Halenia in Pakistan 23 years go that looked like a crocus (or <i>Gentianella cerastoides</i>). Nature has a sense of humor. I've not scanned that slide however.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPH3cYjDmptp07JrsO2biYSnM1GOSkeUTFlOW-tYUut6Hz5TBbF6J9KKvOhkdeK7vOTnucosIqeODj08OaM4FZT0_hpTtSkcrf30-1dNTJeRkPVK-QI-UjEZ9uFn61-YHkXJJQ5PKr4PbsZhnCOKFHVwspdcJ_Qm6-QexvOw9YnTzpla_i0K_cnLS_o8/s4032/Halenia%20weddelliana%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(9).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPH3cYjDmptp07JrsO2biYSnM1GOSkeUTFlOW-tYUut6Hz5TBbF6J9KKvOhkdeK7vOTnucosIqeODj08OaM4FZT0_hpTtSkcrf30-1dNTJeRkPVK-QI-UjEZ9uFn61-YHkXJJQ5PKr4PbsZhnCOKFHVwspdcJ_Qm6-QexvOw9YnTzpla_i0K_cnLS_o8/w480-h640/Halenia%20weddelliana%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(9).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>No, Virginia, that's NOT an <i>Epimedium</i>! This dang thing was EVERYWHERE!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlD8_9WloJRr_wxmVJruQWLAi4N1dTtHcxgufxqCH7CWpGVQYLJl8zDQR3Sk0nTjrmZ8tJD9sA45BiV3oLbr1wd1AhA5gqt5Tx_rAx44JMT8OesEi-sujG4rJz5zfAjZgjKLsVXJV0HpKOYSNXPZG7wzNCzg870aUEETDGES7g9KYbPX2sw9XL5TCiIQc/s4032/Hydrocotyl%20bonplandii%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(55).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlD8_9WloJRr_wxmVJruQWLAi4N1dTtHcxgufxqCH7CWpGVQYLJl8zDQR3Sk0nTjrmZ8tJD9sA45BiV3oLbr1wd1AhA5gqt5Tx_rAx44JMT8OesEi-sujG4rJz5zfAjZgjKLsVXJV0HpKOYSNXPZG7wzNCzg870aUEETDGES7g9KYbPX2sw9XL5TCiIQc/w480-h640/Hydrocotyl%20bonplandii%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(55).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hydrocotyl bonplandii</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><br />We only found this once or twice. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbiOFUMQoCG20a_q17gq0BGSm-RE5K1drWai2hQ0aTF00pbduVOX5uxVbK1LELiH8gzuwOHkJRhHNz9IePxxYy23LMuHeKSoW56BS0z-WE7q7fA1uYNyViKMIlTwZw8nrJnF2OXnyVETqY4hRrytntybm2YV9gL0pC0KIZeBqP5v0HKT3FRMBgw8Jf-M/s4032/Hypericum%20laricifolium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(239).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbiOFUMQoCG20a_q17gq0BGSm-RE5K1drWai2hQ0aTF00pbduVOX5uxVbK1LELiH8gzuwOHkJRhHNz9IePxxYy23LMuHeKSoW56BS0z-WE7q7fA1uYNyViKMIlTwZw8nrJnF2OXnyVETqY4hRrytntybm2YV9gL0pC0KIZeBqP5v0HKT3FRMBgw8Jf-M/w640-h480/Hypericum%20laricifolium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(239).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hypericum laricifolium</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>This was extremely abundant. I would love to grow it (but of course it won't survive in temperate areas despite growing higher than our alpine!)<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXitHY1LyayQfbczZEZQx9I5GHPQzbEXnbkzWkWNMQF6TahH52DkWaZUMNGztP4YezQ9e3EHm5YP-IzGKhJ9hRpRHHdsigtM7Ylrhhyphenhyphen4r8cXXtoKuxlvIt0ROEtTB6jOoawWV_dN-CFkZERl2DJnhDAXw89zMcp5Py37-_WqHMUQqoeaJGjHc58kpQQbo/s4032/Hypochoeris%20sessiliflora%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(67).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXitHY1LyayQfbczZEZQx9I5GHPQzbEXnbkzWkWNMQF6TahH52DkWaZUMNGztP4YezQ9e3EHm5YP-IzGKhJ9hRpRHHdsigtM7Ylrhhyphenhyphen4r8cXXtoKuxlvIt0ROEtTB6jOoawWV_dN-CFkZERl2DJnhDAXw89zMcp5Py37-_WqHMUQqoeaJGjHc58kpQQbo/w480-h640/Hypochoeris%20sessiliflora%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(67).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hypochoeris sessiliflora </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Another extremely common plant--so much like the weed in New Zealand my friend Steve Newall collected on a massive scale for European green roofs. This one I'd grow.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9vUWWg0AxqcxisQs3HQcW3uJOOCtcq4ajFy1dEnEu2t4CVbskMobdjJGiJKankh1y31bx5DXyV_6WdyoX923qG4jzLiF-K6WbtbZSS08-fPHM7nCNZsNsA_9zpT4Je4ws-Jpeo2z4uPfs2Ci1_29wQ04TTNxk6i2dxcpfKUg9I8vDn5WcMn4e4gwGDI/s4032/Lamourouxia%20virgata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(230).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9vUWWg0AxqcxisQs3HQcW3uJOOCtcq4ajFy1dEnEu2t4CVbskMobdjJGiJKankh1y31bx5DXyV_6WdyoX923qG4jzLiF-K6WbtbZSS08-fPHM7nCNZsNsA_9zpT4Je4ws-Jpeo2z4uPfs2Ci1_29wQ04TTNxk6i2dxcpfKUg9I8vDn5WcMn4e4gwGDI/w480-h640/Lamourouxia%20virgata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(230).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lamourouxia virgata </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Ridiculously like a penstemon. But another Orobanchaceae, I believe, and hemiparasitic.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPk35XNbVfEnLALRQUKwPDIVqWjZReQdfW0FWlUpxGAKmzHBQHTUToDeSMJQOvHKkSuAkS4PIm2TFO1oftK9EhSxl-hID7ZFzuHX065woF6racktP8c943_P2SM9Vpnwc8WiZX0C8jJyhyNPUutksVZ5sSnnNQTdRs8aYZa4LLtwIn9yGwxJ7SqnxX1_c/s4032/Lupinus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(12).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPk35XNbVfEnLALRQUKwPDIVqWjZReQdfW0FWlUpxGAKmzHBQHTUToDeSMJQOvHKkSuAkS4PIm2TFO1oftK9EhSxl-hID7ZFzuHX065woF6racktP8c943_P2SM9Vpnwc8WiZX0C8jJyhyNPUutksVZ5sSnnNQTdRs8aYZa4LLtwIn9yGwxJ7SqnxX1_c/w640-h480/Lupinus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(12).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lupinus microphyllus </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Lupienes everywhere. I love this little one!</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcldwVuvBui7cipfFUhWr8hahKnjE-vBPS-U2z0Lbh1OA7h9q8zy0-wYj-2aeyQaXdhHdoRC1ZngHztspOX7n_GvQ2794F93z2IDS9BqLjjld_XtIVM1vZ8WI03rdv3V6qiDXo9ECo143Ky1h4CpigiCLoaQP4udJHlv5byHKSd2JYd9q-7TY8PMd4UKA/s4032/Lupinus%20sp%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(107).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcldwVuvBui7cipfFUhWr8hahKnjE-vBPS-U2z0Lbh1OA7h9q8zy0-wYj-2aeyQaXdhHdoRC1ZngHztspOX7n_GvQ2794F93z2IDS9BqLjjld_XtIVM1vZ8WI03rdv3V6qiDXo9ECo143Ky1h4CpigiCLoaQP4udJHlv5byHKSd2JYd9q-7TY8PMd4UKA/w640-h480/Lupinus%20sp%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(107).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg469Js0b1JU8ljV8Fj0lAoBqpiA1BoGpDvJns_Bv0UJIYDgL2Th5E9AE_TzCnceOHOx8r5mEq3FCa6hfrJH3-4ZBj1_A52Jeo6-GWP4aWD1Rw_dNyDC-NHYsRSULgnOeqaLomicU-3KFnuODUrr4KyT0khAKie7C-fWwKJ1HumJcwow3tnqhBXNQp2eSc/s4032/Lupinus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(35).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg469Js0b1JU8ljV8Fj0lAoBqpiA1BoGpDvJns_Bv0UJIYDgL2Th5E9AE_TzCnceOHOx8r5mEq3FCa6hfrJH3-4ZBj1_A52Jeo6-GWP4aWD1Rw_dNyDC-NHYsRSULgnOeqaLomicU-3KFnuODUrr4KyT0khAKie7C-fWwKJ1HumJcwow3tnqhBXNQp2eSc/w480-h640/Lupinus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(35).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lupinus pubescens</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The common big one around Cotopaxi. We never saw<i> L. alpecurioides</i>, alas!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXjxrQ8zIuIlRlkfcw4msc0U5GjJOvz5mm-nVYC6Ab9xKYeqwlEhRKrzWmDZ25dRreVtz1vB_rUWZ9e_Pr3pid1fSNmEBcsj1AJvLTETg7Jq5wz5AiutB3nVcAoV3ehThq6nKD664IyOxMFp_ecPBSTzN0lKSwOeudIPj0SzaIYN-BHVVi1uNLy2UxKs/s4032/Lupinus%20pubescens%20Cotopaxi%201%202024-01-14%20(37).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXjxrQ8zIuIlRlkfcw4msc0U5GjJOvz5mm-nVYC6Ab9xKYeqwlEhRKrzWmDZ25dRreVtz1vB_rUWZ9e_Pr3pid1fSNmEBcsj1AJvLTETg7Jq5wz5AiutB3nVcAoV3ehThq6nKD664IyOxMFp_ecPBSTzN0lKSwOeudIPj0SzaIYN-BHVVi1uNLy2UxKs/w640-h480/Lupinus%20pubescens%20Cotopaxi%201%202024-01-14%20(37).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0fngx2roaY4YOcqK_irpChJxNBZMC5JIWVEemuLT_7VbJ49Wj15fl1IP3GFbc-wurK0wrS2AATiCF3g_kYe3APIP-UPrq_aFsje9tJhTALOPaGFUutP8WU2NzQavvQpHQpc-zIOGeYG7WRelaht-GreOXel_KhLwDSPjjysLU_QqI2Z43YrGZ_XBqVY/s4032/Lichened%20rocks%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(26).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0fngx2roaY4YOcqK_irpChJxNBZMC5JIWVEemuLT_7VbJ49Wj15fl1IP3GFbc-wurK0wrS2AATiCF3g_kYe3APIP-UPrq_aFsje9tJhTALOPaGFUutP8WU2NzQavvQpHQpc-zIOGeYG7WRelaht-GreOXel_KhLwDSPjjysLU_QqI2Z43YrGZ_XBqVY/w480-h640/Lichened%20rocks%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(26).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crustose lichens</td></tr></tbody></table>We have crustose lichens very like this. I would have loved to take this rock home--but the lichens would likely perish in a day. And the baggage cost would be prohjibitive.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRG8aPVOwgmXjIcWHt1-D43JTkkOmsyaW5gB-HWJ5D4_PRM1XG-eAb3n7u6MXbclLTH16XFI4epJY-2If-M-04coxMbb_ym_TAgfoXmrnc0EnEFNHU-IbhoGP4R41em-zjPaCg57_YHdE-IIOHZ9bp-rnjAPrkHtHpNwVm_KZelLqr1hmlglzkgxmj6X4/s4032/Lycopodium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(158).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRG8aPVOwgmXjIcWHt1-D43JTkkOmsyaW5gB-HWJ5D4_PRM1XG-eAb3n7u6MXbclLTH16XFI4epJY-2If-M-04coxMbb_ym_TAgfoXmrnc0EnEFNHU-IbhoGP4R41em-zjPaCg57_YHdE-IIOHZ9bp-rnjAPrkHtHpNwVm_KZelLqr1hmlglzkgxmj6X4/w640-h480/Lycopodium%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(158).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I thought this was a lycopodium--but it's probably a <i style="text-align: center;">Phlegmariurus </i><span style="text-align: center;">which is closely allied and out of aphabetical order.</span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zeppWRnvIomJRsQ_lkVa6MhnLpvItayqTxXTeux6__jRFYxdoaiyJn6zENmFgKyqh01UiCvjy-mzwloj0dtsHZwKB-s9-HXpH-f_5jjK1kY5UCWc0ipzvVpOWqjaobmd8QR3ZCgvpYid7AqAy_zqLcAIKG4DproR-nYsJsyq8jsIeOym8f-Wyydcbfg/s4032/Muehlenbeckia%20volcanica%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(126).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zeppWRnvIomJRsQ_lkVa6MhnLpvItayqTxXTeux6__jRFYxdoaiyJn6zENmFgKyqh01UiCvjy-mzwloj0dtsHZwKB-s9-HXpH-f_5jjK1kY5UCWc0ipzvVpOWqjaobmd8QR3ZCgvpYid7AqAy_zqLcAIKG4DproR-nYsJsyq8jsIeOym8f-Wyydcbfg/w640-h480/Muehlenbeckia%20volcanica%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(126).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Muehlenbeckia volcanica </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />What a shock to see this genus I know so well from New Zealand (one of which thrives in my garden!)..so different from our North American Polygonaceae!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpvtN6dkFxTjpgGo-7wUj_zf0I5Jg7GKsDpcTErs0A-ZCp40-YXXbs0zdNoTx3ag3YcMtbKjdSCQHYDgeVdy-r1Xgh0aRxQas0Fz68hGw5CmWR8xuo0IjayhhdjQcp1lhouC1w628qqGMYTYerhNh94gvhUY5ZcePfNAECJKwiCXya9kNgGxXQ2civhA/s4032/Muehlenbeckia%20volcanica%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(127).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpvtN6dkFxTjpgGo-7wUj_zf0I5Jg7GKsDpcTErs0A-ZCp40-YXXbs0zdNoTx3ag3YcMtbKjdSCQHYDgeVdy-r1Xgh0aRxQas0Fz68hGw5CmWR8xuo0IjayhhdjQcp1lhouC1w628qqGMYTYerhNh94gvhUY5ZcePfNAECJKwiCXya9kNgGxXQ2civhA/w640-h480/Muehlenbeckia%20volcanica%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(127).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Muhlenbeckia vulcanica</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-uwaWIHmUhcLp-2IHJp3RySwrBKXWgSD3GLIr0N1JwTfEQZwVC8Z3f7Tqd6pzrmc_xKgE2eE-z7gQXnfzViNlRn53VSLD7qLYAXxO8PMycap7MEegdDNTV2b0WjxBPhrLfOKrWMzK8aEU3MQFXQi6RS0xTR6dYMMzbWlABuIRz1IPZdQiol8OZwWqIY/s4032/Myriopteris%20(Cheilanthes)%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(216).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-uwaWIHmUhcLp-2IHJp3RySwrBKXWgSD3GLIr0N1JwTfEQZwVC8Z3f7Tqd6pzrmc_xKgE2eE-z7gQXnfzViNlRn53VSLD7qLYAXxO8PMycap7MEegdDNTV2b0WjxBPhrLfOKrWMzK8aEU3MQFXQi6RS0xTR6dYMMzbWlABuIRz1IPZdQiol8OZwWqIY/w480-h640/Myriopteris%20(Cheilanthes)%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(216).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Myriopteris myriophylla </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>course this was once <i>Cheilanthes</i>. Could almost pass for one of our Colorado species.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsDqi48Mw3YhffALPyxA4wDpbS0B39F_Xlm_LOvNMoPw7jIItq7_4bSK4oO0Pcle2vNBR8WPSoqHDgyuAlZVbUykjEtS86bJzujx-LMdwdbwGQkcyQWpGuuj_xys9q6YjNlyU2qKN1v9cuGromb9R7pDwY1x0_qdBzLRZ5XsMvLydRPHxBwJL7dCbHrU/s4032/Passiflora%20cf.%20quitensis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(244).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsDqi48Mw3YhffALPyxA4wDpbS0B39F_Xlm_LOvNMoPw7jIItq7_4bSK4oO0Pcle2vNBR8WPSoqHDgyuAlZVbUykjEtS86bJzujx-LMdwdbwGQkcyQWpGuuj_xys9q6YjNlyU2qKN1v9cuGromb9R7pDwY1x0_qdBzLRZ5XsMvLydRPHxBwJL7dCbHrU/w480-h640/Passiflora%20cf.%20quitensis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(244).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Passiflora cf. quitensis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Photographed on a cliff about 20 away from my phone. There are a LOT of passionflowers in Ecuador--mostly in rain forest.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTKD4UcTiMO8fXJaCdb7QVL_FyHo5Zk2Vr5EQn-8YApu_vPiVXgQty3ZfgCuUXAEzbF6VbQk6_ExaqdKQYhm0RhusK38jI0dZVuUrMycrYY5PR044hcQ7uCVGUYb-eKgwsf18BVOWvqYIY7P7ioxk2vpAZDJ4R_B2QOS32-VaH8VDkh4QO0qSR9tZDTI/s4032/Pellaea%20ternifolia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(47).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTKD4UcTiMO8fXJaCdb7QVL_FyHo5Zk2Vr5EQn-8YApu_vPiVXgQty3ZfgCuUXAEzbF6VbQk6_ExaqdKQYhm0RhusK38jI0dZVuUrMycrYY5PR044hcQ7uCVGUYb-eKgwsf18BVOWvqYIY7P7ioxk2vpAZDJ4R_B2QOS32-VaH8VDkh4QO0qSR9tZDTI/w480-h640/Pellaea%20ternifolia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(47).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pellaea ternifolia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I was so stunned to see this, which grows wild a mile or two from where I grew up (albeit Colorado's is a different subspecies: var. <i>wrightiana</i>)<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZxzh1wgBEsPsqqO7dkg23gYPuZMX0CNUgTogJOJva6B5EYXq5eOCkB-EChI-AFmR08pfrS9cvOSfSOSm6nUIdv4oj3CLLpH0BieQLP0G8nLuE9zTyExdJozNbFcMkPegbZj6hpWHVqt8eqlMAibC5GoDq5v8MdFTqFpdOIgzNedt3wN6FitpPctxLBU/s4032/Pellaea%20ternifolia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(198).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZxzh1wgBEsPsqqO7dkg23gYPuZMX0CNUgTogJOJva6B5EYXq5eOCkB-EChI-AFmR08pfrS9cvOSfSOSm6nUIdv4oj3CLLpH0BieQLP0G8nLuE9zTyExdJozNbFcMkPegbZj6hpWHVqt8eqlMAibC5GoDq5v8MdFTqFpdOIgzNedt3wN6FitpPctxLBU/w640-h480/Pellaea%20ternifolia%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(198).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pellaea ternifolia</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Obviously had to take two shots of this--one of the few species we truly share!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRACxKZIwJyUS2P2h1sP3_kwFAiLa8Fs0d2yCJohJ_S1oD4Kn-dmbYjE15LGQrgcdIU4Yg-_kqXqeaTvFXBsjXW0WmzS4VFuOTSeTACvLgWP2HO-qVIVHaFsL-KJy165eujqFjoT1bqgh_WcvcT_Hutk_eZqupsa6SVzY3jepjD1SOh6YrUroFBfFA10/s4032/Perezia%20multiflora%20%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-15%20(10).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRACxKZIwJyUS2P2h1sP3_kwFAiLa8Fs0d2yCJohJ_S1oD4Kn-dmbYjE15LGQrgcdIU4Yg-_kqXqeaTvFXBsjXW0WmzS4VFuOTSeTACvLgWP2HO-qVIVHaFsL-KJy165eujqFjoT1bqgh_WcvcT_Hutk_eZqupsa6SVzY3jepjD1SOh6YrUroFBfFA10/w480-h640/Perezia%20multiflora%20%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-15%20(10).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Perezia multiflora </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Gloriously thistle-oid!! I had a hard time combining this in my mind with the delicate cushion <i>Perezia </i>spp. I've seen in Patagonia.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BRbXQ0_m6V8cwJcIMeOvDtqjsm8nrfESrFQ_GcVlNDCYTeWY15HcGchg2aBiEteuTMM6aa4xz837BaIHFtHjpMGA8ikA6WR8-oIxZqXw3WZZkECN10U6Ilxyec_Bpw-yN7QboI2HLDWUNwvWxgMqWYGQcTiIx_gLC5wSc1uie35urTAYiyeIPSWMJqo/s4032/Perezia%20multiflora%20%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-15%20(12).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BRbXQ0_m6V8cwJcIMeOvDtqjsm8nrfESrFQ_GcVlNDCYTeWY15HcGchg2aBiEteuTMM6aa4xz837BaIHFtHjpMGA8ikA6WR8-oIxZqXw3WZZkECN10U6Ilxyec_Bpw-yN7QboI2HLDWUNwvWxgMqWYGQcTiIx_gLC5wSc1uie35urTAYiyeIPSWMJqo/w480-h640/Perezia%20multiflora%20%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-15%20(12).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Perezia multiflora </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA4-EeB2eN6vk1whSiHlhrsW1uaqudGtaWRWfiras9SY6t316whMsRzZa5_Iqeb-UYCcKVa5tTQpmugAweJ5x3Gy1tcAg_VrcsrU07vfISl7NXlvezNMj8CoHF1KTWu01ODAj-V84bHGzq9j6nrMOTQLVJLE7U_fYhnxwNq_pT7AoRXWFHJrwRLcZA6U/s4032/Perezia%20multiflora%20%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-15%20(14).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA4-EeB2eN6vk1whSiHlhrsW1uaqudGtaWRWfiras9SY6t316whMsRzZa5_Iqeb-UYCcKVa5tTQpmugAweJ5x3Gy1tcAg_VrcsrU07vfISl7NXlvezNMj8CoHF1KTWu01ODAj-V84bHGzq9j6nrMOTQLVJLE7U_fYhnxwNq_pT7AoRXWFHJrwRLcZA6U/w480-h640/Perezia%20multiflora%20%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-15%20(14).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Perezia multiflora </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXrhX1fLeOpWCmmdbM0HHAIhz4AQYlsi3m1zb0SBuA6rn2symV6adgF9IPprioextWw8YxbZMnEC7-TnXGuJyQtJ-eYrrrhtuknF0eLgHvQEJRBqMvMq_jafXiEE-FLPj-Txrps0bCxglDpIO5ifOTPrXFj7H_IhnonckgDMP5VK28c803GJuHqZxal8/s4032/Pernettya%20(Gaultheria)%20prostrata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(30).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXrhX1fLeOpWCmmdbM0HHAIhz4AQYlsi3m1zb0SBuA6rn2symV6adgF9IPprioextWw8YxbZMnEC7-TnXGuJyQtJ-eYrrrhtuknF0eLgHvQEJRBqMvMq_jafXiEE-FLPj-Txrps0bCxglDpIO5ifOTPrXFj7H_IhnonckgDMP5VK28c803GJuHqZxal8/w640-h480/Pernettya%20(Gaultheria)%20prostrata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(30).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pernettya (Gaultheria) prostrata </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This was everywhere--often growing on exposed open paramo!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbOvpF_qiOFXmus0H05z6sDTDtcpZKY6aRi1jkCjdurvE-2xTBy2YEWtu1sUwCxdgRQgUCTBUTZi2zlByb6eMlacQpkXzm1QuGp1VeYfAsSfvUkjlV8-M-3yHxLxIsvOGYj0bc-5sCa2VIxXOwn_IwTjq_kRZOn27YqmtraxbUbBcHUqtnVUh0Jy8LDE/s4032/Persicaria%20nepalensis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(235).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbOvpF_qiOFXmus0H05z6sDTDtcpZKY6aRi1jkCjdurvE-2xTBy2YEWtu1sUwCxdgRQgUCTBUTZi2zlByb6eMlacQpkXzm1QuGp1VeYfAsSfvUkjlV8-M-3yHxLxIsvOGYj0bc-5sCa2VIxXOwn_IwTjq_kRZOn27YqmtraxbUbBcHUqtnVUh0Jy8LDE/w640-h480/Persicaria%20nepalensis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(235).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persicaria nepalensis </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>I find it VERY hard to believe this is an adventive from the Himalayas--it was growing MILES from any habitation--and the little houses on the paramo don't have many ornamentals...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfqqal0NWeQZuigffvlHeBiAPyNK_0S9gIfVm8quaUdD7U0JvQ0HGNU6Hg_KpZ1FeJvJlINe4cpT6n8-GbDe4a9lsPDonGiczX0mdm9q4dW7ca9suVU7fDTIliqD0vs9QGIvVgng3Ra7WlEfqvixMVoF3j5Tm4bSwZ0QRJ_3GHSsR2v0lC4oZ89YsmMQ/s4032/Persicaria%20nepalensis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(236).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfqqal0NWeQZuigffvlHeBiAPyNK_0S9gIfVm8quaUdD7U0JvQ0HGNU6Hg_KpZ1FeJvJlINe4cpT6n8-GbDe4a9lsPDonGiczX0mdm9q4dW7ca9suVU7fDTIliqD0vs9QGIvVgng3Ra7WlEfqvixMVoF3j5Tm4bSwZ0QRJ_3GHSsR2v0lC4oZ89YsmMQ/w480-h640/Persicaria%20nepalensis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(236).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persicaria nepalensis <br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table>Plants DO get around though..</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOW1ihDr3I3Mzs1W5_urH6Y26gPsKLDiE1aYsBtfHM1gdK9rr0waBtq-VE-nz3BBfmMWCEQ3DI805Ick4AzC7rI84FmFR5jXSB1ZQHC7HMxgJwWkm6dxN3xrD4X5dK-Se9vsFTz4AsPXoVb1lpMLmyX_wwJo0gZog5Ty5r9mbjrxVl14tzPu7XRkwyjU/s4032/Phlegmariurus%20crassus%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(20).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOW1ihDr3I3Mzs1W5_urH6Y26gPsKLDiE1aYsBtfHM1gdK9rr0waBtq-VE-nz3BBfmMWCEQ3DI805Ick4AzC7rI84FmFR5jXSB1ZQHC7HMxgJwWkm6dxN3xrD4X5dK-Se9vsFTz4AsPXoVb1lpMLmyX_wwJo0gZog5Ty5r9mbjrxVl14tzPu7XRkwyjU/w640-h480/Phlegmariurus%20crassus%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(20).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phlegmariurus crassus </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I saw this red club moss several times. What a wonderful thing...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMfYHgB6DI-sxk8cQIB0y8uIqWeYOLQpN-kVZUHWazczClnvYOItF6Uy06RZXt0tZ4ZixO5_bAv3qkJayfHQNteP7xB5SbwMNbknFD1RQfjr-opA3YKg94o_cc1nNDZk_tePMwbDKe-9WVKYZKaZeHxRwxRb2LT_wjImbG7klYJqySsRl2NOJoEaNAfY/s4032/Plantago%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(129).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMfYHgB6DI-sxk8cQIB0y8uIqWeYOLQpN-kVZUHWazczClnvYOItF6Uy06RZXt0tZ4ZixO5_bAv3qkJayfHQNteP7xB5SbwMNbknFD1RQfjr-opA3YKg94o_cc1nNDZk_tePMwbDKe-9WVKYZKaZeHxRwxRb2LT_wjImbG7klYJqySsRl2NOJoEaNAfY/w480-h640/Plantago%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(129).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Plantago </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I have a thing about <i>Plantago</i>. Now is not the time to talk about it. We did NOT see <i>Plantago rigida</i>.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a5Ev4i-MF_lxeHJG3_LGWwuvhwUvqyycBHKfu9cV72qa8QIGNy6WGaJfU2yPAK496rcN2TOcJGSOtycVc0bH8sDnZKEYUyHpQJP7o_uZmYC-wRRepJZfjSDL6hX0RNh7PI2Jx85INYHX-WdwREk5WCGlhHfIjY0MiOAeye0vFP2kSX3Kj-prHCsqRNM/s4032/Polylepis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(93).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3a5Ev4i-MF_lxeHJG3_LGWwuvhwUvqyycBHKfu9cV72qa8QIGNy6WGaJfU2yPAK496rcN2TOcJGSOtycVc0bH8sDnZKEYUyHpQJP7o_uZmYC-wRRepJZfjSDL6hX0RNh7PI2Jx85INYHX-WdwREk5WCGlhHfIjY0MiOAeye0vFP2kSX3Kj-prHCsqRNM/w480-h640/Polylepis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(93).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Polylepis </i>sp. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />The only tree (and a small one at that) on the Paramo. There are many species--not entirely sure which ones we saw. They reminded me so much of the woody Rosaceae of the west (<i>Cercocarpus, Purshia</i>) not to mention <i>Leucosidea </i>and <i>Cliffortia </i>in South Africa, and too many Eurasians to enumerate--would love to see a cladogram of Rosaceae and see if these are related as they look...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4figMeem-IEyboj43lcpxMaErn_WP7ixpVEf6KY-jRESJC8w3N1jRnWnJWuQXWxh54I6iiu4ERDmMEQo8aYYWN4QptffAWiuVqgJ6fnW9y36i5ggsor3Om0myO1lXH6coTmbbO4vXQ69jQasC0Ax0fF-k3hMMbgVKpEMywQ64nRdOQBMjoQ37mthSPE/s4032/Polylepis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(96).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4figMeem-IEyboj43lcpxMaErn_WP7ixpVEf6KY-jRESJC8w3N1jRnWnJWuQXWxh54I6iiu4ERDmMEQo8aYYWN4QptffAWiuVqgJ6fnW9y36i5ggsor3Om0myO1lXH6coTmbbO4vXQ69jQasC0Ax0fF-k3hMMbgVKpEMywQ64nRdOQBMjoQ37mthSPE/w480-h640/Polylepis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(96).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Polylepis </i>sp. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZlhRMjLZpl9mxVaWRODEhSFGxPZGZvqGCthPNbJRWKYihz24_gVfRwnOR6zBfQ8ygr8AWnl8WuOb438pvKAPYJk-BH72VEZkQfOSBaZ0PNCK9m0hLHz8PohVIwFLp-QfdO3wnmiQaitaS6ry6mk9IMsPrUW7gQ9YHmBlaB1_8KG-iWM5IqfZyZmmkrI/s4032/Puya%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(168).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZlhRMjLZpl9mxVaWRODEhSFGxPZGZvqGCthPNbJRWKYihz24_gVfRwnOR6zBfQ8ygr8AWnl8WuOb438pvKAPYJk-BH72VEZkQfOSBaZ0PNCK9m0hLHz8PohVIwFLp-QfdO3wnmiQaitaS6ry6mk9IMsPrUW7gQ9YHmBlaB1_8KG-iWM5IqfZyZmmkrI/w480-h640/Puya%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(168).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Puya </i>sp. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>We saw a lot as we drove--some you could even see the strange teal colored flowers. But no way to stop for them. The ones you could walk to had no fresh flowers. Phooey!</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajVtTiUEisrp552lZQ0JecAFPBfqHL40aLxz-S_ki5AfoHazZMb3dwhDL5217Ybx5rVV-l0U9Gq0GXbfDtzaKJZk3YkRK4vsIdAJypFIhsxzGmegY7_D11p8nK9QmNzvn_MDBeuaBXhD7OEgzC0QhPSQWSqtnzDiuhtKpMfn_IuZQzJBZkHMUJxXCytU/s4032/Ranunculus%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(38).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajVtTiUEisrp552lZQ0JecAFPBfqHL40aLxz-S_ki5AfoHazZMb3dwhDL5217Ybx5rVV-l0U9Gq0GXbfDtzaKJZk3YkRK4vsIdAJypFIhsxzGmegY7_D11p8nK9QmNzvn_MDBeuaBXhD7OEgzC0QhPSQWSqtnzDiuhtKpMfn_IuZQzJBZkHMUJxXCytU/w640-h480/Ranunculus%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(38).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ranunculus </i>sp. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Pretty sure it's a buttercup. Alas, no <i>Krapfia</i>!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcNp1EgVBw4RM_KDat73TCYRbkNCS9TkjE2whi8A_yER8EGaHzHLmpObwbbk8TmDv3IX4TA7DLEZRPz_v2O9XEe-SRcdE3QK_VmX6wpeRlcloqiLchiSl4Pbp940tL6hOuyLj1181Wr3AeFQgPztlu9o90ZAnLO4nwL0GfZGFCyi7h-IlV_09F38Qtlc/s4032/Ribes%20cf.%20lehmanii%20%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(44).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcNp1EgVBw4RM_KDat73TCYRbkNCS9TkjE2whi8A_yER8EGaHzHLmpObwbbk8TmDv3IX4TA7DLEZRPz_v2O9XEe-SRcdE3QK_VmX6wpeRlcloqiLchiSl4Pbp940tL6hOuyLj1181Wr3AeFQgPztlu9o90ZAnLO4nwL0GfZGFCyi7h-IlV_09F38Qtlc/w480-h640/Ribes%20cf.%20lehmanii%20%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(44).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ribes cf. lehmanii </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Looks exactly some of ours. Had no idea there were so many <i>Ribes </i>in the Andes! Like <i>Hypericum </i>and <i>Berberis</i>--a strangely familiar echo of our flora.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH4arVMM9YbvsfKRG5aQcHP-3UOTe473MMomumx-Npjh1pwDdc1ecS074L9tSAZacx4k3ZxuuOPCP8mF27dNNrO7Qiy4Y8gSlNCdA9hjo7DZFRyT0kKyEmYeznPd2kedgg3CB4VVKBljwIb6KTfsSeTYQfkd7o-_OdzC5KW2J_HgP96CcFzFnRjjfRbk/s4032/Rubus%20roseus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(150).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH4arVMM9YbvsfKRG5aQcHP-3UOTe473MMomumx-Npjh1pwDdc1ecS074L9tSAZacx4k3ZxuuOPCP8mF27dNNrO7Qiy4Y8gSlNCdA9hjo7DZFRyT0kKyEmYeznPd2kedgg3CB4VVKBljwIb6KTfsSeTYQfkd7o-_OdzC5KW2J_HgP96CcFzFnRjjfRbk/w480-h640/Rubus%20roseus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(150).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rubus roseus </i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We did see this several times. We saw a lot more of the invasive Himalayan species on the paramo--very similar to the scourges of the West Coast of the U.S. This one seemed very seemly.</div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvF9-MmPBvc_PtTWsLRBl-6FL63SwPll-fC4rIYfVSAjNi6uvLe2TT8sPEyKJbfucBYDzhDHj1CAvzY7eyXGNgl7h1Fn-qD3eWsL5IO3tv0x_OMuNSGYxyGK0Uky8bAYEvjBgygQHmnmuZ29GpTzc2BmcvcCeNSOTRmmqpYsrZX_dY0Sg4dhBPP4My5M/s4032/Rubus%20roseus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(152).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvF9-MmPBvc_PtTWsLRBl-6FL63SwPll-fC4rIYfVSAjNi6uvLe2TT8sPEyKJbfucBYDzhDHj1CAvzY7eyXGNgl7h1Fn-qD3eWsL5IO3tv0x_OMuNSGYxyGK0Uky8bAYEvjBgygQHmnmuZ29GpTzc2BmcvcCeNSOTRmmqpYsrZX_dY0Sg4dhBPP4My5M/w640-h480/Rubus%20roseus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(152).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZh4J-KkdvmTV8VN7gkQr9kjJ-CJEcPngpAPNGA-Ul7j-CfOBJhwK1ZE83QeECOEZT4568dnml1dx9M07ZT2XjsQQ1TudyYqh8nn4MtkJrAmffjCiK797kAVhCzCetGbqMm1JvULXbhyphenhyphen7G8NMobB09MChpsv4U0NYbCBwE5I0vuEVAwKOyrhdREk8oXgU/s4032/Rubus%20roseus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(153).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZh4J-KkdvmTV8VN7gkQr9kjJ-CJEcPngpAPNGA-Ul7j-CfOBJhwK1ZE83QeECOEZT4568dnml1dx9M07ZT2XjsQQ1TudyYqh8nn4MtkJrAmffjCiK797kAVhCzCetGbqMm1JvULXbhyphenhyphen7G8NMobB09MChpsv4U0NYbCBwE5I0vuEVAwKOyrhdREk8oXgU/w480-h640/Rubus%20roseus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(153).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here the raspberry is climbing through a Melostome.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjoCUzEyzFRzgV81Jeajm6DG1fLz5If7mwkfr1tsLCpFKYB5YCe3FkYyGMTKIUJtGSA1rt-dhT5I9lTxJYoC7bOrVIAlqdB_hlpkkjK6fZJDTtlfzJjujTol7zp7xf0Is54M8bUJwDPn0-5HOq9OyDM_aUTeOFIk5pYxsah_W-WcYxYEu_JmFRC35FQw/s4032/Salvia%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(212).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjoCUzEyzFRzgV81Jeajm6DG1fLz5If7mwkfr1tsLCpFKYB5YCe3FkYyGMTKIUJtGSA1rt-dhT5I9lTxJYoC7bOrVIAlqdB_hlpkkjK6fZJDTtlfzJjujTol7zp7xf0Is54M8bUJwDPn0-5HOq9OyDM_aUTeOFIk5pYxsah_W-WcYxYEu_JmFRC35FQw/w480-h640/Salvia%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(212).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Salvia </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The only <i>Salvia </i>we saw. But a good one!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij44V_adlkWu-Vh94deFfn3GCVE0Sf_dvlzxKs2HC-E0MLiaxRnUTb8kFvgc61q87s3dTcnBCes6ItEihU0PHPrfBPF_a46OmKKwRN251Nl4dGPmWieBWrP9o85OlYg8tjpXE7FxCLouT_IhNEd9NbW1Hsdd_We8skvBHlJuJFM7lvFRfuqQqIU06NHzY/s4032/Silene%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(57).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij44V_adlkWu-Vh94deFfn3GCVE0Sf_dvlzxKs2HC-E0MLiaxRnUTb8kFvgc61q87s3dTcnBCes6ItEihU0PHPrfBPF_a46OmKKwRN251Nl4dGPmWieBWrP9o85OlYg8tjpXE7FxCLouT_IhNEd9NbW1Hsdd_We8skvBHlJuJFM7lvFRfuqQqIU06NHzY/w480-h640/Silene%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(57).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Silene</span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> thysanodes</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I stumbled on only one plant of this catchfly--which was quite reminiscent of some of our alpine sorts and other Eurasian species--another temperate climate link<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoVqgwpi5HsmnbzjtPxGWKzdyLU7UaLmrsCpFlpwpvQZcUPV9JUkY49YVD5lgx83Uca0zk4dD1Kyej6e9jEG8R7ho81TnPrV_eUur-Kl-DCGp5L0uYjQXrlQIhLbrEFaF9S5F0XfDwGYuKj4h67Wr5tX688gFmeeonjzZtYoVCZ0hUMU5KuqFi0Bay0o/s4032/Stachys%20elliptica%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(60).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXoVqgwpi5HsmnbzjtPxGWKzdyLU7UaLmrsCpFlpwpvQZcUPV9JUkY49YVD5lgx83Uca0zk4dD1Kyej6e9jEG8R7ho81TnPrV_eUur-Kl-DCGp5L0uYjQXrlQIhLbrEFaF9S5F0XfDwGYuKj4h67Wr5tX688gFmeeonjzZtYoVCZ0hUMU5KuqFi0Bay0o/w640-h480/Stachys%20elliptica%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(60).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><i>Stachys elliptica</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Of course, dead nettles are common in South Africa--although the bulk of the genus is unquestionably Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian. But great to find a familiar face! We saw this several times--not rare!</div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBombOJK2arCiV_IzQ8tK7YxpwPcEpgrUvm7eN_ldlr59Hwd7qQm3KkYW5Fawd91dXV3CPBUQTxpSqc8vfmyuvGRkDDSVDn7RhTBXaT3ABgR2-v9qi5_nrcxdEYLHNqBc8X6BVsoroYwV5v5C_xQ17YXUhyphenhyphenG4JImoXpOECA4kP9fdrmr4dOJeIhSHeaI/s4032/Stelis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(230).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBombOJK2arCiV_IzQ8tK7YxpwPcEpgrUvm7eN_ldlr59Hwd7qQm3KkYW5Fawd91dXV3CPBUQTxpSqc8vfmyuvGRkDDSVDn7RhTBXaT3ABgR2-v9qi5_nrcxdEYLHNqBc8X6BVsoroYwV5v5C_xQ17YXUhyphenhyphenG4JImoXpOECA4kP9fdrmr4dOJeIhSHeaI/w640-h480/Stelis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(230).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stelis galeata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Nothing like this in the temperate zone: huge clumps of orchids all over the bald, rocky hillside!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKma7Cq9jEKWpxUPHCl08bh-O-atiUoicDL3ghRKsdhqNvNbn06lZjh07_M-ni1kuBhAKQF2gfX4jv7RXlaCVRC6o7fvjBobdJ_LRKU6rS0KfelDZdY4isd68aWlPe-ub_P5eUrzWtaCCjYWYYYvsTgdr_To-s6C1DxsmhfIqXVAzwRumoqU-8avWzMo8/s4032/Stelis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(231).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKma7Cq9jEKWpxUPHCl08bh-O-atiUoicDL3ghRKsdhqNvNbn06lZjh07_M-ni1kuBhAKQF2gfX4jv7RXlaCVRC6o7fvjBobdJ_LRKU6rS0KfelDZdY4isd68aWlPe-ub_P5eUrzWtaCCjYWYYYvsTgdr_To-s6C1DxsmhfIqXVAzwRumoqU-8avWzMo8/w480-h640/Stelis%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(231).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stelis galeata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Not the showiest of orchids! But fun to find!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrL7Et_JkLNZwQXhXQl7oiLiLc6GcRPwK4-i-LikAycBlJM8HscCAdBMO7Z1JWCz6uICg6P1A5myujKzNK3IvWI26R1-mUmXraZ2-9vTA5yHpBOUYlcO3DLJvV9RT_zzogML5sLk8mHPmamgm1lAvUTpznQB-VSCiba8bzaA6RpaVLj3dfqAqS3A2MSts/s4032/Stellaria%20recurvata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(63).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrL7Et_JkLNZwQXhXQl7oiLiLc6GcRPwK4-i-LikAycBlJM8HscCAdBMO7Z1JWCz6uICg6P1A5myujKzNK3IvWI26R1-mUmXraZ2-9vTA5yHpBOUYlcO3DLJvV9RT_zzogML5sLk8mHPmamgm1lAvUTpznQB-VSCiba8bzaA6RpaVLj3dfqAqS3A2MSts/w480-h640/Stellaria%20recurvata%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(63).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stellaria recurvata </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Several similar caryophylls can be found all over the Northern Hemisphere--another of our "link" species..</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoTesu6MyWHGXjbYiMDkIlv_8yQFW6sqRLWRk2meRSeBuufOkWAtyGXiMwv_N-K6iNSpijZ54LgYwRciGbwUJjlMdEVu3PA5zPrRE3W821qZ6StynzQCC04zNQm78S7TRtxujd7OdLj61Ldj78PWqNPFWA9OT16nadjYELCDmplDXPQjRYh5EIntZBoo/s4032/Tillandsia%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(149).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoTesu6MyWHGXjbYiMDkIlv_8yQFW6sqRLWRk2meRSeBuufOkWAtyGXiMwv_N-K6iNSpijZ54LgYwRciGbwUJjlMdEVu3PA5zPrRE3W821qZ6StynzQCC04zNQm78S7TRtxujd7OdLj61Ldj78PWqNPFWA9OT16nadjYELCDmplDXPQjRYh5EIntZBoo/w480-h640/Tillandsia%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(149).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bromeliad</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And then there were bromeliads--not just Puya: not something you'd stumble upon in the Rockies!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiFTR34VyG85XudRNoskoZ7FzHz7GCq6sXBVTHp3u7WPZkWKW6XEFUN2tVDd3cfs4lI-qvemqga-87nFJSc_sW8ymmh_-2FlXW1zRDD_a5zycljYa9k3bETmu5cWII7o3bbdXsJsuf-h7roukzwWNy0jC_PlavYtkmG6lh9sj4r7E7FLpAVtkMnm7wYY/s4032/Tristerix%20longebracteatus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(165).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiFTR34VyG85XudRNoskoZ7FzHz7GCq6sXBVTHp3u7WPZkWKW6XEFUN2tVDd3cfs4lI-qvemqga-87nFJSc_sW8ymmh_-2FlXW1zRDD_a5zycljYa9k3bETmu5cWII7o3bbdXsJsuf-h7roukzwWNy0jC_PlavYtkmG6lh9sj4r7E7FLpAVtkMnm7wYY/w480-h640/Tristerix%20longebracteatus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(165).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tristerix longebracteatus </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I was familiar with this genus growing parasitically on columnar cacti in Chile--it is undoubtedly hosted by one of the plants it's grown on. A very beautiful parasite!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDk8UPNmMbRZb-Oxx37gXwv-PsTElR4ppJ_NpTXofb7uaKl2Cj2nS1e-C-02wleUfNiRRqo3cRHuk7KCwhnxFlymV9LaqeI_Gog61i8H-zilQhAttYeNi5WVxQPQ29prVhl_hJ1-Y0OZdAzLzwiFehi-6Kij1ysRnAJm2Zzo8lAD6_7eKkPgd4hGN-fI/s4032/Vaccinium%20floribundum%20Cotopaxi%201%202024-01-14%20(33).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDk8UPNmMbRZb-Oxx37gXwv-PsTElR4ppJ_NpTXofb7uaKl2Cj2nS1e-C-02wleUfNiRRqo3cRHuk7KCwhnxFlymV9LaqeI_Gog61i8H-zilQhAttYeNi5WVxQPQ29prVhl_hJ1-Y0OZdAzLzwiFehi-6Kij1ysRnAJm2Zzo8lAD6_7eKkPgd4hGN-fI/w640-h480/Vaccinium%20floribundum%20Cotopaxi%201%202024-01-14%20(33).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vaccinium floribundum </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Almost looking like some Pacific Northwestern blueberries--this robust species grew everywhere, often a meter or more tall!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z27XJY9M1XIWvZygIRgdR8yN1Kn1OGpVcrkCy1ie9QkA1IYMNjJrmRBGNMgR6hvC2siTnCG_vFqLp46yAdyDl3lOdVxK_QDdsjLcSLOr3J2FhHuZykG_PGt8KWqT6QRfmj1PNuBswkSLBhyphenhyphencsQbe5NUFb_LrOWQmoyBx4qPk1bViGqwhyphenhyphenL2EAMNhtiw/s4032/Vaccinium%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(159).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z27XJY9M1XIWvZygIRgdR8yN1Kn1OGpVcrkCy1ie9QkA1IYMNjJrmRBGNMgR6hvC2siTnCG_vFqLp46yAdyDl3lOdVxK_QDdsjLcSLOr3J2FhHuZykG_PGt8KWqT6QRfmj1PNuBswkSLBhyphenhyphencsQbe5NUFb_LrOWQmoyBx4qPk1bViGqwhyphenhyphenL2EAMNhtiw/w640-h480/Vaccinium%20sp.%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(159).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vaccinium floribundum <br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The fruit weren't quite ripe: I should have tried them anyway!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBL8ECn7rvdPyoc4jsZjDBvspKzAnkXzkbronfHuvNEB-1bqUbsKJkwq_480CoQnNkWjHL7hj0u0pJ6rFVwK65xlXwzHGyzUZkBIZmBWkjgJcVfIEACRM2yvmOsIRzZhbuh3NC2ugB0GqZ7RjJQGRCeEjG40-OAy7dyTHJraCxzGtWiEkv8HV_cJC0z0/s3501/Valeriana%20microphylla%202024-01-14.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3501" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBL8ECn7rvdPyoc4jsZjDBvspKzAnkXzkbronfHuvNEB-1bqUbsKJkwq_480CoQnNkWjHL7hj0u0pJ6rFVwK65xlXwzHGyzUZkBIZmBWkjgJcVfIEACRM2yvmOsIRzZhbuh3NC2ugB0GqZ7RjJQGRCeEjG40-OAy7dyTHJraCxzGtWiEkv8HV_cJC0z0/w552-h640/Valeriana%20microphylla%202024-01-14.JPG" width="552" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Valeriana microphylla </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are amazing herbaceous valerians here. The genus seems much more polymorphic in South America--I don't know shrubby valerians in the northern Hemisphere (although there are plenty). This graceful shrub grew everywhere. Not the best of fragrances, incidentally</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGlHFIhi1QV_j-xlVBL4ucmEFocmX2IRlKda0IrKk4SVrX__xEAB4iJVYHz6379U9Hs9kMO6CnRsKvY9wcaNJzxM8_Vcgc1zLsBbQWw-5HrkNPBbUHDFWQW4q__A2wi6xSUn4d7RXvcUZhEKHcNerURhMzsQRAbuk5VKYM7MKalXvL2odc8ufjlOGS24/s4032/Valeriana%20microphylla%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(33).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGlHFIhi1QV_j-xlVBL4ucmEFocmX2IRlKda0IrKk4SVrX__xEAB4iJVYHz6379U9Hs9kMO6CnRsKvY9wcaNJzxM8_Vcgc1zLsBbQWw-5HrkNPBbUHDFWQW4q__A2wi6xSUn4d7RXvcUZhEKHcNerURhMzsQRAbuk5VKYM7MKalXvL2odc8ufjlOGS24/w480-h640/Valeriana%20microphylla%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(33).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Valeriana microphylla </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxy_UgJ_nCTw5cZN3mCrd75fR7SPCBCFyBqwMYGNXCMQ_9KJOIItNj1r8DSz-GunGjjwAzZov-h6lX7Nig0auZeR_iFVys9sumoqvX4iDrcn9lgXF9V8g-r8iqsySQl_TJIFSMJtfagxbqPA5Yh5g9E0uqcUQ7O-NGC9g9nTrffiGWwHau_gEs-eP0tFM/s4032/Vallea%20stipularis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(196).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxy_UgJ_nCTw5cZN3mCrd75fR7SPCBCFyBqwMYGNXCMQ_9KJOIItNj1r8DSz-GunGjjwAzZov-h6lX7Nig0auZeR_iFVys9sumoqvX4iDrcn9lgXF9V8g-r8iqsySQl_TJIFSMJtfagxbqPA5Yh5g9E0uqcUQ7O-NGC9g9nTrffiGWwHau_gEs-eP0tFM/w640-h480/Vallea%20stipularis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(196).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vallea stipularis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">I was totally stumped by this plant--which suggested a pink <i>Halesia</i>. Turns out it's in the <span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> Elaeocarpaceae--a family I've never heard of. Identified for me on a Facebook Plant Idents site my friend Janet Davis posted a stunning picture of it she took at RBG Kew. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagNTh0f21qVwaXL7stCuXTnxevYAnbgOKTrfvE24NWfZ9NBxTxcrU6w-AO0z-9s3ge7umSZeDq3WQXKVsv7ifCKgf6IPDouIii_Xg_zb_FxF4hr_CAmuNc9XOTI-BVjRQaLwmhASIKyr8erg5YQGTxkr2lctcTZQZfzpoQbJPVfAP6Dn_fC3nBWXadmU/s4032/Vallea%20stipularis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(198).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagNTh0f21qVwaXL7stCuXTnxevYAnbgOKTrfvE24NWfZ9NBxTxcrU6w-AO0z-9s3ge7umSZeDq3WQXKVsv7ifCKgf6IPDouIii_Xg_zb_FxF4hr_CAmuNc9XOTI-BVjRQaLwmhASIKyr8erg5YQGTxkr2lctcTZQZfzpoQbJPVfAP6Dn_fC3nBWXadmU/w480-h640/Vallea%20stipularis%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(198).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFyjlCfcDXYSH6CtKJPa9mlCjzWCvbJPehC0_8_OubarBdyNmAdeRPsiG3j2DFKgwP5tPuMKajx9XpOkUCcS-pkorZaL299v1seO2u3mww3Vv7cPw9SHmfmSbKIHjYZtniFhA0lCpAHW-P7qp1slUImqCtMhC48wCWL60iy8xN8agauKXep0pQ5W_jfA/s4032/Werneria%20nubigena%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(117).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFyjlCfcDXYSH6CtKJPa9mlCjzWCvbJPehC0_8_OubarBdyNmAdeRPsiG3j2DFKgwP5tPuMKajx9XpOkUCcS-pkorZaL299v1seO2u3mww3Vv7cPw9SHmfmSbKIHjYZtniFhA0lCpAHW-P7qp1slUImqCtMhC48wCWL60iy8xN8agauKXep0pQ5W_jfA/w640-h480/Werneria%20nubigena%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(117).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4><i>Werneria </i>(<a class="sciname species display-name" href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1421293" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; content: ""; font-style: italic; line-height: 40px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Rockhausenia) nubigena</a></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">I was shocked to see this famous Werneria is now being stuffed into a new generic name (I'm resisting). My friend and mentor Paul Maslin collected seed of Werneria--which did not thrive in Colorado. I found only one plant--and was happy to do that!</div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAmfvXqTuyjUdIwSrZ3a0INxh9lzLSm12ulEXqF-pgzliOY_Bv4DornOFcPAx9sUyPVhLqskPOPW8TQHVUqxhZqloVVm0ZpcfUHoY_MKBIvI95v0Lh3Bo8dfke0CDXF9M0tIOJXoXDpX0H7_QA70M-Cx1pG1PARVCeX3ac0oQtmJxzW22tF9CXy32FS0/s4032/Barbara%20Young%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAmfvXqTuyjUdIwSrZ3a0INxh9lzLSm12ulEXqF-pgzliOY_Bv4DornOFcPAx9sUyPVhLqskPOPW8TQHVUqxhZqloVVm0ZpcfUHoY_MKBIvI95v0Lh3Bo8dfke0CDXF9M0tIOJXoXDpX0H7_QA70M-Cx1pG1PARVCeX3ac0oQtmJxzW22tF9CXy32FS0/w480-h640/Barbara%20Young%20Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(5).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15,000' trailhead (with Barbara Young)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>My friend and fellow traveler, Barbara Young, proving she made it to 15,000': our climb from here to base camp for climbing Cotopaxi at 16,000' was axed do to 80+ mile an hour winds and horizontal snow. Who knows what we might have seen and photographed had the weather been calm and clear: this Blog post would be far longer, that I'm sure of!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeeS_pFuBZHGQD3yr6V0WwgSrETQC0zIZi2KQ5766iR1cEuOBVP4Ftwwv7BB_OAjgXBayUICKHEV9jrHPgofoQswpwf8QdqFdJrDDwKEYGbyEf23KNQthuFJmRKX8nO717GLMtyYRNWzqGAPhJn72C7t2Y39cRWJklnhT4dEDijLmROfjI5NQbnjhfqc/s4032/Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(9).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeeS_pFuBZHGQD3yr6V0WwgSrETQC0zIZi2KQ5766iR1cEuOBVP4Ftwwv7BB_OAjgXBayUICKHEV9jrHPgofoQswpwf8QdqFdJrDDwKEYGbyEf23KNQthuFJmRKX8nO717GLMtyYRNWzqGAPhJn72C7t2Y39cRWJklnhT4dEDijLmROfjI5NQbnjhfqc/w480-h640/Cotopaxi%202%202024-01-16%20(9).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Beckoning the brave back to the safety of the van!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpDTDJm-siB5z5xi-cvmKUXqhdGGHhmkQq5H3AqQ99Cyo85SHUXmrKOWTUh-DJJsf-7plLOYPF8evu-HCG0p2v1Z-UwbQzDyfolQeYBfa7rdRTR0_Y2-g21YX5ira75mwZEmXb3Qlk6swwPIhMUonjkOY2acLkftNLEv58RbiRpOyRsoiRnv8QXyMWXk/s4032/Senecio%20niveoaureus%20Cotopaxi%201%202024-01-14%20(33).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpDTDJm-siB5z5xi-cvmKUXqhdGGHhmkQq5H3AqQ99Cyo85SHUXmrKOWTUh-DJJsf-7plLOYPF8evu-HCG0p2v1Z-UwbQzDyfolQeYBfa7rdRTR0_Y2-g21YX5ira75mwZEmXb3Qlk6swwPIhMUonjkOY2acLkftNLEv58RbiRpOyRsoiRnv8QXyMWXk/w640-h480/Senecio%20niveoaureus%20Cotopaxi%201%202024-01-14%20(33).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Senecio niveoaureus </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>I can't leave the paramo without sharing this picture of what we supposed at first was an <i>Espeletia</i>: as it was, we never saw that mythical genus (it might have been along the highest part of the hike we never took on Cotopaxi): a bit of research revealed this is a native composite of the northern Andes--obviously cultivated at the elegant resort that was our home base. That's Jessie--one of our delightful hosts!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxD8H4QBWcj9aLRkVaDXnysqbCmoxV_V6E-1kNePzSFHIQeLkRQq-c4ml6mTgitO67KvXa4hQa-EsR5lHDzox_A2ldeZwA4aYhOzPs6QCsAXOEZMtdiEsXtI51qa9m7hzfVVxgUau0OKxvFd1stYGOwyf6vCO5E7sDpijBRU4vF8KSxGK8m_2D5f4H30/s4032/Senecio%20niveoaureus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(180).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxD8H4QBWcj9aLRkVaDXnysqbCmoxV_V6E-1kNePzSFHIQeLkRQq-c4ml6mTgitO67KvXa4hQa-EsR5lHDzox_A2ldeZwA4aYhOzPs6QCsAXOEZMtdiEsXtI51qa9m7hzfVVxgUau0OKxvFd1stYGOwyf6vCO5E7sDpijBRU4vF8KSxGK8m_2D5f4H30/w480-h640/Senecio%20niveoaureus%20Cotopaxi%202024-01-14%20(180).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Closeup of this superb plant! The genus <i>Senecio </i>has a fantastic range of plant form...<br /><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQHTBesRxZnFRcn_9Ptn3P1FAvGSmlk1ncW8uqxbEGyz_iu_D7oGjzFelDTGtHaf4Ds6Hmaekm_Nh-1WDvonrRu96BQp4kSGWtSIrsHHxff4f8HS4A_8e5f584rcVB0FQzxkNdv4r6hIdYrfPdMwCkoPltiCt-9nR5Nk0E78IFiylLRUd98tO58T5Dcs/s2669/Cotopaxi%20from%20airplane%20B%202024-01-25%20(31)2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="2669" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQHTBesRxZnFRcn_9Ptn3P1FAvGSmlk1ncW8uqxbEGyz_iu_D7oGjzFelDTGtHaf4Ds6Hmaekm_Nh-1WDvonrRu96BQp4kSGWtSIrsHHxff4f8HS4A_8e5f584rcVB0FQzxkNdv4r6hIdYrfPdMwCkoPltiCt-9nR5Nk0E78IFiylLRUd98tO58T5Dcs/w640-h544/Cotopaxi%20from%20airplane%20B%202024-01-25%20(31)2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cotopaxi from the plane</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The last glimpse of Cotopaxi from our airplane on our 32 hour trip home. A direct flight Quito-Denver would have only been five or six hours long...but we took a creative route from Galapagos--getting into and out of six boats, two or three buses, four plane departures and landings and quite a few hours sitting around two airports. Not that I'm complaining or anything!</div><div><br /></div><div>It was worth it!<br /><p>P.S. aside from the paramo, we spent time in and around Quito--which is in altogether a different ecosystem almost resembling chaparral), four days in the incredible cloud forest and of course the Galapagos--a mecca for all Darwinists [of which I am one]. The whole trip exceeded my fond expectations--my gratitude to Denver Botanic Gardens for making it happen, Sheridan Samano and Reefs to Rockies for mapping it out and our Ecuadorian tour company and leaders Antonio Jaramillo and Fabian Romero and my fellow tour travelers whose enthusiasm and company made the trip a hoot!</p></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-4350447559033734982024-02-04T09:43:00.000-08:002024-02-04T13:19:42.450-08:00GONZO Webinar! Miss at your peril...State of the Art gardening<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_g1eQJpmgLHszAPnSMtuBf3rPKJiOnC_uhZU_0Ph5LQbUCX4d3NoWOvu6LSdXQH44yKXeS1vZr2kfE1CzpgyjagBl7tbRR3bgnp_mPNFbo3jl9v78puoetUHnMFofBND_Q_vN2XTMfRogCklhwRN57ium2uB0RCwfDMN1yrt1aCqiipEDpU1MPvH20A/s300/-Acantholimon-trojanum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="298" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_g1eQJpmgLHszAPnSMtuBf3rPKJiOnC_uhZU_0Ph5LQbUCX4d3NoWOvu6LSdXQH44yKXeS1vZr2kfE1CzpgyjagBl7tbRR3bgnp_mPNFbo3jl9v78puoetUHnMFofBND_Q_vN2XTMfRogCklhwRN57ium2uB0RCwfDMN1yrt1aCqiipEDpU1MPvH20A/w636-h640/-Acantholimon-trojanum.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Acantholimon trojanum</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Arguably the best Acantholimon for just about anywhere (it thrives in Vail, Colorado; Victoria, British Columbia and [most importantly for me] in Denver, Colorado. I believe it will grow for you too! (click <a href="https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2017/10/" style="background-color: #fcff01;" target="_blank">here </a>if you're as nuts about spikethrifts as I am!)</div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCS6K6RM5-Xr5L69ebkKn9mPBjOZuWzxy1ugveO0PH9dJejs5pzG7CL2T-5zwd1tYVUyG-TL_Fx9nqYkPeEkP4D4DngfToa11b3KojGRdB_jaEsMk8iyfNmFwvWzJO0-URoFNC3sEvp7hSbkNkH6dSXA2FDIzSFRgOqRdqxpuIdog5-lsxOID7ZB32WA/s1280/Slide1%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCS6K6RM5-Xr5L69ebkKn9mPBjOZuWzxy1ugveO0PH9dJejs5pzG7CL2T-5zwd1tYVUyG-TL_Fx9nqYkPeEkP4D4DngfToa11b3KojGRdB_jaEsMk8iyfNmFwvWzJO0-URoFNC3sEvp7hSbkNkH6dSXA2FDIzSFRgOqRdqxpuIdog5-lsxOID7ZB32WA/w640-h360/Slide1%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Is there a more vivid demonstration of the power of Crevice Gardening: the young Paul Spriggs was charming enough in a sort of Hobbit fashion, but just look what publishing a best-selling book can do for you? Paul grows<i> Acantholimon trojanum</i> like a WEED--not to mention no end of saxifrages, eriogonums, rhododendrons--you name it. He is a master builder of countless gardens of all kinds--but this will be the first look into his private gem..see below...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQnAVfC91UdF9LkYpVDdST10ElvLdxITWD70C6q2G_q7bSFeqaiu84hEOP_q5OvSHhFl7TjhJwXrpOBEy_Mz9EED6vXeVWw-YmD5Y0dJS35QA717kh33JsxkCpGYBPWBMKoLuf35QVmcU9WCpmr7m4cPmHeyCGXnGohW2eE-eY_XZOzbcsqjDjiLmT9A/s5184/IMG_0476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQnAVfC91UdF9LkYpVDdST10ElvLdxITWD70C6q2G_q7bSFeqaiu84hEOP_q5OvSHhFl7TjhJwXrpOBEy_Mz9EED6vXeVWw-YmD5Y0dJS35QA717kh33JsxkCpGYBPWBMKoLuf35QVmcU9WCpmr7m4cPmHeyCGXnGohW2eE-eY_XZOzbcsqjDjiLmT9A/w640-h426/IMG_0476.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just one glimpse of Paul's home rock garden: there are more--enough to knock your socks off~!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgQkCtByCX1krkKoYFFOLvzQsiq-MLxO1az-w__e-1F8jVlq3vg2beZTSOo682EEvIPguGcYrCLuqfuZCx0Ho44HXLZr5wTpsaxGZ7kxS2qWh9a6KsiSQU4OsVgcuhkE0rrvLgDWlLXm3fO7HUou9V5YHgmWv-jNUQ3Bx6u294vel2ULtfzNP8sMZpFQ/s301/accPaul-Spriggs-Bio-Photo-Justin-Law.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="301" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgQkCtByCX1krkKoYFFOLvzQsiq-MLxO1az-w__e-1F8jVlq3vg2beZTSOo682EEvIPguGcYrCLuqfuZCx0Ho44HXLZr5wTpsaxGZ7kxS2qWh9a6KsiSQU4OsVgcuhkE0rrvLgDWlLXm3fO7HUou9V5YHgmWv-jNUQ3Bx6u294vel2ULtfzNP8sMZpFQ/w640-h638/accPaul-Spriggs-Bio-Photo-Justin-Law.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>When you're this photogenic, we'd be crazy not to show a few more pictures of this handsome dude! Rock gardening is incredibly lucky to have him as champion. If you've never heard him, NOW is the time...if you HAVE heard him, you'll want to do so again (he is always fresh in what he presents. Don't be fooled by his good looks--Paul Spriggs has extraordinary depth of experience, knowledge and best of all a passion for plants and nature that is second to none).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSkhRc8BbL7hCVgAUhnx_lw-vkLGR95c0xId_-JN7VpfIKLnTX-i3lq0WrLmkiSG40G5Q_bD1pzGQrA8x_ukbiaL7MOQg_EhwdycdHUyMwXI1nzyq8iKU52knZKJhnyrbQO8oY_mERnqqrXDvnMf5ClhU1CCz_AT8u1WPs2lwhLiPa09kzaD3dXHi1hw/s2944/AdamBlackHeadshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="2944" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDSkhRc8BbL7hCVgAUhnx_lw-vkLGR95c0xId_-JN7VpfIKLnTX-i3lq0WrLmkiSG40G5Q_bD1pzGQrA8x_ukbiaL7MOQg_EhwdycdHUyMwXI1nzyq8iKU52knZKJhnyrbQO8oY_mERnqqrXDvnMf5ClhU1CCz_AT8u1WPs2lwhLiPa09kzaD3dXHi1hw/w640-h480/AdamBlackHeadshot.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adam Black</td></tr></tbody></table><br />If you do not know Adam Black, it is time for you to come out from your cave or clammy rock where you've been hiding. I regard Adam as America's premier field botanist--not only because he's seen every dang plant I've never even heard of, but photographed it stunningly and shared information about it in a variety of media. Adam is curator associated with<a href="https://www.bartlett.com/bartlett-arboretum.cfm" style="background-color: #fcff01;" target="_blank"> Bartlett Arboretum </a>in Charlotte, North Carolina.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhw2rSl7hber2UoC4D4p6OrEm-X1Pw4sdJawKLRkYR5vIRM7_njlQh1-x6F9TpMNZXo2s_do50FhDIlKSceht8wdrA00OLTz3pi9em9XmnT-8PXNhyphenhyphenLr9WFXdYrnYKgdsXyw_oISwriEqHvZoeIll7CmOQ2PvPg2lFVknbjXGEs4wCP4jh3q3GNAwBeE/s300/addTony-Avent.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhw2rSl7hber2UoC4D4p6OrEm-X1Pw4sdJawKLRkYR5vIRM7_njlQh1-x6F9TpMNZXo2s_do50FhDIlKSceht8wdrA00OLTz3pi9em9XmnT-8PXNhyphenhyphenLr9WFXdYrnYKgdsXyw_oISwriEqHvZoeIll7CmOQ2PvPg2lFVknbjXGEs4wCP4jh3q3GNAwBeE/w640-h640/addTony-Avent.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony Avent</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I feel pretty confident in saying Tony Avent is America's greatest plantsman: I know no other person who has grown a wider spectrum of species of plants, introduced more novel plants to horticulture, and has a deeper and wider knowledge of horticulture--not just herbaceous and woody, but the actual culture of what plants need to grow. The glossy Plant Delights catalog belies the vastness and depth of what is contained in Juniper Level Botanic Gardens--which contains more plants new to culture than any botanic garden in North America I can think of. Tony's artistry in his shade gardens is breathtaking: he will share some of the best woodland plants he's grown. I am quite sure you will not know most of them!</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27NunRYX2v3w54t_yx6aYFnYwH2mn89Ea93KoGRjnim1h57IMfQYRczbXYyUXawmLeYKqbb4PsylyB-KKN4S0Tmz66OFJUnu6pACBdsl3Lyze9xuXS9xLgLxDKV5RODzK8m03apOwpa9juTKTGHAlmQ4oRIRcn8YF_slWBoXye-3okiX9PiES6JTWUy0/s300/Cremastra-appendiculata-in-flower.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27NunRYX2v3w54t_yx6aYFnYwH2mn89Ea93KoGRjnim1h57IMfQYRczbXYyUXawmLeYKqbb4PsylyB-KKN4S0Tmz66OFJUnu6pACBdsl3Lyze9xuXS9xLgLxDKV5RODzK8m03apOwpa9juTKTGHAlmQ4oRIRcn8YF_slWBoXye-3okiX9PiES6JTWUy0/w640-h640/Cremastra-appendiculata-in-flower.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cremastra-appendiculata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibACBPc2H3uvGMq2JvHRg9Jdh_SvfiIiMjydjSsO29H-E6iY5oi1e9XDNwj8fYdvmpR119vxercgVP0sB_lEjnHDrtvYwDLJcddLXE7GDyUmSuPbTnyWGF5fwV_FQRzUP5909w_sDtIkkxD5TJpR2nHm3bJuQVJ-FAHpccErCOxbeKaeSjotKPyA5Zdmg/s300/Hemiboea-subacaulis-Jiangxii-Bells-in-flower.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibACBPc2H3uvGMq2JvHRg9Jdh_SvfiIiMjydjSsO29H-E6iY5oi1e9XDNwj8fYdvmpR119vxercgVP0sB_lEjnHDrtvYwDLJcddLXE7GDyUmSuPbTnyWGF5fwV_FQRzUP5909w_sDtIkkxD5TJpR2nHm3bJuQVJ-FAHpccErCOxbeKaeSjotKPyA5Zdmg/w640-h640/Hemiboea-subacaulis-Jiangxii-Bells-in-flower.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hemiboea subacaulis</i> (Jiangxii-Bells)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14JFvFZiNjs-WWvmJVM6yxmP81QVUmKh76AWsDvgrCr7TpK5O7oLs5EGPAZPiOjI74UFWLAcgcLsw3R2VL-ydk73BQFCAjq3i5pJ_-M7v5U3hNtuY8tQ12ID8GLYMWGHD17WqRxiKvNzzFQU79zfrcp96n9KGwSrU_Hn2Y0HSE7gXW3xwRqeO8fXO6F4/s301/Silene-Laciniata2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="301" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14JFvFZiNjs-WWvmJVM6yxmP81QVUmKh76AWsDvgrCr7TpK5O7oLs5EGPAZPiOjI74UFWLAcgcLsw3R2VL-ydk73BQFCAjq3i5pJ_-M7v5U3hNtuY8tQ12ID8GLYMWGHD17WqRxiKvNzzFQU79zfrcp96n9KGwSrU_Hn2Y0HSE7gXW3xwRqeO8fXO6F4/w640-h638/Silene-Laciniata2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Silene laciniata</i></td></tr></tbody></table>This will turn up in one of the talks...watch to see which one!<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaIEYopN6jEYGapyq3Jj6hr6ukZ8izZXqEVpzxUj37EbbC3eU2KTn9gxr4c5OzYkT4gGd9Ap9m_niDhBNVwG9YqAGJlSNfgiea4UT3Lc9497e7uFY9xh1UoNRuW9uXNfIsZWHeg96zbtHni2Dw2-4znDoT2ehJ4goicIh4NeYtLVoobF2I1a40qTmiKo/s3303/Edraianthus2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2478" data-original-width="3303" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaIEYopN6jEYGapyq3Jj6hr6ukZ8izZXqEVpzxUj37EbbC3eU2KTn9gxr4c5OzYkT4gGd9Ap9m_niDhBNVwG9YqAGJlSNfgiea4UT3Lc9497e7uFY9xh1UoNRuW9uXNfIsZWHeg96zbtHni2Dw2-4znDoT2ehJ4goicIh4NeYtLVoobF2I1a40qTmiKo/w640-h480/Edraianthus2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Edraianthus pumilio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p>One of innumerable alpine gems growing in an extraordinary garden in Goshen, Connecticut...</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlsiVkxR6D63D8EsJxMLRtSYi0wjRhYWdQTQO7mhs9P-ZO35O8bqqhy_Yr6sd_vh_VpnDZNjtNLurN4wzEVfr6Ll-y7BrQr6xRXXZ-fuC1R5aiLTyfJlW0m2uiHRsu0w_BhxU8CQ519IqHk8k2Y4MmweoFntJVCxKVP-PgP6MM_7bg-UQUR0FTc6HAds/s4000/20230907_180915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlsiVkxR6D63D8EsJxMLRtSYi0wjRhYWdQTQO7mhs9P-ZO35O8bqqhy_Yr6sd_vh_VpnDZNjtNLurN4wzEVfr6Ll-y7BrQr6xRXXZ-fuC1R5aiLTyfJlW0m2uiHRsu0w_BhxU8CQ519IqHk8k2Y4MmweoFntJVCxKVP-PgP6MM_7bg-UQUR0FTc6HAds/w640-h298/20230907_180915.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A corner of what may be the most ambitious private rock garden in North America. The product of the combined talents of a wonderfully matched couple...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKi-em4dPshItTGIa0w_vx2j8yS7n9-Av2G46DshDwV60J3o4-KaryOIXRYreq7kVC-_IUANIFDuVUit2_q6r8Z4m7B0z0T4H8FD61yv-0ILoK9IyMhFmkdGj0PEE34zzKi32IRQFpPn4qHekSFE2neTAXwrqLufFBwjluyquMmJ1RjP6zdEHaXSeKgQc/s300/Zanders.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="299" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKi-em4dPshItTGIa0w_vx2j8yS7n9-Av2G46DshDwV60J3o4-KaryOIXRYreq7kVC-_IUANIFDuVUit2_q6r8Z4m7B0z0T4H8FD61yv-0ILoK9IyMhFmkdGj0PEE34zzKi32IRQFpPn4qHekSFE2neTAXwrqLufFBwjluyquMmJ1RjP6zdEHaXSeKgQc/w638-h640/Zanders.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><p>Rod Zander (on the left) is a master stone mason, rock jockey and more who's aided and abetted the unfathomable plant ambitions of Elisabeth (past president of NARGS and our webmaster!): both have traveled the world studying rocks and plants. Elisabeth has a deep, half-century's experience in all facets of gardening which are combining with Rod's talents into a gem of rock garden artistry: they will be sharing their secrets in the final talk.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TQhQeDkDYxlY9lhgKU8F9-DfWDCWvFRjePY3PiERKbKhI3DVfCuJ-m4nXcL0B3GqcL2KdXQKWTEEA57YichHqD33vjZ9HPyzCI8Un4t-g2g6jeEsUCq4eDmUyThWPsFVuTmMrYQEsUzVr7Mrb-hUV2IPLKqezUj0XYcNXph1q8yPY1sgJ2gW_0-BDGM/s300/zNivenia-binata.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TQhQeDkDYxlY9lhgKU8F9-DfWDCWvFRjePY3PiERKbKhI3DVfCuJ-m4nXcL0B3GqcL2KdXQKWTEEA57YichHqD33vjZ9HPyzCI8Un4t-g2g6jeEsUCq4eDmUyThWPsFVuTmMrYQEsUzVr7Mrb-hUV2IPLKqezUj0XYcNXph1q8yPY1sgJ2gW_0-BDGM/w640-h640/zNivenia-binata.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> Nivenia binata</i></td></tr></tbody></table>This extraordinary woody irid will be making an appearance next Saturday. I hope you will too!<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMrDjz7CTVMLA4Jkf-klhjgNk4rJshnzp0IhlAzlPoCZc9tK3VrsjgiufZgC27Qe-RAgIKsH6LDrNjlyShuaKCeHEUZPl2vuI4BH7iu_3PRuwQ2fIhOsYQPtvhVGc9-0lBkxtmb1LJTsQz6tNPfBYAGfMhyphenhyphenVqbSsO9wGVhvC1yTDboP0hDBtrE6pGROA/s1326/zz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1326" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMrDjz7CTVMLA4Jkf-klhjgNk4rJshnzp0IhlAzlPoCZc9tK3VrsjgiufZgC27Qe-RAgIKsH6LDrNjlyShuaKCeHEUZPl2vuI4BH7iu_3PRuwQ2fIhOsYQPtvhVGc9-0lBkxtmb1LJTsQz6tNPfBYAGfMhyphenhyphenVqbSsO9wGVhvC1yTDboP0hDBtrE6pGROA/w640-h348/zz.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> DO NOT PASS GO! Click<span style="color: #fcff01;"> <a href="https://www.nargs.org/nargs-rocks-what-new-rock-gardening-2" target="_blank">HERE</a> </span>to sign up right away for a fantastic journey in cutting edge gardening by North America's leading practitioners! Even if you can't watch it February 10, those who sign up can watch it afterwards when it's convenient. Hope you join me on the 10th!<p></p></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-21526874605144139752024-01-08T12:09:00.000-08:002024-01-08T12:09:59.969-08:00California dreamin'.....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqueUnPWoSclmnt2GEsfNJuxtsDvtPqYunr_4TupL41QBD8Lw7UrKICYsXGWB551rTAn0GsD5lvZ5xUznsnrbH2twkP8T66C1IPawNiGzJpHdTXewuPiKDkHzgupfnLivWS_ft7oOiHqNuCzgWa7Qiah2Ae_TZgjK6ySYqZIPc7TrrQWWBcnOHKcW6KYo/s1340/March%20Calif.%202010%20096.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqueUnPWoSclmnt2GEsfNJuxtsDvtPqYunr_4TupL41QBD8Lw7UrKICYsXGWB551rTAn0GsD5lvZ5xUznsnrbH2twkP8T66C1IPawNiGzJpHdTXewuPiKDkHzgupfnLivWS_ft7oOiHqNuCzgWa7Qiah2Ae_TZgjK6ySYqZIPc7TrrQWWBcnOHKcW6KYo/w466-h640/March%20Calif.%202010%20096.jpg" width="466" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dudleya cymosa</i></td></tr></tbody></table>This time of year a lot of Coloradoans (and people from other frosty climates) start dreaming about warmer, greener places. The #1 destination for me has been California since I was in single digits. My brother moved to the Bay area in 1957, and my two sisters followed to go to Berkeley--my mother and I would take the bus out to visit during Spring breaks throughout my childhood and later we'd fly every year--a habit that's only gotten worse. I suspect I've made of 100 trips to California in my life--often visiting twice or thrice a year! Oh the <i>Dudleya</i>! That is a story I told in the NARGS Quarterly...I shall follow up with a link, check back!<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGWKeygK_r-oOq2Uyaj_iBVqB-2k6BCkpnzfp4RFLLiJVl6hp3sQwvDIwe6Op-MY5ZDALM0ae-d6px4mAifeGZKXleVXOuz6YDhT-Yaa1CEbOSrUbou-ZOTssUzKkf6hyUF77pZhU2mtcSwZNfKChzNGWuji6dYf7n89dPfZqAjvkYFqRmispTBnyCKY/s2610/DSC01869.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2610" data-original-width="1923" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGWKeygK_r-oOq2Uyaj_iBVqB-2k6BCkpnzfp4RFLLiJVl6hp3sQwvDIwe6Op-MY5ZDALM0ae-d6px4mAifeGZKXleVXOuz6YDhT-Yaa1CEbOSrUbou-ZOTssUzKkf6hyUF77pZhU2mtcSwZNfKChzNGWuji6dYf7n89dPfZqAjvkYFqRmispTBnyCKY/w472-h640/DSC01869.JPG" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree fern frond<br /><div style="text-align: left;">We won't see fern fronds for many months (let alone tree fern fronds) but I took this picture mid-"winter" in California!</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oK3wCfkXFOZ2toqqQVhd9mb_pfSBe_u8nDlSST2P0nt30Ic80DaKfVZQkZSNEq2YrUbfERUqMZ6OO6nw5IN_IY16UuJoON-3GInLzMd80F_yuyx5qg7DMLuj_gtkbgTXKZh0URrec-yWxJKdkB0rskU-Wb0Ol0LR45854O7wbz58PNUXRIw3aCxxfaQ/s3018/DSC02804.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3018" data-original-width="2927" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oK3wCfkXFOZ2toqqQVhd9mb_pfSBe_u8nDlSST2P0nt30Ic80DaKfVZQkZSNEq2YrUbfERUqMZ6OO6nw5IN_IY16UuJoON-3GInLzMd80F_yuyx5qg7DMLuj_gtkbgTXKZh0URrec-yWxJKdkB0rskU-Wb0Ol0LR45854O7wbz58PNUXRIw3aCxxfaQ/w620-h640/DSC02804.JPG" width="620" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><i>Lewisia cotyledon </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I recall when Lewisia cotyledon was thought of as a difficult plant: I've seen it sold in grocery stores on occasion nowadays--one of many predominately California taxa (although this is found in the Siskiyous of Oregon as well, of course) that grace our gardens.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiffpsU0EM4TMEiUgLipbvGgP9mbJxkLlk9_uS5d2z1YQW95KbOBMNBB5wwwOpB5n0vW81org_oGTvUL8tIlFHX8dkwzHxhAOuUZPZGOx7UhyA8U5L9eH_joecx2Ydnuv8gQwW0X1yuCNTu0fQep-cHp1itl1IRMHdp7LaN3NzQ0pt_ILgC5zavBivTI/s4320/DSC02814.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiffpsU0EM4TMEiUgLipbvGgP9mbJxkLlk9_uS5d2z1YQW95KbOBMNBB5wwwOpB5n0vW81org_oGTvUL8tIlFHX8dkwzHxhAOuUZPZGOx7UhyA8U5L9eH_joecx2Ydnuv8gQwW0X1yuCNTu0fQep-cHp1itl1IRMHdp7LaN3NzQ0pt_ILgC5zavBivTI/w640-h480/DSC02814.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">University of California, Berkeley botanic garden </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first botanic garden I ever visited was the gem in Strawberry Canyon, still one of the finest gardens in the world. This will be part of this year's NARGS Study weekend in March!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlRd9LNzFdsJjSyIta796j-W_LkRDfLzaeypJzlN31c25YxlYJkiLOkNfG-QtFNPWYKpMMUcmf8lf0MiBz_GjsZdyEP4V3j7JWN-_5CJ3QXrLk6m90k_ux_Ka8Hr9fYN_tr_YbZuHFYXK6OmAP1T2SyGEaAq9dCcId59x-VvTTZ4Q1OYSuIAAx5UDwew/s4320/DSC08564.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlRd9LNzFdsJjSyIta796j-W_LkRDfLzaeypJzlN31c25YxlYJkiLOkNfG-QtFNPWYKpMMUcmf8lf0MiBz_GjsZdyEP4V3j7JWN-_5CJ3QXrLk6m90k_ux_Ka8Hr9fYN_tr_YbZuHFYXK6OmAP1T2SyGEaAq9dCcId59x-VvTTZ4Q1OYSuIAAx5UDwew/w640-h480/DSC08564.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><i>Cupressus sargentii</i> on Mount Tamalpais</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">And one of my favorite hikes will always be Mount Tamalpais, where gnarly forests of <i>Cupressus sargentii </i>are found on the Serpentine rock.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoWSWLpXHrWxwkw3FG-Sc9OrLuQuCqU3GvbUaHiE1XLCIEHsXGbvZ8LMcxP8E8MyJiYRwh6sXdHP4HC973MqNrs3xebO6GfwYT3Z5xQGXfu-XZSnKZmsBJaw6xNqOvrdDE_bSOAOL7kJ3R1EJHHHrT1P_EUN-CQGK30zljCalOMt2AIiD4l7_61FHkQc/s4320/DSC08584.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoWSWLpXHrWxwkw3FG-Sc9OrLuQuCqU3GvbUaHiE1XLCIEHsXGbvZ8LMcxP8E8MyJiYRwh6sXdHP4HC973MqNrs3xebO6GfwYT3Z5xQGXfu-XZSnKZmsBJaw6xNqOvrdDE_bSOAOL7kJ3R1EJHHHrT1P_EUN-CQGK30zljCalOMt2AIiD4l7_61FHkQc/w640-h480/DSC08584.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><i>Heteromeles arbutifolia </i>(Toyon)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nothing says Christmas to me better than Toyon: this is the "Holly and the Ivy" of the chaparral!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52kdJ4sSRRg9I_pINR7bzpARp7lbf3u_FYbT3imXeuB0Hb0Gt8IHzjpXebZUOKjo5BbJdnZE5qYu0vbRDFcJoGKXDs3JnWqszSR6iLZQQfP4sBqvSJLpEba0E-ZJS3cdZ2EFVbE3QE9LZziVcIbDHJig1kU2CeTN3buRQNpuJGWu7IRQ9lVPfQPMD5Ik/s4320/DSC08592.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4320" data-original-width="3240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52kdJ4sSRRg9I_pINR7bzpARp7lbf3u_FYbT3imXeuB0Hb0Gt8IHzjpXebZUOKjo5BbJdnZE5qYu0vbRDFcJoGKXDs3JnWqszSR6iLZQQfP4sBqvSJLpEba0E-ZJS3cdZ2EFVbE3QE9LZziVcIbDHJig1kU2CeTN3buRQNpuJGWu7IRQ9lVPfQPMD5Ik/w480-h640/DSC08592.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Woodwardia fimbriata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">I've dreamed one day we'd find a form of this growing high enough to be hardy on our cold, windy steppe--the sort of dream that keeps us motvated.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAHAVA6LO9wciNOQJgNI-ztAldgmakqAA2uFmIS97SEcul8_RwNApiybg2Tp5ZmbAAudqsPSfMJxCwy0IxjZyqFhxzcjaCiF4vvq68Eq4ixo0YQsELAb7qc5_1k7AMPeiam6jShUwQZXaSkzTlmJPWGkOAEWw03DtogD2IC1I96Y4J8IofyY7NTGUXqs/s2649/DSC09792.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="2649" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzAHAVA6LO9wciNOQJgNI-ztAldgmakqAA2uFmIS97SEcul8_RwNApiybg2Tp5ZmbAAudqsPSfMJxCwy0IxjZyqFhxzcjaCiF4vvq68Eq4ixo0YQsELAb7qc5_1k7AMPeiam6jShUwQZXaSkzTlmJPWGkOAEWw03DtogD2IC1I96Y4J8IofyY7NTGUXqs/w640-h616/DSC09792.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><i>Sisyrinchium bellum</i><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The blue eyed grasses bloom months earlier in California than in the Rockies. I love the satiny flowers on this one!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW9lEEzbGImGHOcbMdYstlI04KlF2YhkEN9l1FVev5xTpQV-9gMuBTKeqxcOw5Ps7_FxmuseSBSQxW-653Q02ugFqivB5qUzGP7PCiCC3FdKkB15uK7Ms1ABpDR2DHRW8f3qy3f0CYPhqxp4kag0km6c5ntojEU8IkAH5qWzxfFFifkqgeqFMWwVNotk/s2550/DSC09811.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2326" data-original-width="2550" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixW9lEEzbGImGHOcbMdYstlI04KlF2YhkEN9l1FVev5xTpQV-9gMuBTKeqxcOw5Ps7_FxmuseSBSQxW-653Q02ugFqivB5qUzGP7PCiCC3FdKkB15uK7Ms1ABpDR2DHRW8f3qy3f0CYPhqxp4kag0km6c5ntojEU8IkAH5qWzxfFFifkqgeqFMWwVNotk/w640-h584/DSC09811.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Iris macrosiphon</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">California boasts a wealth of native iris--in fact a whole section of the genus is named in honor of the state ("Californicae"). I've seen them in bloom from mid-winter to summer! But not in the fall yet...</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGBf0DRPmiYXvC5s8OgG5ak9FN7haJjAU9j3AIIKvZtcAgOSkvQ6xdcEsaAtaWB49n97q1VPentUg7WX6a9g6EpFzYw9pqp2eqFc5c1I3gwmxVB4SdFlF03qNwC2qiaLmEgcQin2tUVWtQcPvM_MBbmSs2YNBMQPlNOExl4O1nI-QyqtW2fk71czw7PY/s4608/DSC01831.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGBf0DRPmiYXvC5s8OgG5ak9FN7haJjAU9j3AIIKvZtcAgOSkvQ6xdcEsaAtaWB49n97q1VPentUg7WX6a9g6EpFzYw9pqp2eqFc5c1I3gwmxVB4SdFlF03qNwC2qiaLmEgcQin2tUVWtQcPvM_MBbmSs2YNBMQPlNOExl4O1nI-QyqtW2fk71czw7PY/w360-h640/DSC01831.JPG" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sculpted foot </td></tr></tbody></table>The range of gardens is astonishing: this gem in Berkeley will be on tour for the conference...</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9Svyym-8HoXbpcjYiHqxmQ7ArV3vP1k2jtZVu6RJU3X88gLrZ5kbZI8bTjXftMPbyTyuxTUoqRjvPQhqw-mENUGesYLAfHdrkr8hb7Qv18b-tTXas5T_wHdNNXfGFy7O8Bq0DYQDvvBC5ylv9hmn7vBWUhMjTMDnjb3b42yb2GDCMy5Cqou47nSZ85o/s4896/DSC00625.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9Svyym-8HoXbpcjYiHqxmQ7ArV3vP1k2jtZVu6RJU3X88gLrZ5kbZI8bTjXftMPbyTyuxTUoqRjvPQhqw-mENUGesYLAfHdrkr8hb7Qv18b-tTXas5T_wHdNNXfGFy7O8Bq0DYQDvvBC5ylv9hmn7vBWUhMjTMDnjb3b42yb2GDCMy5Cqou47nSZ85o/w640-h480/DSC00625.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flora Grubb</td></tr></tbody></table><br />There are no end of elegant garden centers--This one with so memorable a name was especially elegant!<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizK-1UKSZlWgwx0FMaXx4PW95Vqiusn6r8rS_KvSzLID8g2VSH6nYd_hbJjwlAQVkyIHrwn11SfCrzIiI9W-vB2bUsWQBKU6aju6mYdz6uZ3orWhZGEsTVPUA16NJ6vfzQTsmMHPN3aFcbXaqcMTfgDJeSaLONIGIT-8Jsn_3KBJaVjnZwH2XCfWi109Q/s4896/DSC00619.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizK-1UKSZlWgwx0FMaXx4PW95Vqiusn6r8rS_KvSzLID8g2VSH6nYd_hbJjwlAQVkyIHrwn11SfCrzIiI9W-vB2bUsWQBKU6aju6mYdz6uZ3orWhZGEsTVPUA16NJ6vfzQTsmMHPN3aFcbXaqcMTfgDJeSaLONIGIT-8Jsn_3KBJaVjnZwH2XCfWi109Q/w640-h480/DSC00619.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anemone coronaria</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />One of the offerings at Flora Grubb's: beautifully grown--I'll have three thank you!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiFj58Kh6StEKKpFD6cCRg9ar2kNOeBqfptuBrhY3wfaRRGCqGW8Z2R2zjqyR7ujlckfw7KqaqG8VnQSzOitCqZezbxHZ22kyytxaYPpUovQjItiTVwQefOSLM7PDtZ2m1dZZUYUoingi36FLM42fuCUesQpOJlQTlubZujeGvFzTcnBenSGtp7doRSM/s4320/Annie's%20Annuals%20DSC07203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiFj58Kh6StEKKpFD6cCRg9ar2kNOeBqfptuBrhY3wfaRRGCqGW8Z2R2zjqyR7ujlckfw7KqaqG8VnQSzOitCqZezbxHZ22kyytxaYPpUovQjItiTVwQefOSLM7PDtZ2m1dZZUYUoingi36FLM42fuCUesQpOJlQTlubZujeGvFzTcnBenSGtp7doRSM/w640-h480/Annie's%20Annuals%20DSC07203.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Eriogonum </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />A native California buckwheat on display at Annie's Annuals--the most amazing garden center where you have no clue what might be offered!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6s4EV2qdsc4zSghGiowjBqiZczXdmJBkypFoHVuXWfRSOUqgn5h0xovf5s4UQ4UPyjvpZSMaB6AWrxp7uIkZICyfDOBkxXvk-yV_kPyFtyJi2fAfh-JE8tHcQMSzsm87ZXmHpX3gGOCjUonOp94bTbxZhPKumoMjcGvHR_vY-xXhiU9g3LvVhDPziC0/s2721/DSC00668.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="2721" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6s4EV2qdsc4zSghGiowjBqiZczXdmJBkypFoHVuXWfRSOUqgn5h0xovf5s4UQ4UPyjvpZSMaB6AWrxp7uIkZICyfDOBkxXvk-yV_kPyFtyJi2fAfh-JE8tHcQMSzsm87ZXmHpX3gGOCjUonOp94bTbxZhPKumoMjcGvHR_vY-xXhiU9g3LvVhDPziC0/w640-h632/DSC00668.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pentagramma triangularis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />And of course "Goldback ferns": rather silvery backed in this case--a California specialty. I remember an episode on Bonanza when Hoss was explaining these to a love interest--an episode I saw over half a century ago and still remember. I doubt there were any goldback ferns on the Ponderosa which would have been in Nevada--the writers took a little poetic license.<br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMjLjGbUb7UtBdCuwg-P16mzJNYhCKSXcJnIqWt01Ycus84GZGHrZCSQ3xfC0gIyEvs4h43imAH1Bf71pTo6O0f0AGB-xwRTGnqp6Oiai71HmLj-8qztDQDXQnrNMO-cZW_kuEkLF5q2hwP7Qmxi8znsRLtx44CFpN8AoBlulnJPPyEs1fJvuGW1161s/s1338/home%20page.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1338" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMjLjGbUb7UtBdCuwg-P16mzJNYhCKSXcJnIqWt01Ycus84GZGHrZCSQ3xfC0gIyEvs4h43imAH1Bf71pTo6O0f0AGB-xwRTGnqp6Oiai71HmLj-8qztDQDXQnrNMO-cZW_kuEkLF5q2hwP7Qmxi8znsRLtx44CFpN8AoBlulnJPPyEs1fJvuGW1161s/w640-h350/home%20page.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://nargs.org/" target="_blank">Conference link</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p> Click on the blue link below this picture to read more about the extraordinary weekend that will take place in exactly two months. Only 100 very lucky people will be able to be hosted at 4 world class public gardens, listen to leading authorities on South African, Patagonian an California plants and be wafted to spectacular private gardens and nature. Don't miss it: it's MORE than worth the price!</p></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-28916040251124458452023-12-21T11:45:00.000-08:002023-12-21T11:56:54.153-08:00Marcescent: an imaginary garden perhaps?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHavM0_YSm5OUS056rlKZXZupV4-HAkiMB9kxstFLbt3PlQ1ut6i-hYiI1EcNVPw0dL-uJMYJkcl_9SrZtVMFIaPcf28gVKPlsKjDVpOJzMib-EgZcvUTjXizIbcNk1IZCp9NU3kSjQEu4KPwuxzGvmGHibxD2LfiXKT_hNaCdhBOQ86Ga89Db1Rx3EI/s1920/IMG_5817%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1920" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHavM0_YSm5OUS056rlKZXZupV4-HAkiMB9kxstFLbt3PlQ1ut6i-hYiI1EcNVPw0dL-uJMYJkcl_9SrZtVMFIaPcf28gVKPlsKjDVpOJzMib-EgZcvUTjXizIbcNk1IZCp9NU3kSjQEu4KPwuxzGvmGHibxD2LfiXKT_hNaCdhBOQ86Ga89Db1Rx3EI/w640-h348/IMG_5817%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Not a very promising beginning to a blog--it will improve. I promise! Imagine if you were the co-owner of a fantastic 30 acre garden where you'd expended enormous passion, talent and effort (let's not even talk about resources) for 30 years...and you expect that it will all be gone in a year and a half? <div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnYUkkbbJNyVNPP5hMqMLed-akBcU6QeKzgYEM56AzEpEqkb-HQPwQd7PPc7TvJoE8YurUDvQChzRO0gkuPpI9wHp5pAyv9Ur-ThnJueLvwDOm7OcNgEQKBm_yqwRTCSICamLRaW8GDX8Xsj6G0RrwbQNZftmUyBy_WmodhjGuYMjlbz2UtUnmVDjGSs/s4032/IMG_5877.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnYUkkbbJNyVNPP5hMqMLed-akBcU6QeKzgYEM56AzEpEqkb-HQPwQd7PPc7TvJoE8YurUDvQChzRO0gkuPpI9wHp5pAyv9Ur-ThnJueLvwDOm7OcNgEQKBm_yqwRTCSICamLRaW8GDX8Xsj6G0RrwbQNZftmUyBy_WmodhjGuYMjlbz2UtUnmVDjGSs/w640-h480/IMG_5877.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>December, even in Buck's County, Pennsylvania is <b>not </b>the best time to visit a garden: even one filled with an astonishning range of sculpture. I know classic antique marble ladies aren't everyboy's cup of tea, but those of us of Greek ancestry approve heartily!</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMvux5ElLIDsvy1pkdz_udKPi1zkaPXnuA3BwCn6oDLpZpBq6YUY24frEYlCmVyQWv0kKUJnyyo0hqfVmyvkDtSjNg8y1552IliaWWfH1CgDwSt1oN3MiNqgy5jpwOUyItj2Sca7MZKQxph6n6443C_nDWeblCWOKLwwftv5kMT2EGjo4ePHsoMi-cHQ/s4032/IMG_5876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMvux5ElLIDsvy1pkdz_udKPi1zkaPXnuA3BwCn6oDLpZpBq6YUY24frEYlCmVyQWv0kKUJnyyo0hqfVmyvkDtSjNg8y1552IliaWWfH1CgDwSt1oN3MiNqgy5jpwOUyItj2Sca7MZKQxph6n6443C_nDWeblCWOKLwwftv5kMT2EGjo4ePHsoMi-cHQ/w480-h640/IMG_5876.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I lied: the garden isn't really imaginary (yet)..this Nursery/Garden is called <a href="https://www.paxsonhillfarm.com/" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">Paxson Hill Farm</a>: click on the name for their website (do it quick--it may not be around forever)... There's a lot more to the place than marble statues (albeit I did take a lot of pictures of these!) I was astonished how few of my gardening friends in the Delaware valley had been there--but then again, maybe they have too many gardens already?</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNKB4ZP3NThFO6TCJ5j-20vKIblNhGfsIY2teGa5_Xp_vu_m_sdxdzneaO4burGCgFn1nypcZkEUhlxpNSCTg29J_ItZ2gwWeObonNrKLTXPNV_QXh4uf6z4gkfzut-OH9JBXOLp-TCH-_XKizeGyaA1A8ddZFg5uu4QWJUH_JUCEjUYXSXKsmm6pE6Q/s4032/IMG_5875.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNKB4ZP3NThFO6TCJ5j-20vKIblNhGfsIY2teGa5_Xp_vu_m_sdxdzneaO4burGCgFn1nypcZkEUhlxpNSCTg29J_ItZ2gwWeObonNrKLTXPNV_QXh4uf6z4gkfzut-OH9JBXOLp-TCH-_XKizeGyaA1A8ddZFg5uu4QWJUH_JUCEjUYXSXKsmm6pE6Q/w480-h640/IMG_5875.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are enchanting vistas...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-Fz4ER67Oq5LYUnGwFVW4a5CEjqy75J7bMe2HnrlBKNnB2QBDfuZsAjmHZdd-d9iMcWLnhQtM9VHAeTJGtbYzSp_OndnuvKvPaSpmbLvAN3BRTkhU_1oJQz9DJ48h0JZGYnZPhPgh-xvjB0jBLZaXMeqH76a3IgKq-JsIsUJE-OTFM98yssHIT4nGRo/s4032/IMG_5874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-Fz4ER67Oq5LYUnGwFVW4a5CEjqy75J7bMe2HnrlBKNnB2QBDfuZsAjmHZdd-d9iMcWLnhQtM9VHAeTJGtbYzSp_OndnuvKvPaSpmbLvAN3BRTkhU_1oJQz9DJ48h0JZGYnZPhPgh-xvjB0jBLZaXMeqH76a3IgKq-JsIsUJE-OTFM98yssHIT4nGRo/w640-h480/IMG_5874.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And all manner of gardens, including formal ones...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqztxmG5QLjPMW2e_h29oQe112Cq8Kbue5YBJjPgTw53n61N226yEYPr5nZgMqlzs3mM1K5BoNnUpSVV2tpVOypv1k4plCVG3QcvFQdqEED82C754pF1VRstuQ9vNywZGaXsRWyglmaMZt8aIvYfQ2mbGcvHrLjF3kytXDHI3v6g54MJ62wkzdW1y1Q0/s4032/IMG_5873.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqztxmG5QLjPMW2e_h29oQe112Cq8Kbue5YBJjPgTw53n61N226yEYPr5nZgMqlzs3mM1K5BoNnUpSVV2tpVOypv1k4plCVG3QcvFQdqEED82C754pF1VRstuQ9vNywZGaXsRWyglmaMZt8aIvYfQ2mbGcvHrLjF3kytXDHI3v6g54MJ62wkzdW1y1Q0/w480-h640/IMG_5873.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Interspersed with classical busts...I approve of these, by the way--if you hadn't figured it out yet! Can't quite bring myself to do this at MY garden...but who knows?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wFHL3sPsDbEpk7cYooyRqHgVRKUzOn2iQQZU-8Xu5lXfn0Ee6FbOtruDwtPb2Zrsa20KcT7-Js8dlfas_O7lqonc88cjHRNY_zc7HY2y4rF7HnzzpF6A9AFfAP7ciRMxWsaIcf3hC1YXj66IYxNlAsQRfVDTD3YcyvWfGwrR7fRsiukhC-K8omp0Ago/s4032/IMG_5872.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0wFHL3sPsDbEpk7cYooyRqHgVRKUzOn2iQQZU-8Xu5lXfn0Ee6FbOtruDwtPb2Zrsa20KcT7-Js8dlfas_O7lqonc88cjHRNY_zc7HY2y4rF7HnzzpF6A9AFfAP7ciRMxWsaIcf3hC1YXj66IYxNlAsQRfVDTD3YcyvWfGwrR7fRsiukhC-K8omp0Ago/w480-h640/IMG_5872.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And a LOT of other garden sculpture types--as you'll see....</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LexHHwbTB8SEoqrQ7HEF4JpURLUPX6l0m6NAg-VhfAj8fEAzHaG1zKfBTZJzEcI7yCZ6vb31FouffH4MxC6KcvjqAy_jWaMsuswDjE6WtMPUJwwuWvJRTKyyg25PhhNjzWSrDriIIn_6A0Hs2TiGfXFwO-gO49dat-j09ZjMkfsIX6AurYhSi3ntX6E/s4032/IMG_5871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghm3Z6zOzbmp3No-28EZX8NsX8RVHYxWQJRh27d-Zt_eNAbTdM-tyh3UORShseXrjtS92B8OukNio8a_xadueHRpn1T7xL7D7tTAlbqqNXdQmOkCsMrU8OJVmdh_NebjnrGBdRNbac6A9XRkTSMoFeTLtTNfKoRvFkVGBBIbeUZ9cMF2Ka_CiQ8h89U6s/w480-h640/IMG_5859.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A wonderful Cornus...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDxe_8En41Hox_e21BgoYV3mhGpVWq3xwkKB9qQbEUZwh6-FWApGts0hIez0jW8dpVnp145KP3cWD3u1fuy75WVYeumzsyo87HDWrgNPHdmWmwczC-tj_smlcTcP-qwbChIXT_GxOEeF-_jwuST0QnazwyYT7BPp11VmjkBuBqWwukJi9gwi91MpEy48/s4032/IMG_5857.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDxe_8En41Hox_e21BgoYV3mhGpVWq3xwkKB9qQbEUZwh6-FWApGts0hIez0jW8dpVnp145KP3cWD3u1fuy75WVYeumzsyo87HDWrgNPHdmWmwczC-tj_smlcTcP-qwbChIXT_GxOEeF-_jwuST0QnazwyYT7BPp11VmjkBuBqWwukJi9gwi91MpEy48/w640-h480/IMG_5857.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Urns galore--and coppery leaved <b>marcescent </b>foliage (I love <b>marcescent </b>foliage and find those who object to it to be fuddy duddies. I even wrote a love poem once about it).</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiAXN2FMORO8YaI9iwV7Vo75IOn_mNadZbdeCYhZNE2l3l0jnju7ILXxtJC78_e3CrKlt4Svi2xIs2ELjnDZOvL8W5nP7gmG6mzQ0JNWc5jK5YDL-UKK_dNBUvoI7En8xJ8KiyI-UAc2bo74sZ_r7QAghL-_NuWcQfz3KKrJk08pd2PKnz36IGbJH0ezo/s4032/IMG_5856.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiAXN2FMORO8YaI9iwV7Vo75IOn_mNadZbdeCYhZNE2l3l0jnju7ILXxtJC78_e3CrKlt4Svi2xIs2ELjnDZOvL8W5nP7gmG6mzQ0JNWc5jK5YDL-UKK_dNBUvoI7En8xJ8KiyI-UAc2bo74sZ_r7QAghL-_NuWcQfz3KKrJk08pd2PKnz36IGbJH0ezo/w640-h480/IMG_5856.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>An astonishing wooden wall artwork I should have photographed more closely...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OlWpwh-WM7mJdMS4IDBXmFYUvZdNNlt5c8AUuOlPPzIZHaSLCh9jbVsKpz2bPb647yDUkWzgRkdW_ngNQtK5St388f_3RXPM2X1m2Z77x_QoPeupUp7aknx65DeO6S3vE0XbemOnslv8nqxZLQ34umfU3sKJYd1zSvq27sGJWCACIffQb6MU45a-hWs/s4032/IMG_5855.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OlWpwh-WM7mJdMS4IDBXmFYUvZdNNlt5c8AUuOlPPzIZHaSLCh9jbVsKpz2bPb647yDUkWzgRkdW_ngNQtK5St388f_3RXPM2X1m2Z77x_QoPeupUp7aknx65DeO6S3vE0XbemOnslv8nqxZLQ34umfU3sKJYd1zSvq27sGJWCACIffQb6MU45a-hWs/w640-h480/IMG_5855.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDX-FhiIAIjz2-VjZI_eTNTy0tGA2xn_BCBHmcgJUQ9Y8VGYB6QxRgBeKf88wmZVMTCTv09BvirmmObHdCZkovwav8-_jrcvAvXklizz1velkJ2odbcECI3D02FVGHx6bziS3TdpHTozlhZkVvWUrGbfwO2ruwlSDNdczXkEJHXtm4m970owVvuLceWVk/s4032/IMG_5854.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDX-FhiIAIjz2-VjZI_eTNTy0tGA2xn_BCBHmcgJUQ9Y8VGYB6QxRgBeKf88wmZVMTCTv09BvirmmObHdCZkovwav8-_jrcvAvXklizz1velkJ2odbcECI3D02FVGHx6bziS3TdpHTozlhZkVvWUrGbfwO2ruwlSDNdczXkEJHXtm4m970owVvuLceWVk/w640-h480/IMG_5854.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>At the rate I'm going, if I continue to talk about every image (there are a LOT coming up ahead...) it will take till Christmas for me to finish: since this is only December 21, I will let the rest of the pictures speak for themselves. Better yet--go visit the garden before Bruce pulls the plug. It's worth it!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0H8PBNiSSVSWjjfiwBkGv_7pPyC5hgKD3YpMJABhTa0MiJyxXvosvhOrMw9GzxxMZdV6I_JJ_jRlfThqiCaviOBaMLF9wWjC9XmxoE0INRQSFw7spvqWQHZdnD_lxb6IOUZ1a7ZAd8pNJn9qOCF4H-CIu4z85ouT2fBS8LIH4VipDevEGWwoGcJeS3E/s4032/IMG_5853.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0H8PBNiSSVSWjjfiwBkGv_7pPyC5hgKD3YpMJABhTa0MiJyxXvosvhOrMw9GzxxMZdV6I_JJ_jRlfThqiCaviOBaMLF9wWjC9XmxoE0INRQSFw7spvqWQHZdnD_lxb6IOUZ1a7ZAd8pNJn9qOCF4H-CIu4z85ouT2fBS8LIH4VipDevEGWwoGcJeS3E/w480-h640/IMG_5853.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4BIIQjrgM5mrTOebWeqGM2b5Y1j9opkpmNM-zM6Vu26w2GsRO8SlUNgwbyoR9eOKB6GZIj6rBXZexqH-Agd7y8tWn57BTTrauU_-5xVTrgfJZlE0IG3PyzSWiBNvWAHI9sQNQDSCSULEN-PPTS87xmZP9lx5_NEwycEwCdw9eavqx8w27GScjTuxWZI/s4032/IMG_5852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He and his colleagues also manage an outstanding nursery and numerous gardens and estates in the region: I imagine whatever transpires in the next year and a half at Paxson hill, he will do just fine. Although imagine carrying the memories of Paxson hill: marcescent for sure they will be forever for him!</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, Okay! If you've made it this far I figure you're probably ready for a poem I wrote, probably 30 or more years ago, but which I've kept kicking around. I called it "in Praise of Oaks" but a better name I'll change it to now is <b><i>Marcescent</i></b>: I guess this will be my Christmas card for the year! </div><div><br /></div><div><span> <span> </span><span> </span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>I love these miserly, these stingy trees</div> the willow, cottonwood and mountain ash.<br /> Especially the permutations of the oak.<br /> For when your normal tree loses its leaves<br /> and snows and winds and time manage to scratch<br /> them bare as babies, colorless as smoke.<br /> the thrifty cottonwood still hoards some gold,<br /> the rowan often stays a healthy green.<br /> and oaks are famous for remembering,<br /> keeping their leaves, like memories they hold<br /> dearer than passing fashions. And the sheen<br /> of willows greening early in the spring<br /> cannot compare with their reluctant yellow<br /> clinging leaves, passionately lingering<br /> beyond your ordinary kinds of plants.<br /> My love, you’re just like them. I too their fellow<br /> In detesting the dingaling<br /> Inevitability of time, which rants<br /> us into wintry emptiness.<br /> No matter what the future holds or casts,<br /> let’s go into it reluctantly<br /> savoring each moment, heavily blessed<br /> with the brazen burden of our pasts.<br /> shedding little, with pain and constantly<br /> grasping, holding together all that’s best. Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-50330220576149874832023-12-16T01:55:00.000-08:002023-12-16T07:46:27.524-08:00A tale of seeds and wonder....all about seed and a special gentian<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJgfYd8ONV85mTvOT2CC63WiCk04nJ6QaF4iFUL2D6oapwTfcaUiX04OAjjjaIAEDrsUinoABL7oljW3RWEzQUmYvksZDZ__dn34SMSz6BYv87LXCmMoFq74O0D1T-_REJ_VNmSs3BQ-XDE5dLU2jYB94Mgdv5myVof5QX912EgAyIm2WBgZaePfi7Z5o" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJgfYd8ONV85mTvOT2CC63WiCk04nJ6QaF4iFUL2D6oapwTfcaUiX04OAjjjaIAEDrsUinoABL7oljW3RWEzQUmYvksZDZ__dn34SMSz6BYv87LXCmMoFq74O0D1T-_REJ_VNmSs3BQ-XDE5dLU2jYB94Mgdv5myVof5QX912EgAyIm2WBgZaePfi7Z5o=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gentiana paradoxa </i>and this year's seed exchange</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Today concludes the first day of the North American Rock Garden Society's (aka NARGS) seed exchange ordering: the seed will not be sent out for another few weeks since chapters of NARGS are still wrapping up the complicated task of packaging thousands of individual samples. I supervised over twenty people who packaged less than 10% of this year's seed for the Rocky Mountain Chapter (full disclosure, I'm outgoing President of that chapter and will be president of NARGS for another half year). So I have a certain vested interest in the organization and the exchange. I have several tales to tell (I thought I'd told the first one but can't locate it in any of my blogs or other writings): it concerns the gentian you see above...</p><p>It all began with a book (if you haven't figured it out yet, I'm a pretty serious bibliophile. I've been locating and collecting treasured tomes for almost all my rather long life (so far)..I wish I could tell you where and how I found the "Red Book of the U.S.S.R."--it had to be 40 years ago at least--before I began my Excel file of book purchases where I track ISBN numbers, date and source [and other data] of every I book I obtain)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEnwpO4zc0A2_nJANGbm-lirHgR8854ltNZBgZVAum6f5krBLEHjGkVabdkiE2wo4AIk051cOVxA06DBr8K-4YTWrJDFKz7K4DLXTBnsVygkDT3GxnQnZrsAK220fUWo-NVBUc3_47yUkJYUXgFfJs45eUGWrzi8PbClLV_9-DF6OXcY7BAZtMaBi2_o/s1827/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="1466" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEnwpO4zc0A2_nJANGbm-lirHgR8854ltNZBgZVAum6f5krBLEHjGkVabdkiE2wo4AIk051cOVxA06DBr8K-4YTWrJDFKz7K4DLXTBnsVygkDT3GxnQnZrsAK220fUWo-NVBUc3_47yUkJYUXgFfJs45eUGWrzi8PbClLV_9-DF6OXcY7BAZtMaBi2_o/w514-h640/3.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><p>This is a folio sized volume bound in pseudo-leather containing hundreds of images and descriptions of rare plants of the former Soviet Union. I have had surprising luck tracking down quite a few of these and helping usher them into cultivation--this tale shall tell the story of just one of them: <i>Gentiana paradoxa</i>. Here is the image of that gentian from the middle of the book:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtfiy6eYPRhKGq36T2SSuTt27aa6KZrXveiyetL-3eua1lZJWksoa06XPT1Iq8Wr-beP0I8J2Y3A4vPQIK8yKv24sC3RJMVfSZF96bUJ1z-wmfhH5sJhmpBHf68KMKBxgelRlkFu4xGNqWoGCFsbs54m4VPMsuKRtun4Z0x9eT-NvyEdwihP09Pdrk94/s2616/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2606" data-original-width="2616" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtfiy6eYPRhKGq36T2SSuTt27aa6KZrXveiyetL-3eua1lZJWksoa06XPT1Iq8Wr-beP0I8J2Y3A4vPQIK8yKv24sC3RJMVfSZF96bUJ1z-wmfhH5sJhmpBHf68KMKBxgelRlkFu4xGNqWoGCFsbs54m4VPMsuKRtun4Z0x9eT-NvyEdwihP09Pdrk94/w640-h638/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>As I flipped over the pages--more than half my lifetime ago--I came onto this image and was startled by it: such a distinctive gentian! And rare to boot: I can read Cyrillic and was able to parse the text and realized it grew in a relatively limited space in Georgia (here's the map showing its range in the book):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tT847sLYBhtnmf72kU4T3yShqa2qGyMphSFSMxvdhJM959fqHFFbKgqKCiLIWZFaQ4pYwwUd010IU_2ZykYJVpkzHhBi5pfq_kHOXRcd-IvkrM_7J_H0OfY-FY3Oh9N_EV7qhLxb4ZKT8gQz7BLLDVtiYpAE5iEi8TJ2L_QXhoIanTczCM7zI2Hsj00/s1719/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1719" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tT847sLYBhtnmf72kU4T3yShqa2qGyMphSFSMxvdhJM959fqHFFbKgqKCiLIWZFaQ4pYwwUd010IU_2ZykYJVpkzHhBi5pfq_kHOXRcd-IvkrM_7J_H0OfY-FY3Oh9N_EV7qhLxb4ZKT8gQz7BLLDVtiYpAE5iEi8TJ2L_QXhoIanTczCM7zI2Hsj00/w640-h500/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I despaired as I gazed at this--Georgia! Not the peachy one, but the Caucasian Georgia! What hope did I have of ever going there (I eventually did go--in 2019--and got within a hundred miles of the gentian at the wrong time of the year [April] and as it turns out the part of Georgia where the gentian grows (Abkhazia) is now a "partially recognized" republic that was detached from Georgia by Russia and is held under Russia's sway--another long, complicated and rather sad story not directly relevant to the matter at hand...</p><p>Out of curiosity, I looked in I-Naturalist <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/869005-Gentiana-paradoxa" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">which did not show any distribution of the taxon</a>, although it did say it had two observations, possibly not shown because of the plant's rareness. If you click the highlighted text you can see stunning images of the plant--presumably taken in the wild. I-Naturalist listed Richard Wilford's May 10, 2017 description of the gentian in Curtis Botanical Magazine--pages 51-57. If you don't have a copy of that journal, you c<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678748/2017/34/1" style="background-color: #fce5cd;" target="_blank">an download a .pdf from Wiley Online Library </a>for not too dear a price. I'm just a tad smug that I beat Curtis Botanical to the punch by 25 years in my plant portrait I wrote for NARGS in 1992--and I prefer Rob Proctor's rendition to the admittedly stunning painting in the much more recent Curtis' magazine, which I shall "borrow" here:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CuiKr_5poWdwFIy3YK3yG28pG5U7LaurNaxUC58KC7rrRaOy7zQ1smauGEDVrZ7EkpOqN2wMUrvOPycEtASJUHc2mJCayQVqnQDMHwtcEMQwIRyM1E6xZy_vjD3i-ECXnQULLXcI5FHrHGKkgjN6tnOI8OCO12UOTWJh9STBN-YrvFY4fGMajYoRJNo/s3576/curt12179-fig-0002-m.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3576" data-original-width="2128" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CuiKr_5poWdwFIy3YK3yG28pG5U7LaurNaxUC58KC7rrRaOy7zQ1smauGEDVrZ7EkpOqN2wMUrvOPycEtASJUHc2mJCayQVqnQDMHwtcEMQwIRyM1E6xZy_vjD3i-ECXnQULLXcI5FHrHGKkgjN6tnOI8OCO12UOTWJh9STBN-YrvFY4fGMajYoRJNo/w380-h640/curt12179-fig-0002-m.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br /><p>This blog post, this article (nor Richard Wilford's Curtis' piece) would very likely not exist if it weren't for this man:</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi06CHHNl4LUq6dZLsZb7jr80ROZDKTaemN49Kr8U7Ga539JlH3tC84owd0wMqYal5iihAejgws-c6vIWZLlPbpLQ6YeskBoQa4z6glFSC310L3tcxlwBiWX28lF6fTjRm59fqe1LuJtdPc5jKJw9w4vEolJQwNXMTbKiIhW2LSTpV6qgJ6MvPYXfxDdEo" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi06CHHNl4LUq6dZLsZb7jr80ROZDKTaemN49Kr8U7Ga539JlH3tC84owd0wMqYal5iihAejgws-c6vIWZLlPbpLQ6YeskBoQa4z6glFSC310L3tcxlwBiWX28lF6fTjRm59fqe1LuJtdPc5jKJw9w4vEolJQwNXMTbKiIhW2LSTpV6qgJ6MvPYXfxDdEo" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marty Jones</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Marty brought a perfectly grown specimen of <i>Gentiana paradoxa</i> in a pot to a meeting of the Rocky Mountain chapter of NARGS from his nursery in Avon some time in the mid- to late 1980's. I still recall my shock of recognition and enormous burst of plant lust as I stealthily tried to part Marty from his treasure. Marty was and is extremely generous--but no fool. He and his gentian couldn't be parted. "Where on earth did you get that, Marty?" The NARGS seed exchange--doh! I probably have copies of all the NARGS seed exchange booklets from the 1980's--finding them is another matter. Perhaps some assiduous researcher one day can verify that 1) there was an offering of this in the mid 1980's and 2) a few years later (he had to have time to germinate and grow the thing to flowering after all) I pounced on an offering later in the decade--just a few months after Marty showed me his plant as a matter of fact! I believe the seed was offered by Gerd Bohme--an East German rock gardener with whom I traded seed for decades--only I'd stopped exchanging with him about this time and would get his offerings off the NARGS exchange instead. I could be wrong about the latter inference, but everything else I've averred in this piece is as true as the day is long or as most gentians are true blue.<div><br /></div><div>The real point of this article is that you can obtain remarkable treasures from the Seed Exchange of the North American Rock Garden Society: and it's not too late to order (you have to join first--do that here: <a href="https://nargs.org/renew" target="_blank">JOIN NARGS.</a> As soon as your membership registers, you can get on the website and order lots of seeds for a ridiculously cheap price. Easy peasy!</div><div><br /></div><div>For completeness, I reprinted the text of my plant portrait I wrote about <i>Gentiana paradoxa </i>31 years ago. Time flies when you're having fun (or growing gentians). AFTER that, I shall end with a poetic coda--a paean to the Exchange that you're not apt to get to unless you are a true plant geek. Or my soul-brother or sister: in which case I thank you!<br /><p></p><div>Text below of my Plant Portrait of <i>Gentiana paradoxa</i> published in the Fall 1992 issue of the <i>Rock Garden Quarterly</i> of NARGS. The plant was featured on the cover--an exquisite watercolor by my good friend Rob Proctor [the original painting also happens to grace the wall of my bedroom]:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mqukpEU9uVAzx4uoa6EA-kpwWBy_AFjCLjWp_fLF24iJIUMw_K5KgSQxYl5KkoU9lZwkBhYbOo0IyuXuW_vE79NvqkRUKVUoKFkyOwAM9Dlb0nFUnFNxmquLpDQ6VWHabsyO79F9_LeefkN_xb0jU0Fettf29tleK1ZbrXpjpe1aH03x71W4zaWUYQw/s277/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="182" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mqukpEU9uVAzx4uoa6EA-kpwWBy_AFjCLjWp_fLF24iJIUMw_K5KgSQxYl5KkoU9lZwkBhYbOo0IyuXuW_vE79NvqkRUKVUoKFkyOwAM9Dlb0nFUnFNxmquLpDQ6VWHabsyO79F9_LeefkN_xb0jU0Fettf29tleK1ZbrXpjpe1aH03x71W4zaWUYQw/w421-h640/images.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>If some terrible catastrophe were to befall your garden, and you had time to
rescue only a handful of plants, you might pick the ones you couldn't easily
replace, like double trilliums, or those with some sentimental association. I would
probably include <i>Gentiana paradoxa </i>on my short list, for this sprightly gentian has
earned my love and my respect.
I first discovered this plant on the pages of the Red Book of endangered plants
of the former Soviet Union. These depicted a grassy-leaved gentian (suggesting an
alliance to the Frigida group of eastern Asia) growing from a taproot (like the Pneumonanthe group found all over the Northern Hemisphere). Of course, I didn't really expect to run across this plant—it is, after all, restricted to only a few streamsides
in the Caucasus. You can imagine my surprise one September day when Marty
Jones of Colorado Alpines brought a fine specimen of this gentian in a pot to a
meeting of the Rocky Mountain Chapter and asked me what I knew about it. It
only had a few flowers and two or three stems 10" tall, but the grassy leaves and
fantastically lacy plicae were even lovelier than I'd imagined. Marty had grown it
from seed he'd obtained from a rock garden society seed exchange-one more
reminder of riches I myself overlook in the mad scramble to return seed requests.
Like so many rare plants in nature, this distinctive gentian is utterly adaptable to
garden conditions. Since a single plant produces thousands of seeds annually within
a few years of planting, I suspect it will soon become a garden stalwart. How sad
that so many nurseries are growing chary of propagating plants inflicted with the
incubus of rarity, since once a plant like this enters cultivation, any pressure on wild
populations by horticulturists is removed. <i>Gentiana paradoxa</i> grows in a sunny
patch near <i>Kirengeshoma palmata </i>and other woodlanders at Denver Botanic
Gardens, in a peat bed alongside <i>Scleranthus uniflorus </i>and heathers in another
garden, and alongside Himalayan androsaces and <i>Bolax </i>at the base of a scree bed
at our home. I would be hard pressed to say which conditions suit the plant best—it
looks and blooms well under all these conditions. It seems to grow as quickly and
easily from seed as its close relative<i> Gentiana septemfida</i> and comes into bloom
just as its cousin finishes, making a fine bridge to the autumnal Asiatics.
To me gentians suggest prismatic windows leading to a truer, bluer world, and
this recent, elegant introduction is proving to be a permanent and indispensible
part of my gardens. Nowadays it's on every seedlist and in more and more nursery
catalogs. Don't leave your home without it. </b></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">Sentimental Coda:</span></b></div><div>I am reasonably sure not too many people have trudged through all that recondite posturing and history to reach this point in this blog post--wherein I shall fantasize and ponder the mystery of seed exchanges: how do we measure the minutes of our lives? I do so in measurable amounts--the hundreds of books I possess (thousands actually) and yes, I have read most of them. I measure the tens of thousands of Chinese characters I looked up painstakingly for the better part of a decade in Matthew's ponderous lexicon--memorizing hundreds of radicals and counting the the strokes of each phonetic component for who knows how many pages of text. Ditto for my dead-end attempt to be a Classics scholar--all those pages of Liddell and Scott's dictionary I turned to look up countless words in Plato's (or should it be Socrates'?) <i><b>Apology</b></i> not to mention the <i><b>Iliad</b></i>, and on and on--the countless lexical exercises in all the Spanish novels and books I studied, and a half dozen other language attempts. </div><div><br /></div><div>Not all my pursuits have been so high brow: I haven't always shunned Television: like most humans I can count countless episodes of various serials over the decades starting with <b><i>You Bet Your Life</i></b> with Groucho and a half dozen I watched with my beloved sister and her husband in Boulder like <b><i>Hill Street Blues </i></b>and <i><b>Columbo </b></i>and lots more. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Gilligan's Island </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Sanford and Sons. </i>And even later--although T.V. has gradually diminished in my life (Plenty of episodes of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Friends </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Seinfeld</i> notwithstanding). Movies have been more constant from my childhood (I saw <b><i>Psycho </i></b>when I was in single digits of age--and permanently scarred: I detest physical violence in movies or "real life" as a consequence)--but we persist in movie going: it was wonderful during COVID when we were often the only two in the whole theater!..and let's not forget a lifetime full of plays (I watched the very first performance of <i><b>Midsummer Night's Dream</b></i> as a child that launched the C.U. Shakespeare festival). In recent years, we've added Opera--both the movie-Met and in actual theatres--to our activities...so many ways to measure the ticking of our minutes. One can count the meals and the myriad noddings off--lots of methods to gauge the finite segments of the tiny slice existence we've been granted which ends only too soon!</div><div><br /></div><div>Seed cleaning, sorting, packaging, peering through<b><i> Index Semina,</i></b> catalogs and ESPECIALLY the NARGS seed exchange--which I have contributed to and ordered from for well nigh half a century. The complicated ballet performed by our mind as we skim a seedlist, the imaging of where the seed came from, how we will grow it, where to put it...multiplied hundreds (in my case thousands) of times! These intricate dance steps eventually evolve into that pastoral ballet we call a garden. (And let's not even bring up the splintery fragments of time we spend weeding, primping and otherwise cosseting said gardens!)</div><div><br /></div><div>The vast mosaic of a little human life is pieced together with a trillion such tiny tesserae, much as our bodies represent the extraordinary concert of trillions of cells--truly a miracle we rarely acknowledge. </div><div>.</div><div>The strange story told in this Blog post about <i>Gentiana paradoxa </i>raises as many questions for me as it addresses: How truly rare is this plant in nature? Is there much variability in the plant over its pretty extensive range shown in the Red Book? Has a white flowered form manifested itself yet? Would this gentian have attained such wide distribution in cultivation had not Gerd (or whoever donated the seed) not donated it to the NARGS exchange? And would I have ever grown it if Marty Jones hadn't succeeded in growing a single plant? What I have not shared so far is that after I got seed in the late 1980's, we grew it extremely well in our rock garden at Eudora Street and we collected large quantities of seed we sold through Rocky Mountain Rare Plants--a seed company technically operated by Gwen Moore (my ex-wife now, then my wife and close collaborator on all plant projects). I was, however, the prime collector, seed cleaner for that business we devised as a potential escape from my (at that time) oppressive work at Denver Botanic Gardens that was going through a difficult phase of bad politics as it transitioned from being a city agency to becoming an N.G.O. Gwen did do the catalog, and most of the fulfillment--don't get me wrong. But I selected and collected the seeds of the plants in our garden: a bounty of seed that we sold worldwide for years: I a hunch that most all of the plants in cultivation right now derive from Rocky Mt. Rare Plants. But I can't prove it (alas). Our wild seed collections were truly a joint effort--and some of the sunniest portions of our 23 year marriage that I do not regret one iota.</div><div><br /></div><div>Multiply this story by several tens of thousands of plants--and you have perhaps a log of the largest and most gratifying portion of my work life at least. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="color: red;">Footnote</span>: there is a p<a href="https://botanicallyinclined.org/marvelous-gentiana-paradoxa-hybrid/" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">retty dazzling (and somewhat irritating) website</a> [they don't sell seed to the USA and show the Scottish Rock Garden Club emblem but NOT NARGS's Dodecatheon on their web pages to enumerate two things that annoyed me] that has a super piece on <i>Gentiana paradoxa</i> that includes the following extremely interesting paragraph: "<span face=""open sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px rgb(23, 22, 23); box-sizing: border-box; color: #e65133; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px rgb(23, 22, 23); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Records show that</span><span style="border: 0px rgb(23, 22, 23); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i> Gentiana paradoxa</i></span><span style="border: 0px rgb(23, 22, 23); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> was named by Russian botanist Nikolai Michailovic Albov in 1894 from specimens collected on the calcareous slopes of Mt. Kherebet Mamdzyhkhara, Abkhazia at 1300 m altitude (various spellings, Mt. Mamdzyshkha)." </span><span style="border: 0px rgb(23, 22, 23); box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">T</span></span>he photograph on I-Naturalist seems to corroborate the "calcareous" assertion in the quote above. Which may explain why the species does so well in Colorado gardens--which generally have high pH. Of course almost all the literature about the species claims it is calciphobe and needs acid soil--the typical way garden writing generally makes crap up and then repeats the lies <i>ad nauseum</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Will I live long enough to go to Abkhazia and visit Mt. Kherebet or one of the other sites where the gentian grows? Not likely. But then when I wrote the piece in 1992, would I have believed I'd have gone to San Francisco, Philadelphia (twice), New Orleans, Uzbekistan, Kansas City, Nova Scotia, Sikkim and India, Utah, South Africa, Michigan, Las Vegas and probably a few other places I forgot about in 2023 [with Chicago and Los Angeles looming before the end of 2023]. I only hope the carbon I've expended is one day compensated for by carbon I might have sequestered by the undertow commitments of my life.</div><div><br /></div><div>By the way, the current NARGS seedlist includes <i><b>Gentiana paradoxa</b></i>! As it has for most of the last thirty years. Four years ago I sent in an enormous packet from a garden where it likely still persists--but unfortunately, I do not know the new owners, although perhaps I should meet them just to get more seed! <a href="https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2018/10/valedictory.html" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">(https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2018/10/valedictory.html)</a></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-1853527621159314012023-12-14T10:40:00.000-08:002023-12-18T06:19:19.408-08:00Baimashan #5 [May it never end!]<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkHw17N8Tvtp7b5H4PJcnCyW3gUCAplaxVX5nZHM-KGULH33vkApkehSxjxQ1UEvL8KOZhXkIR0X8Ha-lHW48k720W4t7tx_qn525UmTAh4DWeYBWc0j2E7OP5kXxe9IyaCx_qqNz0_Xmc3WNR9Fioqn4iwD_Z7NdjTMgXiW0J_04_6cGRg72GPfZV1U/s5184/Anaphalis%20cinerascens%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(85).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkHw17N8Tvtp7b5H4PJcnCyW3gUCAplaxVX5nZHM-KGULH33vkApkehSxjxQ1UEvL8KOZhXkIR0X8Ha-lHW48k720W4t7tx_qn525UmTAh4DWeYBWc0j2E7OP5kXxe9IyaCx_qqNz0_Xmc3WNR9Fioqn4iwD_Z7NdjTMgXiW0J_04_6cGRg72GPfZV1U/w480-h640/Anaphalis%20cinerascens%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(85).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anaphalis cinerascens</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I hate to begin with a picture somewhat out of focus--but so be it! I've begun several of my alphabetical remembrances of Beimashan with different species of this genus, and had to include this one.</p><p>I could go on and on about each picture--but hope they will speak for themselves. I have a whole other day's worth of shots from up there--but these five blog posts ought to suffice to convince you that this pass must be one of the world's hot spots for choice gems And how many other passes are there waiting to be explored? One lifetime is nowhere nearly enough. Happy holidays!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzH-0EGoH-sWBkIKdDNp6STVtTCUJ3QpYd76ZBpvsDKl9I3tfNpqcu-upk6EODjClWyqfugIFEracWTrxO3EEwQFVGDk-JxoV-Dz1cf5xsi_grlMM1HppEjYCcCESnj-Y77kUvVxVa7j-KE4lKROgqW4LntZI5K8Or2RLzgBHsermlfidqxzCxqeQW8zE/s5184/Androsace%20cf.%20selago%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(109).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzH-0EGoH-sWBkIKdDNp6STVtTCUJ3QpYd76ZBpvsDKl9I3tfNpqcu-upk6EODjClWyqfugIFEracWTrxO3EEwQFVGDk-JxoV-Dz1cf5xsi_grlMM1HppEjYCcCESnj-Y77kUvVxVa7j-KE4lKROgqW4LntZI5K8Or2RLzgBHsermlfidqxzCxqeQW8zE/w480-h640/Androsace%20cf.%20selago%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(109).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Androsace cf. selago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyriWiKA59zL5HdOAW1-4ia8pTqwMyVKzV7faNttqCZZInv7GdhAL09WtT_PKz_GyS89tQjuStUL-D_iKllGdNJZBv6lFZ4xf1Y3sUiPQ27vfwGzletE38qIkyytgu9QTJX9r2R7yj-JChREhgPmHBuZMYJpFMGaccZUSBe2jXnJN7qo7WDYGUycTe_TE/s3888/Androsace%20wardii%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(83).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3567" data-original-width="3888" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyriWiKA59zL5HdOAW1-4ia8pTqwMyVKzV7faNttqCZZInv7GdhAL09WtT_PKz_GyS89tQjuStUL-D_iKllGdNJZBv6lFZ4xf1Y3sUiPQ27vfwGzletE38qIkyytgu9QTJX9r2R7yj-JChREhgPmHBuZMYJpFMGaccZUSBe2jXnJN7qo7WDYGUycTe_TE/w640-h588/Androsace%20wardii%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(83).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Androsace wardii</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETgVd2jsZcpDpjKt42ycly-juVScDToRG8q3O82Ih_YiwfZwgzFqzwpBQHTNyBcpMv1aiGwGv0r-gwnhs0WIGOEheRZ3xQincuUGAnXpJs8Pt53znhsqv-c7uppSwNIdmfzYKqHYOBGWZZF4M3WjTwuUqss8vPD_DITgB5m3fVN-7kJJ8e3OvYi2EIfw/s5184/Androsace%20wardii%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(174).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETgVd2jsZcpDpjKt42ycly-juVScDToRG8q3O82Ih_YiwfZwgzFqzwpBQHTNyBcpMv1aiGwGv0r-gwnhs0WIGOEheRZ3xQincuUGAnXpJs8Pt53znhsqv-c7uppSwNIdmfzYKqHYOBGWZZF4M3WjTwuUqss8vPD_DITgB5m3fVN-7kJJ8e3OvYi2EIfw/w480-h640/Androsace%20wardii%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(174).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Androsace wardii</i> (pale form)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zJWpsUYZ5TsjPblpVYe0j7aeAqPShUDTcbNHB01-M_Sm4MgLXqs9MG_1J1Y41sJEUKsrR-dIjNY4r2OnXKSozoXdpmYDR10i0aDMb0x7WdAJ2m-A1PSEzWvmRulUt5XlkgvyDcbgOavzhyCkRUc3pOJc3MWTd1T0W-mUgQZ-WS2U1MlRVGsjEg7RnlA/s5184/Anemone%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(52).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zJWpsUYZ5TsjPblpVYe0j7aeAqPShUDTcbNHB01-M_Sm4MgLXqs9MG_1J1Y41sJEUKsrR-dIjNY4r2OnXKSozoXdpmYDR10i0aDMb0x7WdAJ2m-A1PSEzWvmRulUt5XlkgvyDcbgOavzhyCkRUc3pOJc3MWTd1T0W-mUgQZ-WS2U1MlRVGsjEg7RnlA/w640-h480/Anemone%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(52).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anemone </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9XdUyEGKGeMAY886at_SoeaTVq4jCSP9VxgxglAvixQvkcnRY7sBFdNNI_dfGjqj-1MCZGMzFktQE-UJw2y-rGUyXBcCFzjfwDk-PecjVSFNd21ig7XMHfokOkTjPKLDhf0tYSWKKgsIhADyQEIpirj4hmK81UJani-Iq75Y657HheHaa8UG6o5b_8w/s5184/Artemisia%20tibetica%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(10).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9XdUyEGKGeMAY886at_SoeaTVq4jCSP9VxgxglAvixQvkcnRY7sBFdNNI_dfGjqj-1MCZGMzFktQE-UJw2y-rGUyXBcCFzjfwDk-PecjVSFNd21ig7XMHfokOkTjPKLDhf0tYSWKKgsIhADyQEIpirj4hmK81UJani-Iq75Y657HheHaa8UG6o5b_8w/w640-h480/Artemisia%20tibetica%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(10).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Artemisia tibetica</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmG5HKYBK-92TJAySsYxyRabw_1GUtiG5lFri7Al1VJr-NGN10BWLWh7plGy_iMYHXN9uxOfUQN4B7OI8T1UDZeMPId3tGaBGrssjayeOrLjmyqBrNjcSgbZW0fFiQ3pIvvvzgG7Z_i7LdaNyBrIJQev5AFS_KCI9XcwCYjU3DvxlOYUGrze3tDEiYUA/s3708/Aster%20cf.%20himalaicus%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(36)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3392" data-original-width="3708" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmG5HKYBK-92TJAySsYxyRabw_1GUtiG5lFri7Al1VJr-NGN10BWLWh7plGy_iMYHXN9uxOfUQN4B7OI8T1UDZeMPId3tGaBGrssjayeOrLjmyqBrNjcSgbZW0fFiQ3pIvvvzgG7Z_i7LdaNyBrIJQev5AFS_KCI9XcwCYjU3DvxlOYUGrze3tDEiYUA/w640-h586/Aster%20cf.%20himalaicus%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(36)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aster himalaicus</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXDucEFs6aWYzSasnid7CE8CX8yxysrDC3C5UvQOxmp6fhS7O4NIec4ypszX01chHkKg-S8N58zj63pDNx8FOlq8TlUglxSGDdxIFf9XGxcpMEj_phuFI1Sz_tlJQcAv6Axe8sO9-JWkmM22YkdmR_MHqp_cfSML57EfF0jzfIVl5VGPj2UmwgadfJAQ/s5184/Aster%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(139).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXDucEFs6aWYzSasnid7CE8CX8yxysrDC3C5UvQOxmp6fhS7O4NIec4ypszX01chHkKg-S8N58zj63pDNx8FOlq8TlUglxSGDdxIFf9XGxcpMEj_phuFI1Sz_tlJQcAv6Axe8sO9-JWkmM22YkdmR_MHqp_cfSML57EfF0jzfIVl5VGPj2UmwgadfJAQ/w480-h640/Aster%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(139).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aster </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRADngJkVO3y2dppj78KLCjzcKO1kdQR4fesUExxxgK7pHkSt9IzOmUPrb9BBRjc0wlVFO3otbsfT-799fOrWjIFnu5PMWCtWsCTx5a3QQMZhPRbivoCBZogUGgobiaN_GIrMjIf2mcpm3sXc-Hocp5gydC5aeAocikRfApJBvVLYIzE1q7D1XD_O_0Wk/s2227/Astragalus%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(20).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="2227" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRADngJkVO3y2dppj78KLCjzcKO1kdQR4fesUExxxgK7pHkSt9IzOmUPrb9BBRjc0wlVFO3otbsfT-799fOrWjIFnu5PMWCtWsCTx5a3QQMZhPRbivoCBZogUGgobiaN_GIrMjIf2mcpm3sXc-Hocp5gydC5aeAocikRfApJBvVLYIzE1q7D1XD_O_0Wk/w640-h480/Astragalus%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(20).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Astragalus (Oxytropis?) </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_W7zR8eSQPVuo1kW80WYFnHl9bo2ef43noFE1zx0zjudDWRJjIl3RCyD6HHag1b34ZMj-J4sX92QSOdgnHKsh8s6fQiK4rltF3QhJag1N3etD5o9ydF3z07rBY9H8YWla-BcKUnoGdXpvY3GkNADCjQX8CHegsuIz2gnk1d1eF0-qaNWZLLLgachNfnw/s5184/Berberis%20sp.%20&%20Marcela%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_W7zR8eSQPVuo1kW80WYFnHl9bo2ef43noFE1zx0zjudDWRJjIl3RCyD6HHag1b34ZMj-J4sX92QSOdgnHKsh8s6fQiK4rltF3QhJag1N3etD5o9ydF3z07rBY9H8YWla-BcKUnoGdXpvY3GkNADCjQX8CHegsuIz2gnk1d1eF0-qaNWZLLLgachNfnw/w640-h480/Berberis%20sp.%20&%20Marcela%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Berberis </i>sp. and Marcela Ferreyra</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC394pH7QnpyooPiyGOEnF1gPtZXNKGt2ArmBupvHLKjwgqkoPnMlfGwOFGKHEdCk2Vk26Dmk5FlWrFSiADoTsx5dBVEDeNLV299WBlNwYaW-bLZmQMyTjPMt1Lbq4ym_FbCCkUw4p5aVkTjYtrthT9UhlV4ZyiCKleaPv1HIovNscG7yHLZRuyMtiQYQ/s5184/Boraginaceae%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(48).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC394pH7QnpyooPiyGOEnF1gPtZXNKGt2ArmBupvHLKjwgqkoPnMlfGwOFGKHEdCk2Vk26Dmk5FlWrFSiADoTsx5dBVEDeNLV299WBlNwYaW-bLZmQMyTjPMt1Lbq4ym_FbCCkUw4p5aVkTjYtrthT9UhlV4ZyiCKleaPv1HIovNscG7yHLZRuyMtiQYQ/w480-h640/Boraginaceae%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(48).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boraginaceae sp. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAC7oqbQzV885wnz2GtBsSxCMLqgiRTWoBmC17QaBkWMMrHBAYExumOhAIL6cC8gfoJcEApzEwn3ywW7NxD0NgEyyD7QV_bJhSo9DQBEnoYK2NHz5AQ4j0keBf_F5Wppt4Y8T5A4iLZSsCuVLk-GAisrr3j2v6sdikkGziOuO69kaXP7V9yDMH3olnCWs/s5184/Brassicaceae%204%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(44).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAC7oqbQzV885wnz2GtBsSxCMLqgiRTWoBmC17QaBkWMMrHBAYExumOhAIL6cC8gfoJcEApzEwn3ywW7NxD0NgEyyD7QV_bJhSo9DQBEnoYK2NHz5AQ4j0keBf_F5Wppt4Y8T5A4iLZSsCuVLk-GAisrr3j2v6sdikkGziOuO69kaXP7V9yDMH3olnCWs/w640-h480/Brassicaceae%204%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(44).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brassicaceae<i> </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdAEUvksbq3nAPMMOEoVgocOb-8dN6G4yC-LU1AcBb8zmOJaDrez9kd_yvwZSTJUq_XCxhjrjDpoXX-CseK05pOLBl6W65PPWhlIfj1AfB88KWSWpzccDef0wflyhEQLLvPD6FdOxjlpxn2VIrb6lNwhq2RUCFpucfSCZal5yXMfqGSBgA79b81VZHNk/s5184/Brassicaceae%20sp.%206Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(126).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdAEUvksbq3nAPMMOEoVgocOb-8dN6G4yC-LU1AcBb8zmOJaDrez9kd_yvwZSTJUq_XCxhjrjDpoXX-CseK05pOLBl6W65PPWhlIfj1AfB88KWSWpzccDef0wflyhEQLLvPD6FdOxjlpxn2VIrb6lNwhq2RUCFpucfSCZal5yXMfqGSBgA79b81VZHNk/w480-h640/Brassicaceae%20sp.%206Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(126).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brassicaceae<i> </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO1Ui0S6_-K7WfS1gow6ub75iio7vXxdJdloFSrFUQ6wzue6CKkXCvT6bq4Ilo7f0b9xHl83p6G3NSrFnCfJKUImq0R8BaUtteuoX4ffVDSfozWIVGi8IUs5h8PfPNjY20qttN-2PLA-oGNH75GeOK9new0EJnPRhbzAtf7dczsu0IBJfWPIhclSn9so/s5184/Brassicaceae%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(25).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO1Ui0S6_-K7WfS1gow6ub75iio7vXxdJdloFSrFUQ6wzue6CKkXCvT6bq4Ilo7f0b9xHl83p6G3NSrFnCfJKUImq0R8BaUtteuoX4ffVDSfozWIVGi8IUs5h8PfPNjY20qttN-2PLA-oGNH75GeOK9new0EJnPRhbzAtf7dczsu0IBJfWPIhclSn9so/w640-h480/Brassicaceae%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(25).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brassicaceae<i> </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGla5YTz_8jxN1BMP6OKOFGV6pbPRg-deKO2NbT4_PWUmJdJtdir0NP3wcAe-XN2u8HNnt44HfcZpLCVibONEhtUvC1PQl4NjKUWrLWoQIUurWaCZXDZWrUJ0KV8KSb9pU1wTiUxAb7u1AddyOgxUFdFu4HGU_IPmj9e7qgnPRScqpdAQyt7TKunN6X1U/s5184/Caragana%20jubata%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(101).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGla5YTz_8jxN1BMP6OKOFGV6pbPRg-deKO2NbT4_PWUmJdJtdir0NP3wcAe-XN2u8HNnt44HfcZpLCVibONEhtUvC1PQl4NjKUWrLWoQIUurWaCZXDZWrUJ0KV8KSb9pU1wTiUxAb7u1AddyOgxUFdFu4HGU_IPmj9e7qgnPRScqpdAQyt7TKunN6X1U/w640-h480/Caragana%20jubata%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(101).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Caragana jubata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XnAvZaTXEpKPFuS_howtXGnTWil2mOKxbtryDXd3J9TMJv_REHbEpYnkfUaut7S88o0EO0-O1BJu0f_xLu8CHVpJFHj3k-7zIoCIIZt8I5GR-4S0DMcc5OHC-BHaCywUdQ3tnZIacHsfZchJTeAfwGHuoycItXlQKq7SRG3JACRSJV1DErN7AUkBPa0/s5184/Caragana%20jubata%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(103).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XnAvZaTXEpKPFuS_howtXGnTWil2mOKxbtryDXd3J9TMJv_REHbEpYnkfUaut7S88o0EO0-O1BJu0f_xLu8CHVpJFHj3k-7zIoCIIZt8I5GR-4S0DMcc5OHC-BHaCywUdQ3tnZIacHsfZchJTeAfwGHuoycItXlQKq7SRG3JACRSJV1DErN7AUkBPa0/w640-h480/Caragana%20jubata%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(103).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Caragana jubata<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUISr5iGjzHRBTefyvzojYgnes_OJu3jTXTie6RCRPqXF3LMMuTWBAzygzrf9h8f8DWYxrjZ_ik-8-vCaxf_d9rK22B0OfrP1e2pb5L1VHNNb3qgJg1EKsTEoU9CDugyweGpT5Xf46nUZSKXb8TWiqrxI3zJqTkfKAauKax1ANqFKV9ovc4TdjpHYDvM/s5184/Chrysosplenium%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(89).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUISr5iGjzHRBTefyvzojYgnes_OJu3jTXTie6RCRPqXF3LMMuTWBAzygzrf9h8f8DWYxrjZ_ik-8-vCaxf_d9rK22B0OfrP1e2pb5L1VHNNb3qgJg1EKsTEoU9CDugyweGpT5Xf46nUZSKXb8TWiqrxI3zJqTkfKAauKax1ANqFKV9ovc4TdjpHYDvM/w640-h480/Chrysosplenium%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(89).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chrysosplenium sp.<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm62xSNctRJfq1Gl1jKEskQADog_357RVkA08eDpLCqvMzw-x6HsS3G6sXAs_MwpmiQpqdaMvGQoKBy9VijjozOqEFSeDYjMSkrO6gDKgwG1r6fftgDQhDzOPHjBEsCXJkG4JJ-IjbWT2lCqMYVA1xdDNJSHbZbtSXcqgw6m8M2yFSZmX0QKWAZ86hDKw/s5184/Corydalis%20calcicola%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(69).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm62xSNctRJfq1Gl1jKEskQADog_357RVkA08eDpLCqvMzw-x6HsS3G6sXAs_MwpmiQpqdaMvGQoKBy9VijjozOqEFSeDYjMSkrO6gDKgwG1r6fftgDQhDzOPHjBEsCXJkG4JJ-IjbWT2lCqMYVA1xdDNJSHbZbtSXcqgw6m8M2yFSZmX0QKWAZ86hDKw/w480-h640/Corydalis%20calcicola%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(69).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis calcicola<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9D072SZ4uNJnzmcD1ZIMDEfZbYGNPMaGyjaGDstAXZA41De02J_2n7jOB9TnFp_zyesDJTPr0E005IwGtztsJiA5fly-K_Mx1J5g2pxlscIAn42aWQuzTVcrgD9568LtNuAYeehry01upc7Z2CRZaZrxcTs39Ihji1z0TQXZ76dZOawPxTngeN8gfKNM/s5184/Corydalis%20calcicola%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(77).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9D072SZ4uNJnzmcD1ZIMDEfZbYGNPMaGyjaGDstAXZA41De02J_2n7jOB9TnFp_zyesDJTPr0E005IwGtztsJiA5fly-K_Mx1J5g2pxlscIAn42aWQuzTVcrgD9568LtNuAYeehry01upc7Z2CRZaZrxcTs39Ihji1z0TQXZ76dZOawPxTngeN8gfKNM/w640-h480/Corydalis%20calcicola%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(77).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis calcicola</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kldH4rUCjkEW-Xy_wQepOWJ-RCRRlrJkcZbYBUjBC2DX_B95J1cIUBBEtVCqOnDJbwyMnbIeUbHfs6_cKqVHTMYkVIt_zlLd0Gmy-TmOtX6zR1gekhjQL5Lliw-Z3DEFVn14eT3yJG8j49JyqZO1pC6uUZuMbR-4eKpeyCRz-DKDtj-kMwmtA9fizIk/s5184/Corydalis%20hemicentra%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(144).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kldH4rUCjkEW-Xy_wQepOWJ-RCRRlrJkcZbYBUjBC2DX_B95J1cIUBBEtVCqOnDJbwyMnbIeUbHfs6_cKqVHTMYkVIt_zlLd0Gmy-TmOtX6zR1gekhjQL5Lliw-Z3DEFVn14eT3yJG8j49JyqZO1pC6uUZuMbR-4eKpeyCRz-DKDtj-kMwmtA9fizIk/w640-h480/Corydalis%20hemicentra%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(144).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis hemicentra<br /><br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mP9EVYeVeNuHNUvbYhl4LkhY94nss-QoBwATTFOCyu4uRb_lqtWyqXPZyHMtUix5N2myd2J89Dgqx8ZFHbazTGifVIcISnnBP80HNaSyKfNzJO4g4p6EqRRQ5PfBsfBHQGd6PKHT6j8wiGZhM9ot7sHzrUJ6c6TvjvyVvWztLNINYz8oViNpGKtyr2U/s1000/Corydalis%20melanochlora%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(164)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1000" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mP9EVYeVeNuHNUvbYhl4LkhY94nss-QoBwATTFOCyu4uRb_lqtWyqXPZyHMtUix5N2myd2J89Dgqx8ZFHbazTGifVIcISnnBP80HNaSyKfNzJO4g4p6EqRRQ5PfBsfBHQGd6PKHT6j8wiGZhM9ot7sHzrUJ6c6TvjvyVvWztLNINYz8oViNpGKtyr2U/w640-h474/Corydalis%20melanochlora%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(164)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis melanochlora</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9TGsHJxrPvITMpf_uM5YA-2CDmUGoTpNtL9pVfnCOtL92xcaY3kcWoM2i5Doa-Wqr0fk_hg9T0Da_lzGDKjvPwPPWBwOZDZ9130v_CVgGaJqN1wcjDLy6WnnQAQW5CVDdQBI5IqUL-logVoQMx8uZCs6dZ-PPTTEKgOLgCYB6RFBsR1dr44BnfBkTJU/s5184/Corydalis%20sp,%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(81).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9TGsHJxrPvITMpf_uM5YA-2CDmUGoTpNtL9pVfnCOtL92xcaY3kcWoM2i5Doa-Wqr0fk_hg9T0Da_lzGDKjvPwPPWBwOZDZ9130v_CVgGaJqN1wcjDLy6WnnQAQW5CVDdQBI5IqUL-logVoQMx8uZCs6dZ-PPTTEKgOLgCYB6RFBsR1dr44BnfBkTJU/w640-h480/Corydalis%20sp,%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(81).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis melanochlora</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOw70DKd-3ksR2qF883jMhDXxV4XU50yf-bt4MqV2AUdIDcpBEWYN0WEyP1hv6IZYsQ_V3yN3x6m25Ajc3BJH_qES3hJL6ur8pMee5M1SwgfHEDyCsBjCNWGMztatMMtktPW5sSB5Mx6zb1AyNotj4HDvrYveZqWcpE_6Stl6EVn1gq6EeOzTGHq8kmw/s5184/Corydalis%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(95).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmOw70DKd-3ksR2qF883jMhDXxV4XU50yf-bt4MqV2AUdIDcpBEWYN0WEyP1hv6IZYsQ_V3yN3x6m25Ajc3BJH_qES3hJL6ur8pMee5M1SwgfHEDyCsBjCNWGMztatMMtktPW5sSB5Mx6zb1AyNotj4HDvrYveZqWcpE_6Stl6EVn1gq6EeOzTGHq8kmw/w640-h480/Corydalis%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(95).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis</i> sp.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq_wZFx6qEpq9HsAY3JijEcAt7BqaOa4Tw_QN6aYceNRZnZ-Yy0Mv4eA1vzN93gV3w2dlFFx2ONpiXAGfZb9nRjO2G3G9XwqGHft_uX1W0R86KFTVaSHxuqGF2JRfUz5tqXt3EEsPQZG5a5isW81t2hlBavW_6HaKQYES93aUJUUa52GFNofMpCUmPuU/s5184/Corydalis%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(43).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq_wZFx6qEpq9HsAY3JijEcAt7BqaOa4Tw_QN6aYceNRZnZ-Yy0Mv4eA1vzN93gV3w2dlFFx2ONpiXAGfZb9nRjO2G3G9XwqGHft_uX1W0R86KFTVaSHxuqGF2JRfUz5tqXt3EEsPQZG5a5isW81t2hlBavW_6HaKQYES93aUJUUa52GFNofMpCUmPuU/w480-h640/Corydalis%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(43).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis</i> sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gVhqm-6tefswoUQqwySOZ-p6JYmnGeXhjFSxKMZWjUMPDTI6b7_ogNnc77eWl3eQzYrvJaAGCrDyMHOeu5l5yA17UfNh3tzpqtkkyAN1AJdW-WV-oGp4Q1JfOZFcRiuIZAB0mDV78oEQ_k816OWD2p6XM29-mznIXLrsjq87IgHTkd_2hxnvKTUa8vU/s5184/Draba%20polyphylla%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(98).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gVhqm-6tefswoUQqwySOZ-p6JYmnGeXhjFSxKMZWjUMPDTI6b7_ogNnc77eWl3eQzYrvJaAGCrDyMHOeu5l5yA17UfNh3tzpqtkkyAN1AJdW-WV-oGp4Q1JfOZFcRiuIZAB0mDV78oEQ_k816OWD2p6XM29-mznIXLrsjq87IgHTkd_2hxnvKTUa8vU/w480-h640/Draba%20polyphylla%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(98).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Draba polyphylla<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZL8PAB8A_zEM9aR8zDo26eeB3heoqNjX7m3-QO6vCumK8E2uv-5XIQMx7V3B1CzATamh0-gR3zMjzjd88SX_EDOGww1OnnW6xJkYaPbzC8UvOE7mjVgfs8WF04U-2OFniFGaxLxHco0F08O8Lh4exQGAYe5yXWmc-WWR9DJWt0t7-Au3A1DwDBCS6yCU/s5184/Hedysarum%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(30)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZL8PAB8A_zEM9aR8zDo26eeB3heoqNjX7m3-QO6vCumK8E2uv-5XIQMx7V3B1CzATamh0-gR3zMjzjd88SX_EDOGww1OnnW6xJkYaPbzC8UvOE7mjVgfs8WF04U-2OFniFGaxLxHco0F08O8Lh4exQGAYe5yXWmc-WWR9DJWt0t7-Au3A1DwDBCS6yCU/w640-h480/Hedysarum%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(30)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hedysarum </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8S7Ts-HMdMO3JEoKDzrwvl2mD6GBg9uPIYTyMsEa-TSPa_MBdRjd__RmOAeO1OdpH8S2TJ8V_S-Cb5Y_svrUsqgDo36LyKl5hbEdymy4Cu1A3WQ4IlQVxAr-cPUICCcwJSbMk2S1uLpxgLrIoAtY3jpBz3DFPWYxLr0l8_1h4-TChxrEaD8mmYXXlW8/s5184/Hedysarum%20yunnanense%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(6).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8S7Ts-HMdMO3JEoKDzrwvl2mD6GBg9uPIYTyMsEa-TSPa_MBdRjd__RmOAeO1OdpH8S2TJ8V_S-Cb5Y_svrUsqgDo36LyKl5hbEdymy4Cu1A3WQ4IlQVxAr-cPUICCcwJSbMk2S1uLpxgLrIoAtY3jpBz3DFPWYxLr0l8_1h4-TChxrEaD8mmYXXlW8/w640-h480/Hedysarum%20yunnanense%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(6).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hedysarum yunnanense<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn94TflCWLpdD2l3sCSoijEzRoGCYk4crsfDeCbP7SwWDVrtec9dkZiZZ9lQFDr8u0Q7tAB2xNWXZa9IrDse3gUeHDZleAV9u5QtVgAgAvxznGpLftKhl9tSAXR1kpAovxRaFV4rPJw_gxOKokXdWCXFnmy4G5PX0nemcej2tc-3E-JnReb2xwonn49Ss/s5184/Lamiophlomis%20rotata%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(27).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn94TflCWLpdD2l3sCSoijEzRoGCYk4crsfDeCbP7SwWDVrtec9dkZiZZ9lQFDr8u0Q7tAB2xNWXZa9IrDse3gUeHDZleAV9u5QtVgAgAvxznGpLftKhl9tSAXR1kpAovxRaFV4rPJw_gxOKokXdWCXFnmy4G5PX0nemcej2tc-3E-JnReb2xwonn49Ss/w640-h480/Lamiophlomis%20rotata%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(27).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lamiophlomis rotata<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6ivdYt6SbbhJEFlqHhQA_ODBTS1I5uuQH5UPn7UqgOcFtthGVgIYKIyqIYziMOgEYH9k0PgRpNilsMlMS09nJO74FVNBhi_2ANdjoCekvJ-V-Y_4qBX9cuvEIwZrOJIL30vVMBSJzRIduyDcow_pSfUwt6Geg0dxTLnfsGaNoVgNw06cOf4ut8LiDZ8/s5184/Leptodermis%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(104).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6ivdYt6SbbhJEFlqHhQA_ODBTS1I5uuQH5UPn7UqgOcFtthGVgIYKIyqIYziMOgEYH9k0PgRpNilsMlMS09nJO74FVNBhi_2ANdjoCekvJ-V-Y_4qBX9cuvEIwZrOJIL30vVMBSJzRIduyDcow_pSfUwt6Geg0dxTLnfsGaNoVgNw06cOf4ut8LiDZ8/w640-h480/Leptodermis%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(104).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Leptodermis </i>sp.<i><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEwxDSr1YTLHNgUxtVvmMNnJiX8r1tC38a9364rojCPFvEgoQYv3sWq45EGOHaPiFhUrG3XxrfrCHetcRkDf7mezspZgKqyf-RaiUCfcgmqsllkeLcMtYuZ8ZtzhtWC_UYI3C1wI2x2IR9OpVbtMMUmm6rSKtuRpKwQRGslVF0FTdD7vRv15Bk-6FcN4/s5184/Paraquilegia%20microphylla%20%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(177).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEwxDSr1YTLHNgUxtVvmMNnJiX8r1tC38a9364rojCPFvEgoQYv3sWq45EGOHaPiFhUrG3XxrfrCHetcRkDf7mezspZgKqyf-RaiUCfcgmqsllkeLcMtYuZ8ZtzhtWC_UYI3C1wI2x2IR9OpVbtMMUmm6rSKtuRpKwQRGslVF0FTdD7vRv15Bk-6FcN4/w640-h480/Paraquilegia%20microphylla%20%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(177).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Paraquilegia microphylla<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw6mhRAWxedPpCJI1o6PjyBzqPMClU7uAzzlRF7ZIZrOPtzx3VhW2dhOtnfDUK0Pv9yJ5DWS1LS1NciKSubqwD1QQamJqcXWEqUxiF9kmeLcmXkkLiVwv7lLoi9lOHlFPxWb4Ir3xiRR89_F8gxlwW0tW1tPOQlqL9GEKr7dXI-ex_7LRZV4qDp8R3Wc/s5184/Phyllophyton%20complanatum%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(141).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw6mhRAWxedPpCJI1o6PjyBzqPMClU7uAzzlRF7ZIZrOPtzx3VhW2dhOtnfDUK0Pv9yJ5DWS1LS1NciKSubqwD1QQamJqcXWEqUxiF9kmeLcmXkkLiVwv7lLoi9lOHlFPxWb4Ir3xiRR89_F8gxlwW0tW1tPOQlqL9GEKr7dXI-ex_7LRZV4qDp8R3Wc/w640-h480/Phyllophyton%20complanatum%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(141).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phyllophyton complanatum <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi089jhEJumzZWslUQd5knQqdad8xfMJfgLjqJYapzBSNx-E-H8_Gu9ny_Opj4kCyBpOv8ZHj2ys1h9sdvQkuQNt2fc0Nl0c3Avx_rlRiLIqsRBr8XK_rE0M-PcD7yEyRiSjorz8oAFpn4r66favPqEvjI8bwCe0pfTObiY1HZLlmhzE9HRTJ9Ped3kkJo/s5184/Primula%20yargongensis%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(91).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi089jhEJumzZWslUQd5knQqdad8xfMJfgLjqJYapzBSNx-E-H8_Gu9ny_Opj4kCyBpOv8ZHj2ys1h9sdvQkuQNt2fc0Nl0c3Avx_rlRiLIqsRBr8XK_rE0M-PcD7yEyRiSjorz8oAFpn4r66favPqEvjI8bwCe0pfTObiY1HZLlmhzE9HRTJ9Ped3kkJo/w480-h640/Primula%20yargongensis%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(91).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primula yargongensis<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnNMwmpQb3Q0xNq1ty0kP73FH8jiOL2wC5HkgV3ZeaAZSRPKyuPqpHnVTwuwh0w0oUDvbbVpHd3FWS3Qti5WJ7y_6k6GQAOb9GxLaK9a86A4D1DO8JrBIDi2dfkOQlC-WLPW1hqkN4rLj3aE3e3RGUzXJRDpju3pHZCTFlKM6n7IutXDxkhafeXi6eP4/s5184/Primula%20yargongensis%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(201).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnNMwmpQb3Q0xNq1ty0kP73FH8jiOL2wC5HkgV3ZeaAZSRPKyuPqpHnVTwuwh0w0oUDvbbVpHd3FWS3Qti5WJ7y_6k6GQAOb9GxLaK9a86A4D1DO8JrBIDi2dfkOQlC-WLPW1hqkN4rLj3aE3e3RGUzXJRDpju3pHZCTFlKM6n7IutXDxkhafeXi6eP4/w480-h640/Primula%20yargongensis%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(201).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primula zambalensis<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYbX_5TqyuLw7_LXVU5Z2vO9U2LgoU_T03YUGWJhTIuAnZeHpV1sTZjyqlrzNr-JgyxR5LXu-6Wtjf8j89n6j3jugbpS4hO6JEJ3xg6xJfX9DJkEmjMKNtiupihp0KbWAsiYt2KA7aze_yqvHzCNPFKhjqG3j8_QTsvHTrnq_1ioqL9Uos9xvVbxTknU/s3348/Primula%20zambalensis%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(202).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3348" data-original-width="1784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYbX_5TqyuLw7_LXVU5Z2vO9U2LgoU_T03YUGWJhTIuAnZeHpV1sTZjyqlrzNr-JgyxR5LXu-6Wtjf8j89n6j3jugbpS4hO6JEJ3xg6xJfX9DJkEmjMKNtiupihp0KbWAsiYt2KA7aze_yqvHzCNPFKhjqG3j8_QTsvHTrnq_1ioqL9Uos9xvVbxTknU/w342-h640/Primula%20zambalensis%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(202).JPG" width="342" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primula zambalensis</i> (pale)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNkoBCqUBXIFe-hs27r5QLoXd-Ng5ZJmfpWXLtKhcoVdR3x_Qs5upNCAJ_F_nrQ5MZOnDfFjuilQK_VVYIqwkRjpLdW3BNsTcEptuXK2IFGPxWxaYIYPTMvZxW7aavjk5wxjRcNznosSDJK-Mq7Kv5KskY8bg56RPEASuoZes1jgOU4Yws7FUXFVMYFI/s5184/Ranunculus%20sp%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(90).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNkoBCqUBXIFe-hs27r5QLoXd-Ng5ZJmfpWXLtKhcoVdR3x_Qs5upNCAJ_F_nrQ5MZOnDfFjuilQK_VVYIqwkRjpLdW3BNsTcEptuXK2IFGPxWxaYIYPTMvZxW7aavjk5wxjRcNznosSDJK-Mq7Kv5KskY8bg56RPEASuoZes1jgOU4Yws7FUXFVMYFI/w480-h640/Ranunculus%20sp%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(90).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ranunculus </i>sp.<i><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOx1ifIdbP2-o2F6kmPVqurKjwYEPcALL5ndpGJ9BnfwYPwYcddxILAlpfY7BRCR_rhi0KX9j04vVdJaj6N0fasJ9ZViW4oY62SOvKuAsW5Fnw9ec-L1UoaetJILpq-YJ_eE_AKKDfS9ClCmoIMMViMiftQpA0cvjyIyDM_zAdDO_U2kZ_jnjdG5vH1w/s5184/Rheum%20delavayi%20%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(71).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOx1ifIdbP2-o2F6kmPVqurKjwYEPcALL5ndpGJ9BnfwYPwYcddxILAlpfY7BRCR_rhi0KX9j04vVdJaj6N0fasJ9ZViW4oY62SOvKuAsW5Fnw9ec-L1UoaetJILpq-YJ_eE_AKKDfS9ClCmoIMMViMiftQpA0cvjyIyDM_zAdDO_U2kZ_jnjdG5vH1w/w480-h640/Rheum%20delavayi%20%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(71).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rheum delavayi<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yNx2F-7vG5puCWFtMAJc1lgt5BkrWiWrqvDPEVTcRerH6aLFOlaAZC258spABHt1KB593y95FwzKoaThpnR9p7tx2LU_dgCyT-1eGTLiQyiaJLBHoK-4Eg6ODcHo9fHd9p-x_bUiVEP6-eBFOcSacIgmRvxNmRAe92QfOSYyPtRuyAzW5tOirYd1qu8/s2877/Saxifraga%20unguiculata%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(121)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2261" data-original-width="2877" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yNx2F-7vG5puCWFtMAJc1lgt5BkrWiWrqvDPEVTcRerH6aLFOlaAZC258spABHt1KB593y95FwzKoaThpnR9p7tx2LU_dgCyT-1eGTLiQyiaJLBHoK-4Eg6ODcHo9fHd9p-x_bUiVEP6-eBFOcSacIgmRvxNmRAe92QfOSYyPtRuyAzW5tOirYd1qu8/w640-h502/Saxifraga%20unguiculata%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(121)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Saxifraga unguiculata<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5Laoj7_8M5pgtNR_gsIbjmWew078GLj1EFX2TeFpPtptJDxnEeeStp3MMmV4D2pjfiovYjxCH4KdaCWFuIYIC1mkA6N20htvRO1OvnWa5UnJ2b7e2eADqW6wpURC58E8A42hOacf6arGNuniFV9fRvO5tRbuzlTR-ihNtZrTs_AfHyQsseBhIKkMYx4/s5184/Saxifraga%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(117).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5Laoj7_8M5pgtNR_gsIbjmWew078GLj1EFX2TeFpPtptJDxnEeeStp3MMmV4D2pjfiovYjxCH4KdaCWFuIYIC1mkA6N20htvRO1OvnWa5UnJ2b7e2eADqW6wpURC58E8A42hOacf6arGNuniFV9fRvO5tRbuzlTR-ihNtZrTs_AfHyQsseBhIKkMYx4/w640-h480/Saxifraga%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(117).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Saxifraga chionophila</i><i><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTo9_kn-r-JVKfU0QV9nXfaF0JxLffanQSYaiTqoilmq7HG_oYfuZuRcdx3KikoQdlYtlFIHx1xImdP4CW4mnus0wua9W2rUSDZx5nYJKgJk77wvKqijG9FtfXFVRalWKpTFopheY-BjyByvzKI-EIK7vkWHLzmgckk3XcWPZFvIUDj8vvtqs0xpubPo/s5184/Sibbaldia%20purpurea%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(32).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTo9_kn-r-JVKfU0QV9nXfaF0JxLffanQSYaiTqoilmq7HG_oYfuZuRcdx3KikoQdlYtlFIHx1xImdP4CW4mnus0wua9W2rUSDZx5nYJKgJk77wvKqijG9FtfXFVRalWKpTFopheY-BjyByvzKI-EIK7vkWHLzmgckk3XcWPZFvIUDj8vvtqs0xpubPo/w640-h480/Sibbaldia%20purpurea%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(32).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sibbaldia purpurea<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1oLo26IL1Og64DuDE6G9MHevMSOtV5XYJf5QU1gUnOAnmmjDFXgAd8_8tkrmHu_kF6_iBflrhTQlY5wVNcmwDBUe1O0ENwEJNQqpwW7CCOOiZa61cWmecMOY_Tp-wRGgpVp5VMZQY_iAKfJODqtNgaM6pPpao1OMQv-p8xyj773ZjSMGcGxSuBjBRmA/s5184/Spongiocarpella%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(122)1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1oLo26IL1Og64DuDE6G9MHevMSOtV5XYJf5QU1gUnOAnmmjDFXgAd8_8tkrmHu_kF6_iBflrhTQlY5wVNcmwDBUe1O0ENwEJNQqpwW7CCOOiZa61cWmecMOY_Tp-wRGgpVp5VMZQY_iAKfJODqtNgaM6pPpao1OMQv-p8xyj773ZjSMGcGxSuBjBRmA/w480-h640/Spongiocarpella%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(122)1.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Spongiocarpella (Chesneya) nubigena<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR6IWfuS6OTjtl_V7mLNQDPXt8T_jcCxinM9cfG6xDNAfNYOwWaltWmaWMtpyS7hJLCUR3dpDZHdA2Rhx4V04p0FAZWGFWgGSMGPn5W3v1EdxRTtRnTVMFE-cOlX1oT0saAohosHIeArn1r7EYvwoJ3gknmHA9IYeEKbApjuAWhrMuzcto1kAkqKDskM/s1333/Saussurea%20medusa%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(154)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR6IWfuS6OTjtl_V7mLNQDPXt8T_jcCxinM9cfG6xDNAfNYOwWaltWmaWMtpyS7hJLCUR3dpDZHdA2Rhx4V04p0FAZWGFWgGSMGPn5W3v1EdxRTtRnTVMFE-cOlX1oT0saAohosHIeArn1r7EYvwoJ3gknmHA9IYeEKbApjuAWhrMuzcto1kAkqKDskM/w480-h640/Saussurea%20medusa%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Baimashan%20Pass%203%20(154)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Saussurea medusa<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XNyk77AheBWNZ3oAO7yZ2s_61LNgMbGo-Cv7Rj8URxycvo8y5tnYdWSvQjG3jCY82B-wPpGq44DS1KMMITBbmuRa-_CQY6PtELYXeWVtWcfldlZJu4gdwfdXaAgt0xonU94-OITX0kWHArAl08PLzav2nC0oEQdktgDiKkJqUGYfBAmGJltBxqOferk/s5184/Taraxacum%20albidum%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(188).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XNyk77AheBWNZ3oAO7yZ2s_61LNgMbGo-Cv7Rj8URxycvo8y5tnYdWSvQjG3jCY82B-wPpGq44DS1KMMITBbmuRa-_CQY6PtELYXeWVtWcfldlZJu4gdwfdXaAgt0xonU94-OITX0kWHArAl08PLzav2nC0oEQdktgDiKkJqUGYfBAmGJltBxqOferk/w640-h480/Taraxacum%20albidum%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(188).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Taraxacum albidum<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvuGN-1RCOwMdw3Nbiib20HryV0DnRVdHMbQ21u9mvPKvoEK9eBhENNa3XnjOD_U4E4NuHI-YTUVCdOLntARwQbPjJcKcDljhTTiPb6oJhi38aI1ZEyh_sbHGb4hy7kxWx9JHXwk3I_q8Npi3mbu1CE2KT2a0Oyuu73FxyIM2P_NgsM1vScGeOR3lVbI/s5184/Thalictrum%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(23).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvuGN-1RCOwMdw3Nbiib20HryV0DnRVdHMbQ21u9mvPKvoEK9eBhENNa3XnjOD_U4E4NuHI-YTUVCdOLntARwQbPjJcKcDljhTTiPb6oJhi38aI1ZEyh_sbHGb4hy7kxWx9JHXwk3I_q8Npi3mbu1CE2KT2a0Oyuu73FxyIM2P_NgsM1vScGeOR3lVbI/w480-h640/Thalictrum%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(23).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Thalictrum</i> sp. ign.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFxK-5uhEUM9XfhBpTKh7eZWxa5hYDA_F2Ml2GlxZUVwBWg8gJgULK-DfcFtF_RdSf9urx47HTLZ4K4-wYzhJFIg6jlEEebvG-NTOwvENPgFHPFOTOkiV-Ebs-7uM1R8GNrXM3LV2P5NQGfKpTMyFCEqqok_uComThyhgCNVD8CWwz_QgECY9L9iJV4g/s3886/Thalictrum%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(114)2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2812" data-original-width="3886" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFxK-5uhEUM9XfhBpTKh7eZWxa5hYDA_F2Ml2GlxZUVwBWg8gJgULK-DfcFtF_RdSf9urx47HTLZ4K4-wYzhJFIg6jlEEebvG-NTOwvENPgFHPFOTOkiV-Ebs-7uM1R8GNrXM3LV2P5NQGfKpTMyFCEqqok_uComThyhgCNVD8CWwz_QgECY9L9iJV4g/w640-h464/Thalictrum%20sp.%20Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(114)2.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Q7wXDEdBs03TymA1ViIRl9uJfFDOB5KjddFVgtnCaXKM8-FVcYWTKIMWlpGwpM053NLzFHNLLUdOrBrI7DmNPlqiIh3Nb0XoNHLKIQ1lveQ-sISoDZizITB33ivrKQdWRTRrF6WcNymYyfeDnunNnAHgotgXXc7QO0jjay1C1tRx9-4Vgqq2zNG1EgY/s1333/Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(86)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Q7wXDEdBs03TymA1ViIRl9uJfFDOB5KjddFVgtnCaXKM8-FVcYWTKIMWlpGwpM053NLzFHNLLUdOrBrI7DmNPlqiIh3Nb0XoNHLKIQ1lveQ-sISoDZizITB33ivrKQdWRTRrF6WcNymYyfeDnunNnAHgotgXXc7QO0jjay1C1tRx9-4Vgqq2zNG1EgY/w480-h640/Yunnan%2014%20%20Beimashan%20Pass%203%20(86)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendron </i>spp. carpeting the slope<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><br />Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-28891288119476742822023-11-25T02:44:00.000-08:002023-11-25T02:49:28.420-08:00The blob that has haunted me<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGMTuw3xcMznxil0hW4Tjn47VpE7qmROJVwnmKySXuiToxgaKu0-Y_oqHshOtm3LMYOesnS-xdgu7jc15zpvXkrzCEhywbTs0L5yl-eQFYdtSJCthog7tMxXmoLzS0qTXIEcReFsKw74azKiAY7MsUyp4ikJOp6aCn0hV4qRmVmKhgLiYqtj4vKXYxLg/s2327/IMG_5652%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2327" data-original-width="2262" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGMTuw3xcMznxil0hW4Tjn47VpE7qmROJVwnmKySXuiToxgaKu0-Y_oqHshOtm3LMYOesnS-xdgu7jc15zpvXkrzCEhywbTs0L5yl-eQFYdtSJCthog7tMxXmoLzS0qTXIEcReFsKw74azKiAY7MsUyp4ikJOp6aCn0hV4qRmVmKhgLiYqtj4vKXYxLg/w622-h640/IMG_5652%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="622" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<i>Sphalmanthus resurgens</i>"</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I photographed this amazing caudiciform in the greenhouses of Peter Liekkio north of Seattle. It is a plant that has haunted me for over 40 years as you will see!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGVjKs45ZjN0MFyDcRMy7hABEwQZy3HkJvkMygQ4-ddGy8R5UcA9Jh4cyuXSU32nvdyHFYyg-aousFPBZN2sjQHxrGg2A2DQex0_bRhbTDlppTJTDE8kwek2LJ2P3xTlDMJy18FidfYj5LmytOuiw9neqUrkIUw6ZhKgnThwztnXt-ThPJktUSybDJJw/s2217/IMG_5686%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="1607" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGVjKs45ZjN0MFyDcRMy7hABEwQZy3HkJvkMygQ4-ddGy8R5UcA9Jh4cyuXSU32nvdyHFYyg-aousFPBZN2sjQHxrGg2A2DQex0_bRhbTDlppTJTDE8kwek2LJ2P3xTlDMJy18FidfYj5LmytOuiw9neqUrkIUw6ZhKgnThwztnXt-ThPJktUSybDJJw/w464-h640/IMG_5686%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="464" /></a></div><p>Honestly, it's basically a blob with some delicate green leaves--why should it taunt me so!?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDROH-cSf-LF4qmv-uaju_1MdfXxw_xYgKx5f8fP3zDUbFFdhSwY4AXf7dyCOCBM1BhQz7B7HyKGJvbW0MhMQY92hAf7kz9WPCN15eFlSLBdwycpbhEM1CaV2JcGJqIDl6u9E-YXn7WIsfRtLG4nRc2SeUvZS27D5CM0JOdieOIRMLJm_GYgOQm7wDz04/s3410/Phyllobolus%20resurgens%20Matjiesfontein%20cemetery%2008-27-2022%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3068" data-original-width="3410" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDROH-cSf-LF4qmv-uaju_1MdfXxw_xYgKx5f8fP3zDUbFFdhSwY4AXf7dyCOCBM1BhQz7B7HyKGJvbW0MhMQY92hAf7kz9WPCN15eFlSLBdwycpbhEM1CaV2JcGJqIDl6u9E-YXn7WIsfRtLG4nRc2SeUvZS27D5CM0JOdieOIRMLJm_GYgOQm7wDz04/w640-h576/Phyllobolus%20resurgens%20Matjiesfontein%20cemetery%2008-27-2022%20(5).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phyllobolus </i>(a.k.a. <i>Sphalmanthus</i>)<i> </i>photographed at the cemetery in Matjiesfontein</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Here is one of dozens of photographs I took all over South Africa of plants closely related (if not identical) to Peter's blob: these have been known as "<i>Sphalmanthus</i>", and then "<i>Phyllobolus</i>" although lately they've been subsumed into the vastness of the genus "<i>Mesembryanthemum</i>" which is so polymorphic that it boggles the mind--let's stick to "<i>Phyllobolus</i>" if not "<i>Sphalmanthus</i>" for the nonce...</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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How I wish I'd propagated it!</p><p>And thereby hangs a tale--one worth your pursuing: I wrote about it in a blog post in 2011: I think you will enjoy following this thread:<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"> <a href="https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2011/11/twenty-years-ago-this-year.html" target="_blank">Click here to do that if you wish.</a></span> What you will discover is that the very first species new to science that came through my hands was MISS-named because of this plant. Namely <i>Delosperma sphalmanthoides</i>: I assumed the little pink <i>Delosperma </i>sent to me by John Lavranos was another <i>Sphalmanthus</i>--and I shared it with John Trager of the Huntington under the wrong generic name--which was immortalized in the specific epithet.</p><p>And Steve Hammer tells me that <i>Delosperma sphalmanthoides</i> may not even be a <i>Delosperma</i>! But then, <i>Sphalmanthus </i>may not even be <i>Phyllobolus</i>! Who knows? Maybe the whole family will all just be subsumed by the genus <i>Mesembryanthemum </i>one day anyway if a super lumper has his/her way...</p><p>You can see, perhaps, why I am haunted?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-7275929624465441862023-11-22T11:06:00.000-08:002023-11-22T11:06:07.946-08:00Gary Whittenbaugh: impresario of the heartland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div><br /></div>Just a few shots to give you a taste of the remarkable transformation they wrought on a modest patch of land in Oelwein.<div><br />
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Another glimpse from out front--quite a contrast to the neighbor's!</div><div><br />
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One of the many gems that were blooming in the autumn when I visited. I have several hundred pictures of alpines I took there...I must upload some of these--they're a revelation of what can be grown in a region where rock gardening was thought to be difficult.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1y-21E1ysDcG5ZiZtSX5RVGFGpTva7XoxGfuSs73JTPE4tAIphIVBrOfya1NQWx7OAbJmv4Fy-2aM2E6Sz4YDLm_smjm1-1IsqQWo7ISBhy0tOI7I6TOaY5qmS-pKys3p32diVljfaoR_/s1600/DSC03607+-+Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1600" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1y-21E1ysDcG5ZiZtSX5RVGFGpTva7XoxGfuSs73JTPE4tAIphIVBrOfya1NQWx7OAbJmv4Fy-2aM2E6Sz4YDLm_smjm1-1IsqQWo7ISBhy0tOI7I6TOaY5qmS-pKys3p32diVljfaoR_/s640/DSC03607+-+Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gary on the right and his brother Tom on the left, with whom he collaborated closely in the garden.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In addition to be an inspired gardener, Gary was an outstanding lecturer and impresario par excellence: he opened up an enormous number of gardeners to the world of conifers--making Iowa a centerpiece of the American Conifer Society. He had plans to do the same for the North American Rock Garden Society, but time, alas intervened.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/obituaries/name/gary-whittenbaugh-obituary?pid=205730251&v=batesville&fbclid=IwAR3-ZrTUCnU1ZQ6cJWZ1qXUflDKG4w8GT34AOC-luZ2eeMe0I4f8xXtpDsc" target="_blank">Click here for more details on Gary's life</a> and upcoming services in Oelwein.</div><div><br /></div><div><br />I will dearly miss Gary's ebullient personality and omnipresent smile and good humor.</div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-41705623109920804202023-11-16T11:22:00.000-08:002023-11-16T11:22:19.470-08:00Even MORE Baimashan (#4) [Will this EVER END?]<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwm__6kRlCzPi8AIg20xuR8Irbh5V80OuuujYpmvH4uk0KSgFdNg51HPO2bgG8FLUf1QboV_dO0GN5iOxcZ8EXnNGvrGynXKN-iykoA_BDRPjV57iLQX6q4lioXJiYPYigHGlptpOIVBCITuGDrMCheqMB4AhKCnGNEfEaa4ti-zjXOMANLyh_fR-BlhA/s3099/Anaphalis%20cinerascens%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(21).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2324" data-original-width="3099" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwm__6kRlCzPi8AIg20xuR8Irbh5V80OuuujYpmvH4uk0KSgFdNg51HPO2bgG8FLUf1QboV_dO0GN5iOxcZ8EXnNGvrGynXKN-iykoA_BDRPjV57iLQX6q4lioXJiYPYigHGlptpOIVBCITuGDrMCheqMB4AhKCnGNEfEaa4ti-zjXOMANLyh_fR-BlhA/w640-h480/Anaphalis%20cinerascens%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(21).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anaphalis cinerascens</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Pearly everlasting is pretty much the same in Europe or the US--neither places approach China for variety or charm in the genus.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QXROoFwCSv5Y1HVCC_tMsFSgHuiinb1HCMXKbGs5iukrIP91iX7PH2I2iE89M757rgZak0o2yQrVVc3DZp-kzL4LUO6_bsURYBvfNU9ML3uJe81ytTHKDcxknHOb4sXo9WmQS_qgPXfB_YVBtyjxhxI0xdSOkbfQaj6A8BR-NrpZRPxtUm9Ad-ukj7c/s5184/Aster%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(10).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QXROoFwCSv5Y1HVCC_tMsFSgHuiinb1HCMXKbGs5iukrIP91iX7PH2I2iE89M757rgZak0o2yQrVVc3DZp-kzL4LUO6_bsURYBvfNU9ML3uJe81ytTHKDcxknHOb4sXo9WmQS_qgPXfB_YVBtyjxhxI0xdSOkbfQaj6A8BR-NrpZRPxtUm9Ad-ukj7c/w480-h640/Aster%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(10).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aster </i>sp. ign.</td></tr></tbody></table>There are a LOT of asters here...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UvKcDqomVvwBexhjNW5ysA5qxZHMb0VeiGvqVrLnNCs0IlYXi1ZbIa-j4o4vzANcqwzm45ebPsbKL8U0ichnyAL8o5VwoUT2a328n0PS2I4fFchwul0M_9a7IaCvpcgxziMnmxqNVEs0mW7v7CP8m4eyXzgGGz7CB6PkLTz-P1fVMgWc6G4LgHfBHp0/s4765/Cassiope%20fastigiata%20&%20Bergenia%20purpurascens%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(23).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3573" data-original-width="4765" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UvKcDqomVvwBexhjNW5ysA5qxZHMb0VeiGvqVrLnNCs0IlYXi1ZbIa-j4o4vzANcqwzm45ebPsbKL8U0ichnyAL8o5VwoUT2a328n0PS2I4fFchwul0M_9a7IaCvpcgxziMnmxqNVEs0mW7v7CP8m4eyXzgGGz7CB6PkLTz-P1fVMgWc6G4LgHfBHp0/w640-h480/Cassiope%20fastigiata%20&%20Bergenia%20purpurascens%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(23).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cassiope pectinata </i>and<i> Bergenia purpurascens</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I wish we could grow <i>Cassiope</i> as easily as we grow <i>Bergenia</i>!<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvOWaPh_9OYZnMmjbjUY33ZJVwup161xi-zHkn-424Hdqw1p4SNVUjDk9o-9SU4zuHD8AWcmZSe7GHI8AZx_eNsSI0RGNnIavnrm69bEcw4cmUxzdUnaNW54L_nQMAbSY6SfxxMDCBC31ihCvL9ukVBKnSbcmYZi5T6wUrTRTCR_k_TQkVUwLp8vY4bE/s2355/Corydalis%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(16)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2355" data-original-width="1905" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvOWaPh_9OYZnMmjbjUY33ZJVwup161xi-zHkn-424Hdqw1p4SNVUjDk9o-9SU4zuHD8AWcmZSe7GHI8AZx_eNsSI0RGNnIavnrm69bEcw4cmUxzdUnaNW54L_nQMAbSY6SfxxMDCBC31ihCvL9ukVBKnSbcmYZi5T6wUrTRTCR_k_TQkVUwLp8vY4bE/w518-h640/Corydalis%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(16)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis</i> sp. ign.</td></tr></tbody></table>There are a LOT of blue corydalis in China.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKf5pyDYNCffSCu4fmCn7BNZVkmYqSQ-im8Xesz8cjGycrw18QwEXYfiO82QvRWkDLXq7YpupbWravklJySQKuacLv4whOI5S7oGYsJSgojquf-TqoszdIMXwV9OoLnlGsKfhHCCS7DFUDP0QLppVqnQl52Mb0kAecvVF3kh2iFBKhWfdAoiYwjav6Fsg/s3641/Juncus%20concinnus%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(37).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2329" data-original-width="3641" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKf5pyDYNCffSCu4fmCn7BNZVkmYqSQ-im8Xesz8cjGycrw18QwEXYfiO82QvRWkDLXq7YpupbWravklJySQKuacLv4whOI5S7oGYsJSgojquf-TqoszdIMXwV9OoLnlGsKfhHCCS7DFUDP0QLppVqnQl52Mb0kAecvVF3kh2iFBKhWfdAoiYwjav6Fsg/w640-h410/Juncus%20concinnus%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(37).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Juncus concinna</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />In Sikkim we found something very much like this identified as Juncus thomsonii: synonyms or truly distinct?</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilu56T4kqufBPrPsNxK6-7FSGXvjN4zotc8vHTv1RX7BRz-wzuVipeuvqrw3jK4Ew-oxKcAKcNG7mgfMUtnDVKf3E2F3gUrWfCM-c9FH1mCCnjW7ZHocuDzsUlMZNuActU728TRzez7PsOwla6TXChvvMOzliaYouNgT-HLrPtJXX9WHnDSqKtyL9N9bI/s4173/Koenigia%20forrestii%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(39).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="3887" data-original-width="4173" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilu56T4kqufBPrPsNxK6-7FSGXvjN4zotc8vHTv1RX7BRz-wzuVipeuvqrw3jK4Ew-oxKcAKcNG7mgfMUtnDVKf3E2F3gUrWfCM-c9FH1mCCnjW7ZHocuDzsUlMZNuActU728TRzez7PsOwla6TXChvvMOzliaYouNgT-HLrPtJXX9WHnDSqKtyL9N9bI/w640-h596/Koenigia%20forrestii%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(39).JPG" width="640" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Koenigia forrestii</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So strange to think this plant's congeners are tall plumy knotweeds, or the tiny, annual <i>Koenigia islandica</i>! I have seen this thriving in Scotland.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9vEU0MQcWYpcTL6nGw9fomgBjcbWybgASJPKSSzRWu9V1YLbyEyB_2zekGnqIldwm5c1v2fpzpFtKC-Q8SiD_pb-7YCn0gZkgBtvAJ4Vr4Evnzu1zrwbp7AeB066W1bdSibDpGI3NhJfQI1USvtN9A0NDNdv3i_AL3W7yjv_cmVrkazoXKxHfS2E2vA/s5184/Minuartia%20sp.%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(40).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9vEU0MQcWYpcTL6nGw9fomgBjcbWybgASJPKSSzRWu9V1YLbyEyB_2zekGnqIldwm5c1v2fpzpFtKC-Q8SiD_pb-7YCn0gZkgBtvAJ4Vr4Evnzu1zrwbp7AeB066W1bdSibDpGI3NhJfQI1USvtN9A0NDNdv3i_AL3W7yjv_cmVrkazoXKxHfS2E2vA/w640-h480/Minuartia%20sp.%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(40).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Minuartia </i>sp. ign.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />One of innumerable sandworts.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaraLeh-3oC8UpfDxekqOFiCMHJgDDwUOMFdvoL69ghCoagpSMqnKJrlUTm_bZtSEsinaKL-d2DBCEAUxP993efsOHta7tmfxD20ip5ylEk7GtctZhgypVi4f8mUlOUshW1_Gj-EA4wfssCcoBgvhKec4uE6ikZ2WQQk7z6IYYf4cRypt4_xn6eoQ9nE/s3902/mushroom%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(38).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2564" data-original-width="3902" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaraLeh-3oC8UpfDxekqOFiCMHJgDDwUOMFdvoL69ghCoagpSMqnKJrlUTm_bZtSEsinaKL-d2DBCEAUxP993efsOHta7tmfxD20ip5ylEk7GtctZhgypVi4f8mUlOUshW1_Gj-EA4wfssCcoBgvhKec4uE6ikZ2WQQk7z6IYYf4cRypt4_xn6eoQ9nE/w640-h420/mushroom%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(38).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An unknown (sp. ign. sounds so much better) mushroom. Pretty cool, eh?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgespsZ_-ivrdAO_38yum2hGA5pn2u9DQROksP8z1UtLiBVlBZEiPP0iDqKTnK6N5TS0i4MNh0J1HBtR_M7cXkQfFg0P3h3tByW0ioJO62SxEwsNLlZ-JvC4o_PPVNEByqmZiz9mNNs2ww6Rfk9wSQGd1-3UcOlcw_tL438sSBT6bqmLoIp6FFL67qBiYs/s5184/Pteracephalodes%20hookeri%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(8).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgespsZ_-ivrdAO_38yum2hGA5pn2u9DQROksP8z1UtLiBVlBZEiPP0iDqKTnK6N5TS0i4MNh0J1HBtR_M7cXkQfFg0P3h3tByW0ioJO62SxEwsNLlZ-JvC4o_PPVNEByqmZiz9mNNs2ww6Rfk9wSQGd1-3UcOlcw_tL438sSBT6bqmLoIp6FFL67qBiYs/w480-h640/Pteracephalodes%20hookeri%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(8).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pterocephalus hookeri</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I've seen this put into a new genus (<i>Pterocephalodes</i>) only I can't find it referenced anywhere.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AOh1dsI9jmhgdPXctP_Wd-PCgdE-aLGKf1ZXKr12Cg2X2o5Fi_O5HWOXLusRFg8A_gLdDuHJAEYLAMBJ3HLceOe0Tjr4Mbh4W1T-0dziNvZZL-DCO-A_IgBCvAFN-8svmiqqG6FW1gJ8R-0CjvE-xryTkphY2AKjbIc0Xece9hH_Obe1pg-__mc2zHs/s5184/Ranunculus%20sp.%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(12).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AOh1dsI9jmhgdPXctP_Wd-PCgdE-aLGKf1ZXKr12Cg2X2o5Fi_O5HWOXLusRFg8A_gLdDuHJAEYLAMBJ3HLceOe0Tjr4Mbh4W1T-0dziNvZZL-DCO-A_IgBCvAFN-8svmiqqG6FW1gJ8R-0CjvE-xryTkphY2AKjbIc0Xece9hH_Obe1pg-__mc2zHs/w640-h480/Ranunculus%20sp.%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(12).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ranunculus</i> sp. ign. (again!)</td></tr></tbody></table>This one is for Cliff Booker--buttercup nut extraordinaire (have a name for it Cliff?)<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5QM89LtkQhJ4DJKjJ3HvLLbIxaCgHZvapq62ZZIh8nstSvsG0ED-lZSujLjtDCtyD-_bgMvMCveA72rrrbzcZMVjb32QXIApvMjYP5dl0CW_kSp1_5sGrbq-Nm2cPPolGW2HBbfSsymhJCaikLsRnxqobhUi35XGW37xm0Zfn3mc69SiMMjdqq18-yo/s5184/Rhodiola%20sp.%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(25).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5QM89LtkQhJ4DJKjJ3HvLLbIxaCgHZvapq62ZZIh8nstSvsG0ED-lZSujLjtDCtyD-_bgMvMCveA72rrrbzcZMVjb32QXIApvMjYP5dl0CW_kSp1_5sGrbq-Nm2cPPolGW2HBbfSsymhJCaikLsRnxqobhUi35XGW37xm0Zfn3mc69SiMMjdqq18-yo/w640-h480/Rhodiola%20sp.%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(25).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhodiola sp. </i>(you guessed it! <i>ign</i>.)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I have seen so many rhodiolas in Central Asia, Sikkim, Pakistan and especially Tibet. A group that I love. I only recognize a fraction of the species...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-zLlAaN0Bui0uct7P4hKtJ7v70_9EazPKr_WsEpIaGWP2VJ5K3zCqhMfIovRPSKqiPrjg4Mpv6mjg6aeg1iRgptfpLWMtjFS45y6jZNUGjoGj68U_d15dMoGJ01VEfmU-UMTeNR1mBME-9NYld0TfpMyFRT4sGXp9_N2_HcnOzvT5jJ_EdjQi9yl3L0/s5184/Salix%20lindleyana%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(26).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-zLlAaN0Bui0uct7P4hKtJ7v70_9EazPKr_WsEpIaGWP2VJ5K3zCqhMfIovRPSKqiPrjg4Mpv6mjg6aeg1iRgptfpLWMtjFS45y6jZNUGjoGj68U_d15dMoGJ01VEfmU-UMTeNR1mBME-9NYld0TfpMyFRT4sGXp9_N2_HcnOzvT5jJ_EdjQi9yl3L0/w640-h480/Salix%20lindleyana%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(26).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Salix lindleyana</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sRCpLOW-o8inqUKqU_GW-doFfjYbQAHWCQ4dgzlGTLpJkrBvjzBhfG70B-0ezPwj4QkDlqbFPqI3h5xMl-Ecqovn2Kg7xfO2wEcQz5SrbCUgpBGUSwa2xCwyyOMOL-esi1LJ63FF9jwLDH73fgABz5n38TgF3bJh9atUNJ_7MeIwQvXRo-SDCsy2ztY/s5184/Saxifraga%20melanocentra%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(16).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sRCpLOW-o8inqUKqU_GW-doFfjYbQAHWCQ4dgzlGTLpJkrBvjzBhfG70B-0ezPwj4QkDlqbFPqI3h5xMl-Ecqovn2Kg7xfO2wEcQz5SrbCUgpBGUSwa2xCwyyOMOL-esi1LJ63FF9jwLDH73fgABz5n38TgF3bJh9atUNJ_7MeIwQvXRo-SDCsy2ztY/w480-h640/Saxifraga%20melanocentra%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(16).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Saxifraga melanocentra</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />For once, aptly named.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYP-defWSLEgGjJr0Eo9HtNTBcODqzbj9VrfeHtCMw7b-_s4yd4-H04h12f8FTpQ1aMn6CDp2zAAqPCM2RDsf2PX0RW-B0uvDUlW7f2as1CENCryUI3SmN9vkeRA-TtLRbGSFbtBjDyTNclpLnNKy-0b-E1ZTa5yH7fb-eEWRtfDDI-P_vd_YzFZler8/s5184/Solms-Laubachia%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(9).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYP-defWSLEgGjJr0Eo9HtNTBcODqzbj9VrfeHtCMw7b-_s4yd4-H04h12f8FTpQ1aMn6CDp2zAAqPCM2RDsf2PX0RW-B0uvDUlW7f2as1CENCryUI3SmN9vkeRA-TtLRbGSFbtBjDyTNclpLnNKy-0b-E1ZTa5yH7fb-eEWRtfDDI-P_vd_YzFZler8/w480-h640/Solms-Laubachia%20Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(9).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Solms-Laubachia sp</i>. (yep) <i>ign.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>The only one of this fabled genus we found in bloom. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6JVS1uhX1E0gzGZzeE-2YFbkmqM3VgeGyRVGid7S5XtxG1eGzof93fUYgYz_pNRnYc0sp81Ms23RmLAnq9CB43zoRyBeYDafhU2Q9H7aAD6dGG6NEspUFUPGl9q_DAjKfIW47dHZjRFlbbHYuXD9b-yO-Br4yBNpGry4bOwhnz1gbtafLQeSRw3w7XM/s5184/Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6JVS1uhX1E0gzGZzeE-2YFbkmqM3VgeGyRVGid7S5XtxG1eGzof93fUYgYz_pNRnYc0sp81Ms23RmLAnq9CB43zoRyBeYDafhU2Q9H7aAD6dGG6NEspUFUPGl9q_DAjKfIW47dHZjRFlbbHYuXD9b-yO-Br4yBNpGry4bOwhnz1gbtafLQeSRw3w7XM/w640-h480/Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4><span class="fs-120 bold" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">4292 meters = 14,081.4 feet</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #212529; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span></h4></td></tr></tbody></table>Strange monument on one of the summits of the pass (there were several)...<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_tqgEVWLqmNjFVYQfGz_hQoaHDRS3Y4uolodyv4yNSUd3b16tkzndbYX7LauV-xSA83va0xI4Yp2f-iVOYlZxK6ZTxj0MDREj_jviaBpTdMUUnYT38nHRiv6QVTUY6c4flSIKxJpTT__k_7V1ajfK96xdhOMGmI68F7RxYbRwTyk8a2h8Ph9aSoW8IM/s5184/Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_tqgEVWLqmNjFVYQfGz_hQoaHDRS3Y4uolodyv4yNSUd3b16tkzndbYX7LauV-xSA83va0xI4Yp2f-iVOYlZxK6ZTxj0MDREj_jviaBpTdMUUnYT38nHRiv6QVTUY6c4flSIKxJpTT__k_7V1ajfK96xdhOMGmI68F7RxYbRwTyk8a2h8Ph9aSoW8IM/w640-h480/Yunnan%2013%20Baimashan%20Pass%202%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Milking yaks at over 14,000' has to be a chore...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there will be more!</div><br /></div></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-26970033888183678202023-11-15T15:05:00.000-08:002023-11-15T15:05:05.722-08:00Baimashan 3<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhlK5MwYio5vinj-UjUgSDKqzao7HplNI7c-tBJKQ50iF9deIpb7zfWsF674JbHAmyZUEJDL4L_2N8-k3jL6dcEm1gBAvELqWEbijp-Dcv2DK4oOXPeJEnCRL0IR2g7DzCCuNOk2f-aFRUiBHQMpPPNEmEDejb31i_p6nVpetPd21qISqqZ7sf2Sj1v0/s5184/Androsace%20delavayi%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(48).JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXhlK5MwYio5vinj-UjUgSDKqzao7HplNI7c-tBJKQ50iF9deIpb7zfWsF674JbHAmyZUEJDL4L_2N8-k3jL6dcEm1gBAvELqWEbijp-Dcv2DK4oOXPeJEnCRL0IR2g7DzCCuNOk2f-aFRUiBHQMpPPNEmEDejb31i_p6nVpetPd21qISqqZ7sf2Sj1v0/w640-h480/Androsace%20delavayi%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(48).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Androsace delavayi</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Third in a series of pictures taken on June 24, 2018, I hope the pics speak for themselves! These are only the tip of the iceberg, I fear...there will be more!</div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbcVeEa4BH-83GDNO4ihir1Bbe_23pfupoIN1oAO0u_k_ajNHrbhUzdYwSRlpox4kpEHDISz_5eBwThYVjsL5-dyz_7xDI29fePCRIXMJ_Lon1JOIXLz1OUqikOJ1f6hSXf4j8nr3PiSKF4aST0mE6_grLyKXN8pnk2hrC249J2LKe1oCbTyTRYHNyQ0/s5184/Androsace%20delavayi%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(46).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbcVeEa4BH-83GDNO4ihir1Bbe_23pfupoIN1oAO0u_k_ajNHrbhUzdYwSRlpox4kpEHDISz_5eBwThYVjsL5-dyz_7xDI29fePCRIXMJ_Lon1JOIXLz1OUqikOJ1f6hSXf4j8nr3PiSKF4aST0mE6_grLyKXN8pnk2hrC249J2LKe1oCbTyTRYHNyQ0/w640-h480/Androsace%20delavayi%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(46).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Androsace delavayi</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cuZJEnOIfkayCm7MKebGTOgS5_6EnuIySKdz3dJFn2qLl_apBNdUr2ZkhljJ9JmFxjclc3mtXXr-Jy4weMn7dabGaZDH2rljQz64M0KrJSTrIDwEIqjUXwiy_xlIVQAqh6CewxtTOp83eeJnFd8IxCIKS73m408i87jwj7VM0bZpIgFriIFgF-ATIt4/s5184/Allium%20victorialis%20alpine%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(82).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cuZJEnOIfkayCm7MKebGTOgS5_6EnuIySKdz3dJFn2qLl_apBNdUr2ZkhljJ9JmFxjclc3mtXXr-Jy4weMn7dabGaZDH2rljQz64M0KrJSTrIDwEIqjUXwiy_xlIVQAqh6CewxtTOp83eeJnFd8IxCIKS73m408i87jwj7VM0bZpIgFriIFgF-ATIt4/w640-h480/Allium%20victorialis%20alpine%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(82).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Allium </i>sp. (aff. <i>victorialis</i>?)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3sAiGpNbIJD5n0UGBrT83-8KKUd9GiwQlQC5-ReAAT836PoeDxlUkXCju0RTN-oaooCrvVtd6pULt470RADSln-fCc5ZrqYQDvnJLdlxTJMobepwEYNeat8xx-pKepVxkS7oTBoAfi8JEi-1FE0M_QLqRlM5Mij75i96ZKRyo-bE0n2yvSERg0Ng11g/s5184/Allium%20cf%20victorialis%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(83).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3sAiGpNbIJD5n0UGBrT83-8KKUd9GiwQlQC5-ReAAT836PoeDxlUkXCju0RTN-oaooCrvVtd6pULt470RADSln-fCc5ZrqYQDvnJLdlxTJMobepwEYNeat8xx-pKepVxkS7oTBoAfi8JEi-1FE0M_QLqRlM5Mij75i96ZKRyo-bE0n2yvSERg0Ng11g/w480-h640/Allium%20cf%20victorialis%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(83).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Allium </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5azMfVcUZZ3_GZ-HlCsMP7870T1SYurN9KmYKmX0yAGfLzuYuCGp82Je1Pegbhj872H5nV6jaA-57AKYdtmf_FdF0ymCIbrVulVpKkQA-VobGrCK8H-VM89djnFxtKUxhTqJ4RQ4Q4wwClKHU23iOYOZ1QPg9OAXuyu2bfBC58y0S2ykmDuzTEnQlaoE/s5184/Anaphalis%20uniflora%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(67).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5azMfVcUZZ3_GZ-HlCsMP7870T1SYurN9KmYKmX0yAGfLzuYuCGp82Je1Pegbhj872H5nV6jaA-57AKYdtmf_FdF0ymCIbrVulVpKkQA-VobGrCK8H-VM89djnFxtKUxhTqJ4RQ4Q4wwClKHU23iOYOZ1QPg9OAXuyu2bfBC58y0S2ykmDuzTEnQlaoE/w640-h480/Anaphalis%20uniflora%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(67).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anaphalis uniflora</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpPUnjrSjjeTqdLde5MPVyb3M9KWoRYwRX-v6UUpQnaEQCLVGB_z0pXV3vhWWhB11uanTH4rT74Xwao_-F43iG8U-I0lE1mHjZHWMbdnpwYoaLhBJvKZImADwJs1AeH8Sdr9kCzbpKdn_W3xHdvK55dCZwfEkZ4wnuR-Y1R1-GTMKow7KN7Toawaw5WA/s623/Anemone%20demissa%20super%20purple%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(95)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="623" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpPUnjrSjjeTqdLde5MPVyb3M9KWoRYwRX-v6UUpQnaEQCLVGB_z0pXV3vhWWhB11uanTH4rT74Xwao_-F43iG8U-I0lE1mHjZHWMbdnpwYoaLhBJvKZImADwJs1AeH8Sdr9kCzbpKdn_W3xHdvK55dCZwfEkZ4wnuR-Y1R1-GTMKow7KN7Toawaw5WA/w640-h616/Anemone%20demissa%20super%20purple%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(95)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anemone demissa </i>(lavender form)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr-gjTxyZ_YJ1l_AH3JqFM6hhzf67uZzQSNd89RDuHm_IdTrR5svxSUC9sKfNvf_Qzq6uyBDvsjX528lQsdwch0EoYs0M58VmhaQ8I8hdWZlT-xTv4aSfrb2gqOxc7OmCpgh7oLt8eEvlDcgELWiEinsuto1H9ezpjAyKI8E3I_Dmz6BYN1v4AehxOp0/s5184/Anemone%20demissa%20super%20purple%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(97).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr-gjTxyZ_YJ1l_AH3JqFM6hhzf67uZzQSNd89RDuHm_IdTrR5svxSUC9sKfNvf_Qzq6uyBDvsjX528lQsdwch0EoYs0M58VmhaQ8I8hdWZlT-xTv4aSfrb2gqOxc7OmCpgh7oLt8eEvlDcgELWiEinsuto1H9ezpjAyKI8E3I_Dmz6BYN1v4AehxOp0/w480-h640/Anemone%20demissa%20super%20purple%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(97).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anemone demissa </i>(lavender form)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99ncrRfRQkfwHxpyPiCu-8NcfVyO3K9pkb5Po1P6N_JhBeOj5eoal3BWRBbgQj9_8llP8PXQyZ4dtvQBBCL5KUZimoMtfTvsDgcptATMLl4qv8TMgonUtlPHzW0o5y0Ph9nU7CpwFD3_V2mQoa5cW8QHT87Rj2ST6ITNSb2_VAZfM412ifj_HU_EqO7M/s1275/Cassiope%20fastigiata%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(47)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg99ncrRfRQkfwHxpyPiCu-8NcfVyO3K9pkb5Po1P6N_JhBeOj5eoal3BWRBbgQj9_8llP8PXQyZ4dtvQBBCL5KUZimoMtfTvsDgcptATMLl4qv8TMgonUtlPHzW0o5y0Ph9nU7CpwFD3_V2mQoa5cW8QHT87Rj2ST6ITNSb2_VAZfM412ifj_HU_EqO7M/w502-h640/Cassiope%20fastigiata%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(47)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="502" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cassiope pectinata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuJNgvUcqQkTZQw1pWptG2TLUrrbUPbhtKkfSf4OH9Kv9pjSGSJQOFMbmZMw1R9OqD-1wGIw0C9wpzC__PvC5FZUW1uFocP5hQiDqFIkLRAvD3O9vH4wR8HgIOp42hdchmoTTLE9xpV7HMgpFBoBU1356LvzndSQSyUfSF38nmCAZ2aItt7Six4g2nj0/s3387/Primula%20nanobella%20Yunnan%208%20Hongshan%201%20(155).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3387" data-original-width="2806" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuJNgvUcqQkTZQw1pWptG2TLUrrbUPbhtKkfSf4OH9Kv9pjSGSJQOFMbmZMw1R9OqD-1wGIw0C9wpzC__PvC5FZUW1uFocP5hQiDqFIkLRAvD3O9vH4wR8HgIOp42hdchmoTTLE9xpV7HMgpFBoBU1356LvzndSQSyUfSF38nmCAZ2aItt7Six4g2nj0/w530-h640/Primula%20nanobella%20Yunnan%208%20Hongshan%201%20(155).JPG" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div><i style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Primula nanobella</i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzytFCRmhvJBFznJfJzFdnS82NRNBmxCXA3LDwqYswH3j9pmY9_Ov8chb54_agCZDAXJl4pdcru4hSREFoUx_o5oQ6IiaH44m4Zf80xFzMVAz5mvcaJvDCxtFZV2bj8_eBNOlj505OzIeu02Fmh_hDYr_OCmbxycxJy8vOfcH13vtH3YmliW5PpQQHIo/s5184/Rhodiola%20dumulosa%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(62).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzytFCRmhvJBFznJfJzFdnS82NRNBmxCXA3LDwqYswH3j9pmY9_Ov8chb54_agCZDAXJl4pdcru4hSREFoUx_o5oQ6IiaH44m4Zf80xFzMVAz5mvcaJvDCxtFZV2bj8_eBNOlj505OzIeu02Fmh_hDYr_OCmbxycxJy8vOfcH13vtH3YmliW5PpQQHIo/w640-h480/Rhodiola%20dumulosa%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(62).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhodiola aff. dumulosa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWdqlN_L6UI2hUuvAoWOgZBW-MogfHWIC7sC5xnS2YeY0MN5r1WSX81X9gCZWXSxjvSiQwi5_G2fihfzEKkqHSz2AR3q1RXxiMV5jN78Y8SEIzAcSnW9Ncd6hZdQgthmWw7EBP2v0TgBH9we3CoG9Zxqu6eU3YLU1mhEt3hHI8t0lSoYW2oJB9zTBGgQ/s5184/Rhododendron%20aganniphum%20%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(131).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWdqlN_L6UI2hUuvAoWOgZBW-MogfHWIC7sC5xnS2YeY0MN5r1WSX81X9gCZWXSxjvSiQwi5_G2fihfzEKkqHSz2AR3q1RXxiMV5jN78Y8SEIzAcSnW9Ncd6hZdQgthmWw7EBP2v0TgBH9we3CoG9Zxqu6eU3YLU1mhEt3hHI8t0lSoYW2oJB9zTBGgQ/w640-h480/Rhododendron%20aganniphum%20%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(131).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendron aganniphum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfPs4Hvb7G2zCR7zu2XLnGOzXxtfrQXfLrHYH04NluWtiytBdv2lufRL2j5hrnuIgFoj4U7VMLZzSkpD6I-jh5C9DsWCYGtlxQ3yyrW_tnTef8MsGCFQEgE7vk52WJz9zXDZb281TvwMH4hBQXbqR7FH_FVb2a3KfqgyEkeyfCJiiaz7KXt4KRmE-CW4/s5184/Rhododendron%20aganniphum%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(130).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfPs4Hvb7G2zCR7zu2XLnGOzXxtfrQXfLrHYH04NluWtiytBdv2lufRL2j5hrnuIgFoj4U7VMLZzSkpD6I-jh5C9DsWCYGtlxQ3yyrW_tnTef8MsGCFQEgE7vk52WJz9zXDZb281TvwMH4hBQXbqR7FH_FVb2a3KfqgyEkeyfCJiiaz7KXt4KRmE-CW4/w640-h480/Rhododendron%20aganniphum%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(130).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendron aganniphum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96UJoCfF6UMWeZys0CDKeCwIVuqPUGxwcpBAYyiu4pa8Va1vLxTmtu5fCMc5Ko8NXBRaYJLvZWofMvCZNsmfnKBe802zle3aMOCakHpGbWkjOFvoXNyaDBu3Ok-49O9ZPkgtudsMXSkXvjDVLXn4vaen-i2Di300OCdkUrakssWhPf_hf4TIpuMOjizA/s5184/Rhododendron%20saluenense%20ssp.%20chameunum%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(122).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96UJoCfF6UMWeZys0CDKeCwIVuqPUGxwcpBAYyiu4pa8Va1vLxTmtu5fCMc5Ko8NXBRaYJLvZWofMvCZNsmfnKBe802zle3aMOCakHpGbWkjOFvoXNyaDBu3Ok-49O9ZPkgtudsMXSkXvjDVLXn4vaen-i2Di300OCdkUrakssWhPf_hf4TIpuMOjizA/w480-h640/Rhododendron%20saluenense%20ssp.%20chameunum%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(122).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendron calostrotum </i>ssp<i>. keleticum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf7ba2CwCprNJh7DxXq6FEeomFN3iOCyzgTcpNK-RCPlLjKo_1HaJLyzTMolf7jXrBkWUtuFt8VqwkxxKP8KU_ZVp_WyVWqwvd8jXfk79egsdXzMx_stI-bMySEaA6dHCvVmu1491FS5-2KzeDS_vFGlYWXk0GbvV-qKPOKUSsSo6ZpyFbIgFExViYtw/s5184/Rhododendron%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(48).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf7ba2CwCprNJh7DxXq6FEeomFN3iOCyzgTcpNK-RCPlLjKo_1HaJLyzTMolf7jXrBkWUtuFt8VqwkxxKP8KU_ZVp_WyVWqwvd8jXfk79egsdXzMx_stI-bMySEaA6dHCvVmu1491FS5-2KzeDS_vFGlYWXk0GbvV-qKPOKUSsSo6ZpyFbIgFExViYtw/w640-h480/Rhododendron%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(48).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendron aganniphum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYE6EY0gt6eAXtNJeDvv9a6i-_IZxuV9ZYrxkIHM_8-1fscczYw8DE0-OvnV8khvMoBvWlCFdYfFoOCnzgkw1tYRfHp7-aXWmCrKXaMxC9nISu1q12KWbWfpxvmyVlG9A0lNfRNq8HKocdrVjDX7NY0hyLYO1V-PptaArRKvGSmW8u8BAGqEPbd9OvlXM/s5184/Salix%20disticha%20&%20Cassiope%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(138).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYE6EY0gt6eAXtNJeDvv9a6i-_IZxuV9ZYrxkIHM_8-1fscczYw8DE0-OvnV8khvMoBvWlCFdYfFoOCnzgkw1tYRfHp7-aXWmCrKXaMxC9nISu1q12KWbWfpxvmyVlG9A0lNfRNq8HKocdrVjDX7NY0hyLYO1V-PptaArRKvGSmW8u8BAGqEPbd9OvlXM/w640-h480/Salix%20disticha%20&%20Cassiope%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(138).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Salix disticha </i>and <i>Cassiope</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9DkfsczlLs4KkYDF_Tg5v23qqYk95fNoLV-qcCqBb2f0ry53WiznkNzclJxl_QuPxJeDE1OyPvTlBtBhJ1yOG77CCu1rkQ5BFx7ZwdIi-sLdSIm8yywEGb6yfmh8ep59lJS6dlowoN-QNFTpgNGK6OXsHSkMOj0kFG7baR99-Fhh6HPfPuvJKoExBlU/s5184/Salix%20disticha%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(119).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9DkfsczlLs4KkYDF_Tg5v23qqYk95fNoLV-qcCqBb2f0ry53WiznkNzclJxl_QuPxJeDE1OyPvTlBtBhJ1yOG77CCu1rkQ5BFx7ZwdIi-sLdSIm8yywEGb6yfmh8ep59lJS6dlowoN-QNFTpgNGK6OXsHSkMOj0kFG7baR99-Fhh6HPfPuvJKoExBlU/w640-h480/Salix%20disticha%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(119).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Salix disticha </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_csJM4zqShIZJs-vAMS_YqEnPqzK8I1A-FI_GThbKH5D0dApY3YLowCs4zsCtQ9QgJYaA7mg9hV-Q_16ZgIeiZAHFK0glWm8WrGW-ZaZjirMviIidXed7OBM5hJoqCGyxdmVC46jZhdduZdYvhYBYp4_OpeeeCVhoUDjZgGew2Sg984TXtyNjELmck28/s3996/Sibbaldia%20or%20Potentilla%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(23).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2828" data-original-width="3996" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_csJM4zqShIZJs-vAMS_YqEnPqzK8I1A-FI_GThbKH5D0dApY3YLowCs4zsCtQ9QgJYaA7mg9hV-Q_16ZgIeiZAHFK0glWm8WrGW-ZaZjirMviIidXed7OBM5hJoqCGyxdmVC46jZhdduZdYvhYBYp4_OpeeeCVhoUDjZgGew2Sg984TXtyNjELmck28/w640-h452/Sibbaldia%20or%20Potentilla%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(23).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sibbaldia cuneata </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqUkQ4ev3vP9O6bljn7iZfP3a8LzwZGGFtxJc0C_3bsPI3OW4hQ2H9JXBH3J-Fc1p5Z4t13bqZgSUm1UWGJKpRlvMuRJw3J-z7qZDBgiFItPabYoE5Qfmx-o_nlrUL5oXUzxjQhmSnn1DCmS6EuDefQpKO08c60UduSJHSxbsgXAT6n3i2Q3GR6UKoXU/s5184/Songiocarpella%20purpurea%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(76).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqUkQ4ev3vP9O6bljn7iZfP3a8LzwZGGFtxJc0C_3bsPI3OW4hQ2H9JXBH3J-Fc1p5Z4t13bqZgSUm1UWGJKpRlvMuRJw3J-z7qZDBgiFItPabYoE5Qfmx-o_nlrUL5oXUzxjQhmSnn1DCmS6EuDefQpKO08c60UduSJHSxbsgXAT6n3i2Q3GR6UKoXU/w640-h480/Songiocarpella%20purpurea%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(76).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Songiocarpella purpurea</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NXv7oItJSWcYcgUZbOF-L3V_0lY_iAmizSqzFxvFcb0r9eg8Ubf15iCu2-1u22jemmdq1yB0dvK53VyJK_0iCyPtdaCZD-Z2MQPdJ45AjB5Z4MJ0CXBgy1dLjiDGLL8oBHIJXQ13ebs_Kbx8Ev_Azgy79f3WrQMc_1Se9k7MFI4GA_pwLAGlIbtr4FA/s5184/Trollius%20scaposa%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(54).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NXv7oItJSWcYcgUZbOF-L3V_0lY_iAmizSqzFxvFcb0r9eg8Ubf15iCu2-1u22jemmdq1yB0dvK53VyJK_0iCyPtdaCZD-Z2MQPdJ45AjB5Z4MJ0CXBgy1dLjiDGLL8oBHIJXQ13ebs_Kbx8Ev_Azgy79f3WrQMc_1Se9k7MFI4GA_pwLAGlIbtr4FA/w640-h480/Trollius%20scaposa%20Yunnan%2012%20Baimashan%20Pass%20(54).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Trollius scaposa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-91517604488267416842023-11-12T07:15:00.000-08:002023-11-12T07:15:36.202-08:00Baimashan part 2<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztffIlF7EEu-_nE7tEIWL7XZQ9mnKtjTPzLuVhoynT1uLzcJkje3TXphh33HE9lNMkwWsYb-4dwqivWD4gpd3gAF0Y2mHfCI94RuxabzLQrw7ezi_gfvlnE6V-g87Vm9v4qXZMW0XddOLltF3ntm_q5jG8Jw3kFoDCQ3-mwhFmXWlw3dWsV75CRuFE4o/s2704/Lilium%20euxanthum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(78).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2055" data-original-width="2704" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztffIlF7EEu-_nE7tEIWL7XZQ9mnKtjTPzLuVhoynT1uLzcJkje3TXphh33HE9lNMkwWsYb-4dwqivWD4gpd3gAF0Y2mHfCI94RuxabzLQrw7ezi_gfvlnE6V-g87Vm9v4qXZMW0XddOLltF3ntm_q5jG8Jw3kFoDCQ3-mwhFmXWlw3dWsV75CRuFE4o/w640-h486/Lilium%20euxanthum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(78).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lilium euxanthum</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Not one, but two miniature yellow lilies grow abundantly on Baimashan: They are distinguished by ecology (this species grows on the granitic soils, the other over limestone) and the petals on the granite loving species are not conjoined (as you'll see). Both are as cute as bugs ears: I have dozens of pictures of them and had a devil of a time picking which ones to show on the blog!<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbAYdhwPncbqGe61o9uArQ-gp0-L9Q5qMZT9igxv0mcJEEWUZ2Jzp_0zdz8fm8bGPXcNkv2wxcaXlqAKUHnHpge5DuAZciumWU9hEpKvn8442mdLACa5TfwGTPt48w6UBg4a5PqonNsiotx5BEgcKhUIcbZ12J8zJJeF8fEa9Sj-yZHZWHVfP6D3IUlw/s5184/Lilium%20euxanthum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(75).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbAYdhwPncbqGe61o9uArQ-gp0-L9Q5qMZT9igxv0mcJEEWUZ2Jzp_0zdz8fm8bGPXcNkv2wxcaXlqAKUHnHpge5DuAZciumWU9hEpKvn8442mdLACa5TfwGTPt48w6UBg4a5PqonNsiotx5BEgcKhUIcbZ12J8zJJeF8fEa9Sj-yZHZWHVfP6D3IUlw/w480-h640/Lilium%20euxanthum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(75).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lilium euxanthum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Here, growing with <i>Rhododendron calostrotum ssp. keleticum</i>--a tiny shrub that made unbrelievable masses as you will see...most of them peppered with this lily!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmc-Luc4_0TpZzcmE022UiDiW8GpB0NZbaggDmZPIPZ1MNESgQHd28Zv1RRUdeumNL2cMwoqSPjw6nXQJGDX9Q8EE77IdckcDinnHGAUs_hEKXCeQpeGdMYJcavfnQhGQSLkA54YSYYjrMtmyD2Gv5Sm4STjL0CwkxgwlZCu4OnA_NDRyZBqLEHDQPxA/s5184/Lilium%20euxanthum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(80).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmc-Luc4_0TpZzcmE022UiDiW8GpB0NZbaggDmZPIPZ1MNESgQHd28Zv1RRUdeumNL2cMwoqSPjw6nXQJGDX9Q8EE77IdckcDinnHGAUs_hEKXCeQpeGdMYJcavfnQhGQSLkA54YSYYjrMtmyD2Gv5Sm4STjL0CwkxgwlZCu4OnA_NDRyZBqLEHDQPxA/w480-h640/Lilium%20euxanthum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(80).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lilium euxanthum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Here with <i>Cassiope pectinata</i>--which also carpeted the granite over acres. ACRES!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCW0jGvworp-t1HdX-Pyec4QZ36U8_RwJ9AhZcPmkofMiXaz5GakG2jcBLVMw567hmy_liFMa0i6C7Qd-jbFpwwoNlIwtL0HD8HEo_SBkD6DwW4cTseLD8O0JdGtw5BAaXiibV-JWTIBTMGw_thPCq8RgfQekw1-1vo6gE0gnK67VvfrSNEvpnQ0mFtI/s4096/Lilium%20lophophorum%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%2020190627_01%20(17).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCW0jGvworp-t1HdX-Pyec4QZ36U8_RwJ9AhZcPmkofMiXaz5GakG2jcBLVMw567hmy_liFMa0i6C7Qd-jbFpwwoNlIwtL0HD8HEo_SBkD6DwW4cTseLD8O0JdGtw5BAaXiibV-JWTIBTMGw_thPCq8RgfQekw1-1vo6gE0gnK67VvfrSNEvpnQ0mFtI/w480-h640/Lilium%20lophophorum%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%2020190627_01%20(17).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lilium lophophorum</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here the limestone lover is shown as the flower ages to a mellow apricot color.</div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S03FVs-U3fteBsZn4OoiQuCEKSd5lGdjb892w-ENQ1MOz0a2xPGPHZ2ehzIu2QjwHHqaGg34O_R1UzyxIt1W9eVamLVkjuEPasnh2n_BB-ZLg_nbaqZcQqcr9d2LKEXEs_vza2XY0eyJJjEGuIBWvoDcWMbIDdTcjhwn9dbq9SICmieZ4-yY9KnawoE/s3864/Lilium%20lophopjorum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(125).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3343" data-original-width="3864" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S03FVs-U3fteBsZn4OoiQuCEKSd5lGdjb892w-ENQ1MOz0a2xPGPHZ2ehzIu2QjwHHqaGg34O_R1UzyxIt1W9eVamLVkjuEPasnh2n_BB-ZLg_nbaqZcQqcr9d2LKEXEs_vza2XY0eyJJjEGuIBWvoDcWMbIDdTcjhwn9dbq9SICmieZ4-yY9KnawoE/w640-h554/Lilium%20lophopjorum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(125).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lilium lophophorum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I know it's growing out of a rhodo: the yellow flowered <i>R. rupicolum ssp. chryseum</i> that grew only over limestone.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUH3gMk1gmKx-Ig2mLt-2LF9Ps8Zf5oiSmy4dyvWxF-AGY8WIZKMpNtR8iCNimOSFjdioswLypJTCgdaVtTvKRnh85LPUfd08PiTJKwnbOW4KYYj1RSihYwCNUcifRqYuJumjaxwfY_OwvnMGu3-yrRrlf2EwKa5cPVMtLYpFzRTRENypQuDRXcW54XQ/s4099/Meconopsis%20rudis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(167).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4099" data-original-width="3234" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUH3gMk1gmKx-Ig2mLt-2LF9Ps8Zf5oiSmy4dyvWxF-AGY8WIZKMpNtR8iCNimOSFjdioswLypJTCgdaVtTvKRnh85LPUfd08PiTJKwnbOW4KYYj1RSihYwCNUcifRqYuJumjaxwfY_OwvnMGu3-yrRrlf2EwKa5cPVMtLYpFzRTRENypQuDRXcW54XQ/w504-h640/Meconopsis%20rudis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(167).JPG" width="504" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meconopsis rudis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Oh..there were some blue poppies...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJL4zPFgbecSGI7kYE8bMcKZfVHLDCrbiCu64tsmObEzhurEOOOknmHTczZke4TiCeMQ8XVYDpWFVrx9cp1v_fJVBuGSm5TvD-TeDCokE2TcjxCGgm7jCbI5griBkJowzve7yQ-ZGBABUdjAXWpauaWTd8IgO1pf7vF6KPjXbu-LCfi-s98VFIXeWHMY/s5184/Meconopsis%20rudis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(176).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJL4zPFgbecSGI7kYE8bMcKZfVHLDCrbiCu64tsmObEzhurEOOOknmHTczZke4TiCeMQ8XVYDpWFVrx9cp1v_fJVBuGSm5TvD-TeDCokE2TcjxCGgm7jCbI5griBkJowzve7yQ-ZGBABUdjAXWpauaWTd8IgO1pf7vF6KPjXbu-LCfi-s98VFIXeWHMY/w480-h640/Meconopsis%20rudis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(176).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meconopsis rudis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />They grew very differently depending on their microclimate...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgfDPsX8jFdLukkK2F_ECnETXrPGpL39LncwoD0bSxFsdWlyrZlAjZArt10Er7SBV0Nae_yzGYe5KXYQgpQ27EuxWv9lemZEgRNpAyfzw4U7VZ59nRTpd42eiw1aQeCWPoUk9TDqPOVciIJr4ICVYoGLzwkXT3Kq17H6Q__c6Wirt8Yyc1S2E9hvOgew/s5184/Meconopsis%20rudis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(183).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgfDPsX8jFdLukkK2F_ECnETXrPGpL39LncwoD0bSxFsdWlyrZlAjZArt10Er7SBV0Nae_yzGYe5KXYQgpQ27EuxWv9lemZEgRNpAyfzw4U7VZ59nRTpd42eiw1aQeCWPoUk9TDqPOVciIJr4ICVYoGLzwkXT3Kq17H6Q__c6Wirt8Yyc1S2E9hvOgew/w640-h480/Meconopsis%20rudis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(183).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meconopsis rudis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEE_fR28EbFVhgq_EOkXbLURuDeZlWcI6acdWVy15jBR_TfqZCIH2EPf06mW_SCqGXK0PqeXNroyXDseRN-ArPMkc4ws67qDz99J4zl1zA8qYmj3YdVaPM058K5-X9uRBTdpAXvlJoqmAhZIUTPmUC7f_-FXEYwW7WihbhxydLezIJi_ywzMqQ1bQs0U/s5184/Pedicularis%20elwesii%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(35).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEE_fR28EbFVhgq_EOkXbLURuDeZlWcI6acdWVy15jBR_TfqZCIH2EPf06mW_SCqGXK0PqeXNroyXDseRN-ArPMkc4ws67qDz99J4zl1zA8qYmj3YdVaPM058K5-X9uRBTdpAXvlJoqmAhZIUTPmUC7f_-FXEYwW7WihbhxydLezIJi_ywzMqQ1bQs0U/w480-h640/Pedicularis%20elwesii%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(35).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pedicularis elwesii<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrqEXNY8x2LWU-NwrLonxZ9Tz82LkTkapXoPWmsWDU3fbvR9rLPg2qG0ZqiQ5j8FE7qvcYJDdiZspN9VprcLfK9_U6GZyQZGlgduo73KPXn4mrXBBLB2YhYaDSv7mIHlcR0zfbn3OTjr1KU-4P4_2msWaOIIdeNcWb2rhv1uzLkHMhXTz-tOkb0shobg/s5184/Pedicularis%20elwesii%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(36).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrqEXNY8x2LWU-NwrLonxZ9Tz82LkTkapXoPWmsWDU3fbvR9rLPg2qG0ZqiQ5j8FE7qvcYJDdiZspN9VprcLfK9_U6GZyQZGlgduo73KPXn4mrXBBLB2YhYaDSv7mIHlcR0zfbn3OTjr1KU-4P4_2msWaOIIdeNcWb2rhv1uzLkHMhXTz-tOkb0shobg/w480-h640/Pedicularis%20elwesii%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(36).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pedicularis elwesii</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneiF-T2FYpjkNCgfYa80R7FfEwMyNQatc5ARHhBe9h82Fg63e87IaDQyaHEHsQ0bx_P9UeN-n9tNJHu1ihEFyTlJIgpkQEPYV93AJv_Pb5jujgEmw20hvUU-tKXnWIzXh5tRCz5l-A9EIJDMy4_5ZcsnEhxYCUd06MsLvds7H0D9Rp4PQqjv5_CdOHew/s5184/Polygonatum%20hookeri%20Baimashan%201%204315%202019627%20(173).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneiF-T2FYpjkNCgfYa80R7FfEwMyNQatc5ARHhBe9h82Fg63e87IaDQyaHEHsQ0bx_P9UeN-n9tNJHu1ihEFyTlJIgpkQEPYV93AJv_Pb5jujgEmw20hvUU-tKXnWIzXh5tRCz5l-A9EIJDMy4_5ZcsnEhxYCUd06MsLvds7H0D9Rp4PQqjv5_CdOHew/w640-h480/Polygonatum%20hookeri%20Baimashan%201%204315%202019627%20(173).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Polygonatum hookeri</i></td></tr></tbody></table>I recognized the vegetative characters of this tiniest of Solomon's seals and was disappointed not to see it in bloom. In June of 2023 I was to find this on almost every alpine hike we took in Sikkim--growing almost always in sedge or grassy meadows--with lots of flowers lingering! And I have a tuft of it in my home garden to boot!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-20r6Nsl3Z7ZNYKp2rO2voxs_4oZgGDBW_S67mVmEM36Jxa44ulqzmT90o9s9ASIzDizvvd-XlM_cUFwAVPMSzYu6GNTkswr20RC3OJpkdtGHz6Et2H0lTimkCXK3jPlrypHfziootpsxwPEAKkp0bo6NwvFw72Cyv_IbiR0YZvwpwHKoUEDa0p-h3I/s5184/Ponenorchis%20chusua%20Baimashan%201%204330m%202019627%20(116).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-20r6Nsl3Z7ZNYKp2rO2voxs_4oZgGDBW_S67mVmEM36Jxa44ulqzmT90o9s9ASIzDizvvd-XlM_cUFwAVPMSzYu6GNTkswr20RC3OJpkdtGHz6Et2H0lTimkCXK3jPlrypHfziootpsxwPEAKkp0bo6NwvFw72Cyv_IbiR0YZvwpwHKoUEDa0p-h3I/w480-h640/Ponenorchis%20chusua%20Baimashan%201%204330m%202019627%20(116).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ponenorchis chusua </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />And orchid that's abundant all over Tibet and Sikkim as well.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivT0xgOnVdBKK-xe6j21Yz0V2V3CaBXV5MBwdrVgS7ojOiSIx7ta6LiZEkSDore4pH81QmSD0TwIGp3ia3mwo4Ydrcx8Mo6gLUnFkrTzpGjJLHxiZXHpfMkXUQcbnbTmBKgRC_ffxynzOW0ziubfXd9ybl9WMXdMiKQpLC4CkP9TwLJRtvXIAuHPcXBA/s5184/Potentilla%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(41).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivT0xgOnVdBKK-xe6j21Yz0V2V3CaBXV5MBwdrVgS7ojOiSIx7ta6LiZEkSDore4pH81QmSD0TwIGp3ia3mwo4Ydrcx8Mo6gLUnFkrTzpGjJLHxiZXHpfMkXUQcbnbTmBKgRC_ffxynzOW0ziubfXd9ybl9WMXdMiKQpLC4CkP9TwLJRtvXIAuHPcXBA/w480-h640/Potentilla%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(41).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Potentilla </i>sp. </td></tr></tbody></table>There seem to be as many cinquefoils in the Himalayas as there are in the Rockies--and they do resemble one another!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOV7HwpLSHWCVwj6WPahPGLMrAZ1resRL8NSWIA6Ii3rkdvf7mDuSNTPREKLiqQl75FTBjOXuCdBU1yHw0n8GO_bpm3H3LR7GjEzhj_3cTGg1DElS3uKNO3oiIoA66YrQ8ZCgioP4aOj7TrlJYefF0s6yKyzqbywW-dv277xmnYFchHUtCSsbgB12dnVQ/s5184/Potentilla%20glabra%20(cf.%20fruticosa)%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(134).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOV7HwpLSHWCVwj6WPahPGLMrAZ1resRL8NSWIA6Ii3rkdvf7mDuSNTPREKLiqQl75FTBjOXuCdBU1yHw0n8GO_bpm3H3LR7GjEzhj_3cTGg1DElS3uKNO3oiIoA66YrQ8ZCgioP4aOj7TrlJYefF0s6yKyzqbywW-dv277xmnYFchHUtCSsbgB12dnVQ/w480-h640/Potentilla%20glabra%20(cf.%20fruticosa)%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(134).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Potentilla glabra</i> being photographed by Harry Jans<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The shrubby cinquefoil (suspiciously resemhling our native <i>P. fruticosa</i>) came in all shades of white and yellow and grew in a variety of habitats.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwxyiE_HK6kpVlWYoQMzFz-3IfxLDTRck9xHhkaj3wKrgIy6RNimC0Hv58R-xfvC8XdZ73iry2Bqvj1f1ZoJAF-LqCMszhfJaJhIAjgKXiOQTXtsP3pVWEwH5DAAujxnaJpBqzxFqLLjZQZ3kCH23j_yz4Kow-SoRLs8ifhkc_nXF4qgcyO1bKjNBWPA/s5184/Primula%20yargongensis%20Baimashan%201%202019627%20(140).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwxyiE_HK6kpVlWYoQMzFz-3IfxLDTRck9xHhkaj3wKrgIy6RNimC0Hv58R-xfvC8XdZ73iry2Bqvj1f1ZoJAF-LqCMszhfJaJhIAjgKXiOQTXtsP3pVWEwH5DAAujxnaJpBqzxFqLLjZQZ3kCH23j_yz4Kow-SoRLs8ifhkc_nXF4qgcyO1bKjNBWPA/w480-h640/Primula%20yargongensis%20Baimashan%201%202019627%20(140).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primula yargongensis</i></td></tr></tbody></table>There were a number of primroses on the mountains--we only saw a few clumps of this species that I've grown myself.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJinXSznoM3RPlL8H09QtZocAX0iMwxEHKAMA0VDkM92vDs1Olg1n2mS4fZyg5WPY_nhqU4qmwwLC1xTDlZ1tHby35_dtAfEitGGO-Iv28yppSvOqAurVZ2arqmCNMaWH_t5BNTP4NbEZEZ7c0yt6Yr7q1EjIPkMk6_P9mEkxcrt9qn84HjL7U1g2FoQw/s5184/Primula%20zambalensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(176).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJinXSznoM3RPlL8H09QtZocAX0iMwxEHKAMA0VDkM92vDs1Olg1n2mS4fZyg5WPY_nhqU4qmwwLC1xTDlZ1tHby35_dtAfEitGGO-Iv28yppSvOqAurVZ2arqmCNMaWH_t5BNTP4NbEZEZ7c0yt6Yr7q1EjIPkMk6_P9mEkxcrt9qn84HjL7U1g2FoQw/w480-h640/Primula%20zambalensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(176).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primula zambalensis</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The killer primrose was this one, however, that filled swales with its heavenly blue color. How I would love to try and grow this: I think it may be amenable seeing how well it grew on bare rock and gravel!</div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiO0doJPh7a-5HiEZckjdqjCI_fXwN-WDM4_RJyJ5m2ppcokesZXnZA-phaOB_tKYOKBwypgklToK8kHKuqnqwYN2FXd_W_TCDxQS6sFk6peHSWOKCdW74A64KBSDSTlPB1WcPrptW82gqefNheN0gVGsMHeVIwWPTbeAwfEZS7Kt0wJqgrKVis0RX5fc/s5184/Primula%20zambalensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(174).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiO0doJPh7a-5HiEZckjdqjCI_fXwN-WDM4_RJyJ5m2ppcokesZXnZA-phaOB_tKYOKBwypgklToK8kHKuqnqwYN2FXd_W_TCDxQS6sFk6peHSWOKCdW74A64KBSDSTlPB1WcPrptW82gqefNheN0gVGsMHeVIwWPTbeAwfEZS7Kt0wJqgrKVis0RX5fc/w640-h480/Primula%20zambalensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(174).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primula zambalensis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsXe-fFQboerqrXWURrrpU3IM9iLbNe08H1LA8DGdHBGWske-wONUSm_N0XEaKXz4zUMeFFE58hDj4Gg-P6Fv-Xu7UJT8Fd8BaiwfdNUVfqUG3PJ6s0ElEbg2JNTFy5w9lb8PJ_gfeX74DhP6wzaENyIq1Z0Ea4hseoV3jY72iqtCLHuXOVLWquTgBy0/s5184/Primula%20zambalensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(179).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsXe-fFQboerqrXWURrrpU3IM9iLbNe08H1LA8DGdHBGWske-wONUSm_N0XEaKXz4zUMeFFE58hDj4Gg-P6Fv-Xu7UJT8Fd8BaiwfdNUVfqUG3PJ6s0ElEbg2JNTFy5w9lb8PJ_gfeX74DhP6wzaENyIq1Z0Ea4hseoV3jY72iqtCLHuXOVLWquTgBy0/w640-h480/Primula%20zambalensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(179).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primula zambalensis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpPrAH48gWOFc3uvYRct3KuJIueAF8fqTN_dMdc82g2SvZo8sIlkFUiudD9gIBPE4Uvo9L6g3BT1MsaNTQyOFSp9DUVZN_VgRe_QccmHG1NOu2qL86XpQmIkUaEuelGBzF3FP9WwguJIOFnHpO9pw3J1Juc9jy4Y5LHenza-RiM21a6eOUV4hiyj77dw/s2297/Primula%20zambalensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(180).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2238" data-original-width="2297" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpPrAH48gWOFc3uvYRct3KuJIueAF8fqTN_dMdc82g2SvZo8sIlkFUiudD9gIBPE4Uvo9L6g3BT1MsaNTQyOFSp9DUVZN_VgRe_QccmHG1NOu2qL86XpQmIkUaEuelGBzF3FP9WwguJIOFnHpO9pw3J1Juc9jy4Y5LHenza-RiM21a6eOUV4hiyj77dw/w640-h624/Primula%20zambalensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(180).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primula zambalensis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmPK-l6AD5sjJbCwJAhph0bDxa7Ze9a86rgLr3fjyQuKeC8QNnFxHlbCSrZ39Qifk33vO3-wDnd0dy0xtYt7Ne1sZEyIoKlawXwr3SNuQra7QZ3UMz_axmo5hJvYDQ0mNPYifJ0eRN6MjhIuXOrP1CnOH2-c0OpU6IlRNfC9Tq9igQS2Rxm2gjHkyEU0/s1000/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(178).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmPK-l6AD5sjJbCwJAhph0bDxa7Ze9a86rgLr3fjyQuKeC8QNnFxHlbCSrZ39Qifk33vO3-wDnd0dy0xtYt7Ne1sZEyIoKlawXwr3SNuQra7QZ3UMz_axmo5hJvYDQ0mNPYifJ0eRN6MjhIuXOrP1CnOH2-c0OpU6IlRNfC9Tq9igQS2Rxm2gjHkyEU0/w640-h480/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(178).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendrom calostrotum ssp. keleticum </i></td></tr></tbody></table>I shall never forget THIS display!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRusgeOluyEdlU0RiHJfb0fz_13Nhd13ZFRTpJuJo7a8XgsilgHKs4mxGuSZgeqdpCl6aluR1GUgV_9A1DgyTfUu9u18ihQwLP58JU1t-2ucayC-96LN-4fQCsjjxK4IxTqJpUbnMVJIowGeDL2cvxoEDDJV-pywI7UK_PN8lQtijA895GY84451yKeM8/s1000/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(180).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRusgeOluyEdlU0RiHJfb0fz_13Nhd13ZFRTpJuJo7a8XgsilgHKs4mxGuSZgeqdpCl6aluR1GUgV_9A1DgyTfUu9u18ihQwLP58JU1t-2ucayC-96LN-4fQCsjjxK4IxTqJpUbnMVJIowGeDL2cvxoEDDJV-pywI7UK_PN8lQtijA895GY84451yKeM8/w640-h480/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(180).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendrom calostrotum ssp. keleticum </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43U4Shge_RG86aAUT3xQp0Pj6JhabZZyaMzflY3_QYeC1HepzANBDOAjf4Dtex-sDmSWCijIQfVuiJ4jdBJH3WolhR1lfRqHA6uj3WknniEyftXXkra9feJGDs24VNBNLPWZjur3NDztn6obKz1czOUcAjXSSUlA6sHRzL5ET2eDb-iC8oH2oN2BEwdg/s5184/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(184).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43U4Shge_RG86aAUT3xQp0Pj6JhabZZyaMzflY3_QYeC1HepzANBDOAjf4Dtex-sDmSWCijIQfVuiJ4jdBJH3WolhR1lfRqHA6uj3WknniEyftXXkra9feJGDs24VNBNLPWZjur3NDztn6obKz1czOUcAjXSSUlA6sHRzL5ET2eDb-iC8oH2oN2BEwdg/w640-h480/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(184).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendrom calostrotum ssp. keleticum </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimO8SMZbrEjnRBOKivxdI0TU0VIjo7hRGQRKYfpyoq5FOzUK5984SVLP0DMX0rzuH0DPoldA9WkrdcFrHcNzz2t4hTXV1mBCNZAvJWZSZrpR_UQCXuutc3APC0M2kDS-qkIq4ZP90OtysyrSu783cXVOLQ8jW69lqDk2-yH87_anIUEo99M5Ch5soX2mY/s5184/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(195).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimO8SMZbrEjnRBOKivxdI0TU0VIjo7hRGQRKYfpyoq5FOzUK5984SVLP0DMX0rzuH0DPoldA9WkrdcFrHcNzz2t4hTXV1mBCNZAvJWZSZrpR_UQCXuutc3APC0M2kDS-qkIq4ZP90OtysyrSu783cXVOLQ8jW69lqDk2-yH87_anIUEo99M5Ch5soX2mY/w640-h480/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(195).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendrom calostrotum ssp. keleticum </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUChfzGeKruqaJTWk7VsURODfMfQrtG2t4C0TEGwSvm3kSRqLEG7yY04_88Izddzx4WQ46g7GIeUNXncyYnLKmjxS0cm3_WBHlts8p0UNwfJHw9SMlGZnSYsKoMJckkgjvHf4klC4NPM2VGqxa11AZaBNFmEwBbRJryDEq1ML1Xj7iZEwwWn3XNGXx_G0/s4096/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%2020190627_01%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUChfzGeKruqaJTWk7VsURODfMfQrtG2t4C0TEGwSvm3kSRqLEG7yY04_88Izddzx4WQ46g7GIeUNXncyYnLKmjxS0cm3_WBHlts8p0UNwfJHw9SMlGZnSYsKoMJckkgjvHf4klC4NPM2VGqxa11AZaBNFmEwBbRJryDEq1ML1Xj7iZEwwWn3XNGXx_G0/w480-h640/Rhododendrom%20calostrotum%20ssp.%20keleticum%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%2020190627_01%20(11).jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendrom calostrotum ssp. keleticum </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5H-QYbirRXJBF3Q3k3j6-nOUviBibTboBk6o0btRCRYU8g0lyhVq0zbo5ZxZNCFF1iWw8RH-oKDqjMyBQSJNLt8daNjdZSd_d_k2p4ASlTvdCF30GRNQJ-_N3cnm9zQKkB4neUuzAVX57DHamvGQ2OmjG1rRalnThHk52ewgsYyp0WclHzHiK_Uaq_c/s1000/Rhododendron%20primuliflorum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(177).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5H-QYbirRXJBF3Q3k3j6-nOUviBibTboBk6o0btRCRYU8g0lyhVq0zbo5ZxZNCFF1iWw8RH-oKDqjMyBQSJNLt8daNjdZSd_d_k2p4ASlTvdCF30GRNQJ-_N3cnm9zQKkB4neUuzAVX57DHamvGQ2OmjG1rRalnThHk52ewgsYyp0WclHzHiK_Uaq_c/w640-h480/Rhododendron%20primuliflorum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(177).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendrom primuliflorum </i></td></tr></tbody></table>There were a half dozen or more other rhodos...</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpGSewGH5yJKAd3qBFBP-d396tpOBNuishYMWT8uVdnWDEae3qYdBUf8pn6bxwOosK24QUhKmc4ECpdpbrfyPo0aSWEO9EJvO5Pg2cPbT3aslURcUNiJKNkEAIZgzLK-WvqeclJ3kaBcUsDt78t_LG-d8hjyCdzc5N0WCyfftJCLpiE-WN4mt_YgWYs0/s5184/Rhododendron%20rupicolum%20ssp.%20chryseum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(98).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpGSewGH5yJKAd3qBFBP-d396tpOBNuishYMWT8uVdnWDEae3qYdBUf8pn6bxwOosK24QUhKmc4ECpdpbrfyPo0aSWEO9EJvO5Pg2cPbT3aslURcUNiJKNkEAIZgzLK-WvqeclJ3kaBcUsDt78t_LG-d8hjyCdzc5N0WCyfftJCLpiE-WN4mt_YgWYs0/w480-h640/Rhododendron%20rupicolum%20ssp.%20chryseum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(98).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendrom rupicolum ssp. chryseum </i></td></tr></tbody></table>My favorite (perhaps because it might adapt better to our gardens) was this soft yellow lepidote that grew only on limestone!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMenAvUZ4FvdM4Z7gNQQ3dgnZ3yPjxT_PBCn8tQxUeBQRT3npg9UNcodqhw8r-23_EIBrEl70WdXXqIBhNH71S5cNmQH54CHmm3Tx9jyRF7krH8JL_6Tcw3raH9xF0Vl491t7rZzuSuLmHpxA1Af-fSKsXgYSKmcCtHZ0K6hyA39UPLsbxEfypmIqltZg/s5184/Rhododendron%20rupicolum%20ssp.%20chryseum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(100).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMenAvUZ4FvdM4Z7gNQQ3dgnZ3yPjxT_PBCn8tQxUeBQRT3npg9UNcodqhw8r-23_EIBrEl70WdXXqIBhNH71S5cNmQH54CHmm3Tx9jyRF7krH8JL_6Tcw3raH9xF0Vl491t7rZzuSuLmHpxA1Af-fSKsXgYSKmcCtHZ0K6hyA39UPLsbxEfypmIqltZg/w640-h480/Rhododendron%20rupicolum%20ssp.%20chryseum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(100).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rhododendrom rupicolum ssp. chryseum <br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-vGyC6cvkZ1KgDLLpV-YVuNSgW0qfHNnlTq4eYxhQE-JWSQUIzjMiMvWbAMjTQORy3XlH2v5AsTS9TOcHg2Hyk7Cke3CE-w9lTXuqBLbtMUYhVmIaa-GnMX-mkT687lk_dx6G-NM8c0sFmuIW9BBQUJulw1p0MGAnHBvNwG0e8TltwPe4HXarJSiXvI/s5184/Salix%20lindleyana%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(63).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-vGyC6cvkZ1KgDLLpV-YVuNSgW0qfHNnlTq4eYxhQE-JWSQUIzjMiMvWbAMjTQORy3XlH2v5AsTS9TOcHg2Hyk7Cke3CE-w9lTXuqBLbtMUYhVmIaa-GnMX-mkT687lk_dx6G-NM8c0sFmuIW9BBQUJulw1p0MGAnHBvNwG0e8TltwPe4HXarJSiXvI/w640-h480/Salix%20lindleyana%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(63).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Salix lindleyana <br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwE25TieT841zavbVhUxJ8k_wisrMtKF7O65eYZZ_ReNHyyqIemRiTGn9bJ8wjnim7UPUlO-MOHgNEMYfjwGoO07uLCgSfDT6NHUPgB7ZojprZYNfc0AL1x0Jm9Isq0cTso9-QBYfouZJimGQRwN4PDyg3mojymtCPjohCjWepvnicmXapjJeH4KYrdT4/s5184/Thalictrum%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(167).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwE25TieT841zavbVhUxJ8k_wisrMtKF7O65eYZZ_ReNHyyqIemRiTGn9bJ8wjnim7UPUlO-MOHgNEMYfjwGoO07uLCgSfDT6NHUPgB7ZojprZYNfc0AL1x0Jm9Isq0cTso9-QBYfouZJimGQRwN4PDyg3mojymtCPjohCjWepvnicmXapjJeH4KYrdT4/w640-h480/Thalictrum%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(167).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Thalictrum</i> sp.</td></tr></tbody></table>One of many meadow rues we found: this one high alpine. Not determined as to species yet!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcUjn3trMDLz3VjDc_FWELMLOFO_piDVDvHN18JPHXGryofSF9l499ANN0WDS_4j1GtcoJqUX12e7mjmHGK2Yu0E0Aq2DNeFtrnCgYjRljv7k_LlyJUmfNUuaM1sTRSLlCDjV3jAADvQG0A2laQDuIfK2aw76ZmS_9lnBiGg30uX_cK2zyw28rBnA4MU/s5184/Veronica%20szechuanica%20Baimashan%201%204305m%202019627%20(64).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcUjn3trMDLz3VjDc_FWELMLOFO_piDVDvHN18JPHXGryofSF9l499ANN0WDS_4j1GtcoJqUX12e7mjmHGK2Yu0E0Aq2DNeFtrnCgYjRljv7k_LlyJUmfNUuaM1sTRSLlCDjV3jAADvQG0A2laQDuIfK2aw76ZmS_9lnBiGg30uX_cK2zyw28rBnA4MU/w480-h640/Veronica%20szechuanica%20Baimashan%201%204305m%202019627%20(64).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Veronica szechuanica</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We didn't see as many veronicas as I expected--but this was a distinctive and delightful species--here growing with <i>Koenigia forrestii</i>--a peculiar tiny Polygonaceae I was to see growing <span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">l</span><a href="https://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2013/06/glimpses-of-masters-garden-cyril-lafong.html" style="background-color: #fcff01;" target="_blank">ustily in Cyril Lafong's stunning Scottish garden</a></span>! </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnXSDSkcCcQk2JCw63T9D3KpRrGNpYghnr14QR81oezv-h6ssV-bxhkXbHZs-DMvyX5wJHwLqE1kIqlAl3-LDViEWA_mlDBBwvV42W8eLYeO1SyxspDYkXCn2pivr7XsH2efJI1lbzT8dmQ6j42PFndf97qjqDY7-BSVXEfz4LQLD0XNBQOdBCwKmKN8/s3900/Viola%20biflora%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(155).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2406" data-original-width="3900" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnXSDSkcCcQk2JCw63T9D3KpRrGNpYghnr14QR81oezv-h6ssV-bxhkXbHZs-DMvyX5wJHwLqE1kIqlAl3-LDViEWA_mlDBBwvV42W8eLYeO1SyxspDYkXCn2pivr7XsH2efJI1lbzT8dmQ6j42PFndf97qjqDY7-BSVXEfz4LQLD0XNBQOdBCwKmKN8/w640-h394/Viola%20biflora%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20(155).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Viola biflora</i></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div>I end this second blog post about this great mountain with a plant that grows less than 40 minutes drive from my house as well (this violet grows over an astonishing range in Eurasia--but only in Colorado (thus far) in the lower 48. </div><div><br /></div><div>It would take many many more blog posts to show the phenomenal variety of plants I've seen on Baimashan: My four visits over the last five years have been among the most floriferous of a fantastically floriferous five years (don't try and say that quickly, by the way!) I will likely inflict more on you if you don't watch out!<br /><p></p><div class="separator" dir="rtl" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">q</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-46185530323039110562023-11-10T14:57:00.004-08:002023-11-10T14:59:55.886-08:00Revisiting Baimashan (Yunnan)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoy8ZO_Je9p-r0W7RBqakTtTW6Idgy2mt-N74kgPxVsPFk3tStNP5Ogiw5ZNNqfvjOgu0btAIXqzGs31r3JYrymfa6UDzAlciCEvvTq5x-N_L74svMPYp2oRVueg1OycNX-Yw_l29kayGg-oci_omkDS2ewfFsQxd3oFULgEaC2tCkwXH1XHJ3y-bSC4/s5184/Anaphalis%20nepalensis%20v.%20monocephalus%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2816%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoy8ZO_Je9p-r0W7RBqakTtTW6Idgy2mt-N74kgPxVsPFk3tStNP5Ogiw5ZNNqfvjOgu0btAIXqzGs31r3JYrymfa6UDzAlciCEvvTq5x-N_L74svMPYp2oRVueg1OycNX-Yw_l29kayGg-oci_omkDS2ewfFsQxd3oFULgEaC2tCkwXH1XHJ3y-bSC4/s600/Anaphalis%20nepalensis%20v.%20monocephalus%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2816%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anaphalis nepalensis v. monocephalus</i> 4315m<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This unassuming plant launches a rather lengthy series of pictures (that may take quite a few blog posts to accommodate!) from what maybe (if not my favorite, way ahead of most all) the most wonderful places I've ever been. I've been lucky enough to visit Baimashan on several different trips on different years: every hike saw an amazing new suite of plants--utterly different on the limestone areas mostly to the East of the pass--and the granite areas mostly on the West side. I hope I live long enough to return and spend more time on what has to be the most floriferous, rich spot among the hundreds of fantastic places I've wandered in my long life. We are so privileged to live on this precious planet. And I feel especially lucky to have wandered so much and so far! </span> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTatB9lpOsUpdATyvDQoK5_KWl0RVFNPiCnjnWds8Vlt1_W1xDiJHW3Bc6fZDfEJg9Cz2fxhyE9Hm6wvMfPJNlX-pye1rcH0g21x_ZhNXsf0DFroIeCBjOyouf3aLoYa5oRIehyphenhyphen3Wiv7Q6H7jhyphenhyphen8u0Y1befFGz20tz8nKycyRpNQzHOKLgO-nqpCD2J8I/s5184/Androsace%20delavayi%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2867%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTatB9lpOsUpdATyvDQoK5_KWl0RVFNPiCnjnWds8Vlt1_W1xDiJHW3Bc6fZDfEJg9Cz2fxhyE9Hm6wvMfPJNlX-pye1rcH0g21x_ZhNXsf0DFroIeCBjOyouf3aLoYa5oRIehyphenhyphen3Wiv7Q6H7jhyphenhyphen8u0Y1befFGz20tz8nKycyRpNQzHOKLgO-nqpCD2J8I/s600/Androsace%20delavayi%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2867%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Androsace delavay</i>i 4315m</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrqT2NawwYaU9tvf255wromitsb_yXiC8Uy1HpD8vfM7vH0qQEuTTpZmZYPndlqEUkP6TF4_RVQzyJ2ZormrkqE9kk1W7NY9a-kWLD_BWwm1iwyjfwMuju4HVsphj-ICOn80H3lImn8GQrgnHtgEY8Tnzm5aZHBfSlQofdMSH3qSVS4xWTMHU259O0nQ/s2884/Arenaria%20spathulifolia%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28122%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1977" data-original-width="2884" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrqT2NawwYaU9tvf255wromitsb_yXiC8Uy1HpD8vfM7vH0qQEuTTpZmZYPndlqEUkP6TF4_RVQzyJ2ZormrkqE9kk1W7NY9a-kWLD_BWwm1iwyjfwMuju4HVsphj-ICOn80H3lImn8GQrgnHtgEY8Tnzm5aZHBfSlQofdMSH3qSVS4xWTMHU259O0nQ/s600/Arenaria%20spathulifolia%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28122%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Arenaria spathulifolia </i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7rPy7SLkk-a_wdtDvf1nqV_BRdGo5wEAdHfkAstxxeqKzwJP5JqIZ_ADLnpKD9WhALjhZWDZCcfm_DYqCKW-zIz9tv7qMhkCvs1MK43pIsgsKuklATX9ZKpRxMkjdAK8b85v-c5LpItsgXYKCVmaJNv6bf4yKtNHm2FGXfqkEO-4Y5dSHHl3ix14-b4/s5184/Asplenium%20viride%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2870%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7rPy7SLkk-a_wdtDvf1nqV_BRdGo5wEAdHfkAstxxeqKzwJP5JqIZ_ADLnpKD9WhALjhZWDZCcfm_DYqCKW-zIz9tv7qMhkCvs1MK43pIsgsKuklATX9ZKpRxMkjdAK8b85v-c5LpItsgXYKCVmaJNv6bf4yKtNHm2FGXfqkEO-4Y5dSHHl3ix14-b4/s600/Asplenium%20viride%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2870%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Asplenium viride</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCVUnCfQCOhdDYnbnmMog5kNdZmAzuves8tSUbVSPbAiaxWWNFA1WUxzMktievvszSfXkYJUwSVgWx-nd6z_JA6_esFl0hXMOAjYCqhovxvwMKWYSFHqtxsuIyTx7U4kA1CV7vPL_gLRObw2xlpWx4MNs0cZ5wX-uliKdVEjH3NC5uFxG2MOD0xY58aY/s5184/Aster%20cf.%20salwinensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2848%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCVUnCfQCOhdDYnbnmMog5kNdZmAzuves8tSUbVSPbAiaxWWNFA1WUxzMktievvszSfXkYJUwSVgWx-nd6z_JA6_esFl0hXMOAjYCqhovxvwMKWYSFHqtxsuIyTx7U4kA1CV7vPL_gLRObw2xlpWx4MNs0cZ5wX-uliKdVEjH3NC5uFxG2MOD0xY58aY/s600/Aster%20cf.%20salwinensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2848%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aster salwinensis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQnl5wyQ1ZVm5Ab_wmClwPVLu3M7uxjQm4hrualmu8tzgdu79YoXurgWxZveTw2VsX-94X4qZ9ISYVIPwMIRpyjYiAEhA703yMY2ww9vrPW3MjWtNzLEcirxDbbqwkglPP0kM4eQYvN5gta65nLmHGjKKagPuRFgRaTfvq-QfdDScpqZ4yyLy89WPX9A/s5184/Aster%20cf.%20salwinensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2849%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQnl5wyQ1ZVm5Ab_wmClwPVLu3M7uxjQm4hrualmu8tzgdu79YoXurgWxZveTw2VsX-94X4qZ9ISYVIPwMIRpyjYiAEhA703yMY2ww9vrPW3MjWtNzLEcirxDbbqwkglPP0kM4eQYvN5gta65nLmHGjKKagPuRFgRaTfvq-QfdDScpqZ4yyLy89WPX9A/s600/Aster%20cf.%20salwinensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2849%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aster salwinensis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFWbyV0Osr6MioQhWk9xSanaT3bFfCqMqvJatsYK1mq03j5XVui2pToKHHo5fiThKasZ0o1WIxhDGSIdnsGlbzCteEqhQ2tu2aiuWhAW33si-AmE_JaDtOPNYVVC5Il2i0BcmzAcBUNTUnGX6fuViQ5KAFx7kZOdb19GkuQXo6UGGVil9eKejCpm1b-U/s5184/Aster%20cf.%20salwinensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2850%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFWbyV0Osr6MioQhWk9xSanaT3bFfCqMqvJatsYK1mq03j5XVui2pToKHHo5fiThKasZ0o1WIxhDGSIdnsGlbzCteEqhQ2tu2aiuWhAW33si-AmE_JaDtOPNYVVC5Il2i0BcmzAcBUNTUnGX6fuViQ5KAFx7kZOdb19GkuQXo6UGGVil9eKejCpm1b-U/s600/Aster%20cf.%20salwinensis%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2850%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aster salwinensis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXQarFOLaLUcIway3Z1jtCps0HQGdWbr1E8c4GqDWxBVtNCmQAaKOAbA53MzNa8T_tDOhKdFeHk2vSL11IBQd09lVhXMQq7SQDc4A6Hi08UlZqzXiwB4XOzjVno98hU6xx1N504B5QZpovOpSrMwvxukQWTyy4YzWFi1UF-Yu9Vm0pOuiRIM9z-zhHag/s5184/Astragalus%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2849%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXQarFOLaLUcIway3Z1jtCps0HQGdWbr1E8c4GqDWxBVtNCmQAaKOAbA53MzNa8T_tDOhKdFeHk2vSL11IBQd09lVhXMQq7SQDc4A6Hi08UlZqzXiwB4XOzjVno98hU6xx1N504B5QZpovOpSrMwvxukQWTyy4YzWFi1UF-Yu9Vm0pOuiRIM9z-zhHag/s600/Astragalus%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2849%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Astragalus </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnr0cRfOCgELCTOBhZcv-zGA2uw_SpW3qcDpEYvCEzipMpC9G9Oe77ur2iGjBjae5h_z55sDIWYOpqFNHRhChUsDtbJGAMrtTGcNiiU3mCaL6E8jGpZgl3Dfi6rTeBzfouy27KNQaIQDwmiKX_phn0SBUU9AwXPsBrKSHFD9csSV8Hk_e2iDK5MmppFg4/s5184/Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2852%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnr0cRfOCgELCTOBhZcv-zGA2uw_SpW3qcDpEYvCEzipMpC9G9Oe77ur2iGjBjae5h_z55sDIWYOpqFNHRhChUsDtbJGAMrtTGcNiiU3mCaL6E8jGpZgl3Dfi6rTeBzfouy27KNQaIQDwmiKX_phn0SBUU9AwXPsBrKSHFD9csSV8Hk_e2iDK5MmppFg4/s600/Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2852%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baimashan summit</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUC4nHXNmP-nPROdp-JocCkX0rI0TjDfExFvnG83deRJH-Al1q95Cu8jWHJ5tnagsyHYg6WBDCGIkYP5V-GD1479-YiiQ0bTi1FHMcec7_iej3agDV924KRQ-o5eOE8vJRZFoSUDI2PMMC1SLv2bKq8WjcUTFRUqrMKQimcdzPbQh66nJajckMC0kshyU/s4713/Berberis%20thibetica%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28137%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4713" data-original-width="3535" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUC4nHXNmP-nPROdp-JocCkX0rI0TjDfExFvnG83deRJH-Al1q95Cu8jWHJ5tnagsyHYg6WBDCGIkYP5V-GD1479-YiiQ0bTi1FHMcec7_iej3agDV924KRQ-o5eOE8vJRZFoSUDI2PMMC1SLv2bKq8WjcUTFRUqrMKQimcdzPbQh66nJajckMC0kshyU/s600/Berberis%20thibetica%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28137%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Berberis</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hTtbuwj_oWWFCJWmtuUGqBQHKDS7gulQSQdiuOGlEpIueMNWNDdqA7cwo_c4vzCAXf1oL8N5QXxfhPDOp3xdL1JdaCsesw0CeFZTBb-7Yc8N4yHcH6i1th82uEKdo-1dhRDx89SHlogU-Aj7qS03IrdClQ27ewYih9dFnFHiBy0yGd0iOSYil9jCjnI/s3494/Brassicaceae%20Baimashan%201%202019627%20%28171%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="3494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hTtbuwj_oWWFCJWmtuUGqBQHKDS7gulQSQdiuOGlEpIueMNWNDdqA7cwo_c4vzCAXf1oL8N5QXxfhPDOp3xdL1JdaCsesw0CeFZTBb-7Yc8N4yHcH6i1th82uEKdo-1dhRDx89SHlogU-Aj7qS03IrdClQ27ewYih9dFnFHiBy0yGd0iOSYil9jCjnI/s600/Brassicaceae%20Baimashan%201%202019627%20%28171%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brassicaceae sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesw-gZFMokFOvJv9Zf09RYZampwZiRRqLoeegV3pY92OmA7s7y9DzIT40xPxv0ZRGADRHcDmxURdJauNkB90cW6AsZPf6ztrIMzQdhXgSCFrVKawdLml5xdWC-9H6Uzv8_b_p0b0uqJ9k2cYmdYp4eZ6Unp4tw6BP-N0t46M-77HCqOSoMH4SxLbzdxM/s5184/Cassiope%20pectinata%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%289%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesw-gZFMokFOvJv9Zf09RYZampwZiRRqLoeegV3pY92OmA7s7y9DzIT40xPxv0ZRGADRHcDmxURdJauNkB90cW6AsZPf6ztrIMzQdhXgSCFrVKawdLml5xdWC-9H6Uzv8_b_p0b0uqJ9k2cYmdYp4eZ6Unp4tw6BP-N0t46M-77HCqOSoMH4SxLbzdxM/s600/Cassiope%20pectinata%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%289%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cassiope pectinata</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDG-NYInXqJDmvP23NfUw139iDpWGliEh-7CBR5LDUkobTyRNv10mp6b1m-aXtDW6jw3s9NGQwmKYvuTBJ5cvEEMn-JvjEotyp-i2gPYdCIEChyphenhyphen441ExeK3Vb4JuClrq-q6sFbuLZDDrNkeHH8hWBs7YyVLJ4FOOKSAo-sUHoFNpwO5Q0YWPFyWvewyVA/s5184/Cassiope%20pectinata%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2810%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDG-NYInXqJDmvP23NfUw139iDpWGliEh-7CBR5LDUkobTyRNv10mp6b1m-aXtDW6jw3s9NGQwmKYvuTBJ5cvEEMn-JvjEotyp-i2gPYdCIEChyphenhyphen441ExeK3Vb4JuClrq-q6sFbuLZDDrNkeHH8hWBs7YyVLJ4FOOKSAo-sUHoFNpwO5Q0YWPFyWvewyVA/s600/Cassiope%20pectinata%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2810%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cassiope pectinata </i>and friends</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYCS7lRLDdFaqR_7VpSt0Fn3EE7jvxB_5lIMkCLFk2eUZI_e2_933OhSH5M6Iu0iuHd-M8FEdKZsaYwCQG2U516oqc-19Z80P8F32Rhqg1_c2N-nWeYn2f1qizIWc10ottgPdtjLhYSB-cJZzN1unJ2ohTRZlpeP9LH_-ySVUTAkuY5D5Djy1JQJscS0/s5184/Cerastium%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2866%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYCS7lRLDdFaqR_7VpSt0Fn3EE7jvxB_5lIMkCLFk2eUZI_e2_933OhSH5M6Iu0iuHd-M8FEdKZsaYwCQG2U516oqc-19Z80P8F32Rhqg1_c2N-nWeYn2f1qizIWc10ottgPdtjLhYSB-cJZzN1unJ2ohTRZlpeP9LH_-ySVUTAkuY5D5Djy1JQJscS0/s600/Cerastium%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2866%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cerastium sp. </i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmMVThsuDRRW6WKCvhyphenhyphenV6p-rVpZYhYZlurhwJ1SL1bwocyryZXFrZXAP-wcrlHEdU_oHGmzzp3rRqyRb-HdMuObK0nCOBqFmk25qzjWGnZIlTrw91d3RDhHdzeJp30EeqEQOZwMPCE6rDugJDRVQ0MF9JjKjQpbj_SgMH4kqu7ELSBHL44gek2TgnITg/s2458/Compositae%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%2020190627_01%20%2821%29.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="2458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmMVThsuDRRW6WKCvhyphenhyphenV6p-rVpZYhYZlurhwJ1SL1bwocyryZXFrZXAP-wcrlHEdU_oHGmzzp3rRqyRb-HdMuObK0nCOBqFmk25qzjWGnZIlTrw91d3RDhHdzeJp30EeqEQOZwMPCE6rDugJDRVQ0MF9JjKjQpbj_SgMH4kqu7ELSBHL44gek2TgnITg/s600/Compositae%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%2020190627_01%20%2821%29.jpg" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asteraceae sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oJbk0JVDIxgJKOkgT817V2c5bqlfPkn1PCDPu_9Je6YaAWTM4M_GdteFa_3SrBQVfXXZibfbCr7FUHnfT3TfcfpPvRrkNRceZznKv2UW3aMYpVhf4I6oYadzkCpB2_k32mQXXM1Rqs7EXUJ31hO6jrQZiZ8zapF1W3lxe4vUd24lGAJvI1DcDHYi4Kk/s3035/Corydalis%20lathyrophylla%20%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%202019627%20%28175%29%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3035" data-original-width="2871" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oJbk0JVDIxgJKOkgT817V2c5bqlfPkn1PCDPu_9Je6YaAWTM4M_GdteFa_3SrBQVfXXZibfbCr7FUHnfT3TfcfpPvRrkNRceZznKv2UW3aMYpVhf4I6oYadzkCpB2_k32mQXXM1Rqs7EXUJ31hO6jrQZiZ8zapF1W3lxe4vUd24lGAJvI1DcDHYi4Kk/s600/Corydalis%20lathyrophylla%20%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%202019627%20%28175%29%20-%20Copy.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis lathyrophylla</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhR0jVrg0iA3Ldm64Y7zBnnmgrY-_IsDXito2qTqxtRjlos53rfIx0Xpv6KPhOk3jsrE3cjgDXhvZp1sOJoygp7P_2sEam3Zci3xBYBisPIoXG5GpXjyts6RDrTvAgrlZKD9UxOw8uA3zK0AWYXTomZ3ykZVl0iwWIW8hvhy3SmfrTyE4RIT_feQ5bKo/s5184/Corydalis%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%202019627%20%28177%29%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhR0jVrg0iA3Ldm64Y7zBnnmgrY-_IsDXito2qTqxtRjlos53rfIx0Xpv6KPhOk3jsrE3cjgDXhvZp1sOJoygp7P_2sEam3Zci3xBYBisPIoXG5GpXjyts6RDrTvAgrlZKD9UxOw8uA3zK0AWYXTomZ3ykZVl0iwWIW8hvhy3SmfrTyE4RIT_feQ5bKo/s600/Corydalis%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m.%202019627%20%28177%29%20-%20Copy.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Corydalis sp.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMEUygEJHejAE61EKlgmsR8hVNVu89U_GnMVD2cKgge1nIrxxkw9Bs8mX1sNoD64noXtF1LcLf5TVQ3-nhQbfYasJaIlIeIFdd89l0Wy987sbZqDb-EPF51oxvXrsaxpDpD4YBld9XPI22lNfRUxmIwa2tg_vbSxhZAAX4n2LxyN9IrJxeWthozmHCzM/s5184/Cremanthodium%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28101%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMEUygEJHejAE61EKlgmsR8hVNVu89U_GnMVD2cKgge1nIrxxkw9Bs8mX1sNoD64noXtF1LcLf5TVQ3-nhQbfYasJaIlIeIFdd89l0Wy987sbZqDb-EPF51oxvXrsaxpDpD4YBld9XPI22lNfRUxmIwa2tg_vbSxhZAAX4n2LxyN9IrJxeWthozmHCzM/s600/Cremanthodium%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28101%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cremanthodium sp.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZyPTlo0Eg9Vg2ckuncxqSf9Cg3Zmw_82QCMpfz05HwSUVKLYhi_Cj65z1j6MAwjxGKEkslMqL24joHmj2OHnxO68c8X7zIHg5D7IDu4ZnxnPFjJ_f2uCRFKwrVMQX9fZr_plLUKTJKI_ETz2Gr46eipIuku_QwPnr3IDTvKWjL7prReFGJuD2Zna7p8/s5184/Cremanthodium%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28104%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZyPTlo0Eg9Vg2ckuncxqSf9Cg3Zmw_82QCMpfz05HwSUVKLYhi_Cj65z1j6MAwjxGKEkslMqL24joHmj2OHnxO68c8X7zIHg5D7IDu4ZnxnPFjJ_f2uCRFKwrVMQX9fZr_plLUKTJKI_ETz2Gr46eipIuku_QwPnr3IDTvKWjL7prReFGJuD2Zna7p8/s600/Cremanthodium%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28104%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cremanthodium sp.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_0NyTy1qcWC_fYbreuWRsujfo3fWMLYfLe5pQKihVlZfa6b8RVTdAC-p7lr94vckHDcuymAM5tW77EZfVblb2cPAsw_KvY3BCRxlZT2ECBNwxXm_Mz8VjM-UDzQCqRvI4zOl8fdCJjqBRjt7vP31NDs17IyST1ch2-G6N9ayeoorx3UQYXZxfjOSsf8/s3425/Cyananthus%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%202019627%20%2832%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3209" data-original-width="3425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_0NyTy1qcWC_fYbreuWRsujfo3fWMLYfLe5pQKihVlZfa6b8RVTdAC-p7lr94vckHDcuymAM5tW77EZfVblb2cPAsw_KvY3BCRxlZT2ECBNwxXm_Mz8VjM-UDzQCqRvI4zOl8fdCJjqBRjt7vP31NDs17IyST1ch2-G6N9ayeoorx3UQYXZxfjOSsf8/s600/Cyananthus%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%202019627%20%2832%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cyaanthus sp.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxqPMr0LU4nZCSszH59gvBSIgl-kmPSVAcb0mCp0dfylqdN13FRwS-HK39SvXKdO4gfoEFkaO-ngojI3jNKmrupMky6MNMiLyRplTV587p8K-gMXaYk7d4qbB3FY930mwy_ssxcgUJyETJ_KkDJrM5u_2ay2EVhwXR5SsMPXb2Ldddo_THs_kSAdCXSE/s5184/Gentiana%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28101%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxqPMr0LU4nZCSszH59gvBSIgl-kmPSVAcb0mCp0dfylqdN13FRwS-HK39SvXKdO4gfoEFkaO-ngojI3jNKmrupMky6MNMiLyRplTV587p8K-gMXaYk7d4qbB3FY930mwy_ssxcgUJyETJ_KkDJrM5u_2ay2EVhwXR5SsMPXb2Ldddo_THs_kSAdCXSE/s600/Gentiana%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28101%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gentiana sp.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMF5eB5wmhjDA6dsYSSXCSmmx3kNnw5znrMkx2b1k9OPnyqKVw5D-3vBgW6brwksRykEzBHmX3cUzwRkl8ezNeoARYRdn0geBCwNI9eNLFgbDd2s-IDX17F5CVZ_76iOg0vkFILP5p3PlMf-EMqq9DwaNLJv8Sb3ObPgmSB0PEO3DsNMno_RUI90tw6I/s5184/Geranium%20donianum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28128%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMF5eB5wmhjDA6dsYSSXCSmmx3kNnw5znrMkx2b1k9OPnyqKVw5D-3vBgW6brwksRykEzBHmX3cUzwRkl8ezNeoARYRdn0geBCwNI9eNLFgbDd2s-IDX17F5CVZ_76iOg0vkFILP5p3PlMf-EMqq9DwaNLJv8Sb3ObPgmSB0PEO3DsNMno_RUI90tw6I/s600/Geranium%20donianum%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%28128%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Geranium donianum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzr2d7cN4LL9hr5G-PvD8bydGKwBYdHGPvy_ghjLvnn8wZK1nWsABKUicu7hPmSU3LmF8-g14q0TUIM0XVMzwoer94hpXH2XoZy0O46TMcuKA2Rko7SU5NXWjPHc7yVoMAJKvL4BpyZdPrg59svxvOZBWMs9HcH07-S_16yelDz0k_6v5mMASLpejjk5g/s2728/Juncus%20&%20Primula%20nanobella%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2822%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2728" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzr2d7cN4LL9hr5G-PvD8bydGKwBYdHGPvy_ghjLvnn8wZK1nWsABKUicu7hPmSU3LmF8-g14q0TUIM0XVMzwoer94hpXH2XoZy0O46TMcuKA2Rko7SU5NXWjPHc7yVoMAJKvL4BpyZdPrg59svxvOZBWMs9HcH07-S_16yelDz0k_6v5mMASLpejjk5g/s600/Juncus%20&%20Primula%20nanobella%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2822%29.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Juncus aff, </i>and <i>Primula nanobella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKXV2FHPogg-YLbUZZw1ddvCdl353tvMmjuMT5rZQFyvnWGfl6StC7peZAp_k4oUIXd8JWlsgp6-agQd-F99Q_mmnZbhJULIunSmjli0KzqmsXIYFfZk9mqrCURr8b6nQMHzjjcxNhdY4rNVzaySG1Y9JvFtnhm4b8HD0vmxaparLTZgJE54fFEamOmU/s5184/Larix%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2858%29.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKXV2FHPogg-YLbUZZw1ddvCdl353tvMmjuMT5rZQFyvnWGfl6StC7peZAp_k4oUIXd8JWlsgp6-agQd-F99Q_mmnZbhJULIunSmjli0KzqmsXIYFfZk9mqrCURr8b6nQMHzjjcxNhdY4rNVzaySG1Y9JvFtnhm4b8HD0vmxaparLTZgJE54fFEamOmU/s600/Larix%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2858%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Larix </i>sp.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbv7b-UzcXgafDhhF_oteZzDwYP5TJnoJ0cs4v9mCnWHGTJw60ff_N7gVLDzzg3XaURMiUm1l94qCpeOXzlav_1vrNLQPbdxzZYxv6TjB-T6VTLGYCwuIxoe0ZcUSKhFJM4Me826YcWZfl3oMt_FFnyony3gs_6IsFWEM2Jv_POVRHbXnFvUf_Xza7QYw/s5184/Larix%20sp.%20Baimashan%201%204315m%202019627%20%2859%29.JPG" style="display: block; 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A city renowned for its </div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-86866711291976383072023-10-14T08:46:00.021-07:002023-10-15T08:45:52.880-07:00Southwest Gardens: Denver's secret garden [center]<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMBu_IqsgriE1jlBgJv287tZSwpAxAc6M7ulnpczZrDBydu7jyknZsLiDhhSNZQHIVe5zPYiyIlUcO1YgH_7WKENNHIYZ3_6Dg6ZXWOUzADU08okCYjMxXUc3cKcLbwPLc2sSeuSKOB_XvvDbQqhZgRnP5xEzVG7k9wQx7jYvcn5UmD1QTKrVTPeCWx0/s3761/IMG_E5038.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3761" data-original-width="2645" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMBu_IqsgriE1jlBgJv287tZSwpAxAc6M7ulnpczZrDBydu7jyknZsLiDhhSNZQHIVe5zPYiyIlUcO1YgH_7WKENNHIYZ3_6Dg6ZXWOUzADU08okCYjMxXUc3cKcLbwPLc2sSeuSKOB_XvvDbQqhZgRnP5xEzVG7k9wQx7jYvcn5UmD1QTKrVTPeCWx0/w450-h640/IMG_E5038.JPG" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cary West, owner of Southwest Gardens</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Since practically every tree, shrub and herbaceous plant in the Denver metropolitan area has been planted deliberately [except for weeds], we have a LOT of garden centers. But only one specializes ALMOST exclusively in succulent plants. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH8tdzPEVtL04MSgI99oIBxFpX_D75yR0-W3OuAoiRix-Ke-vpkJA5iCO4N7jW2-hmQmr6fnDgpB-74mJ8c8F7Bv9wM8OFb-PPA5JbAWhZooV8h66FLN1ye5HlZkTDHTEllIM5vsXfkH02TmtUjoQ5FPSpD6ZYsNJqSCcE_7TWXpzQ_dMfcfkSx43tKg/s4032/IMG_5039.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixH8tdzPEVtL04MSgI99oIBxFpX_D75yR0-W3OuAoiRix-Ke-vpkJA5iCO4N7jW2-hmQmr6fnDgpB-74mJ8c8F7Bv9wM8OFb-PPA5JbAWhZooV8h66FLN1ye5HlZkTDHTEllIM5vsXfkH02TmtUjoQ5FPSpD6ZYsNJqSCcE_7TWXpzQ_dMfcfkSx43tKg/w640-h480/IMG_5039.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>Okay, they do have a few orchids, and occasionally some annuals (especially if they're a tad succulent!). By and large, Cary limits himself to plants with crassulean acid metabolism, if you catch my drift!<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsaZIPgti0a8bfr1nbzhgr-RvX-Y0JXGJhaMtc0SL6cCP5ajhCFn2ETCYLIibvL_3XL9t6q10kHlukqHXG0qt_INQWvcQ5ausiLAA2BLyhRE9MEne1vEMIhRKb5e-nSWvNaqQX6znrfNw6DpcnfbEIew5zyDCI_ailbeacira3sL7bEDWDVU7__7MN3g/s4032/IMG_5037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsaZIPgti0a8bfr1nbzhgr-RvX-Y0JXGJhaMtc0SL6cCP5ajhCFn2ETCYLIibvL_3XL9t6q10kHlukqHXG0qt_INQWvcQ5ausiLAA2BLyhRE9MEne1vEMIhRKb5e-nSWvNaqQX6znrfNw6DpcnfbEIew5zyDCI_ailbeacira3sL7bEDWDVU7__7MN3g/w480-h640/IMG_5037.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>I drop in regularly--and have known Cary for longer than either of us care to admit--somehow I'd missed a chance to enter the inner sanctum where his treasured collections reside. I suspect being in the tourist mode (showing the nursery to Sean Hogan, of Cistus Plants in Oregon), I sought out the often reclusive owner, and he escorted us to where the really special stuff was!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeazuvGW1lGYT-UCyIHEhpDRSWWHQ-gB4KmHCM4aYDMycXbIfZvV97D2yBPZjYrg9_gDm9W6Kr_hk9NFZDxU7-lCkxWw3YKGu0TWwabNmtMg2XHJrgMPiKtwKoR1z9DTdkrbKlzd5p7ShL4m3P6ifP7Q8oBzBvPql9BmzAa-jhiBa-pXNh4kY9jNEZS4/s4032/IMG_5036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeazuvGW1lGYT-UCyIHEhpDRSWWHQ-gB4KmHCM4aYDMycXbIfZvV97D2yBPZjYrg9_gDm9W6Kr_hk9NFZDxU7-lCkxWw3YKGu0TWwabNmtMg2XHJrgMPiKtwKoR1z9DTdkrbKlzd5p7ShL4m3P6ifP7Q8oBzBvPql9BmzAa-jhiBa-pXNh4kY9jNEZS4/w640-h480/IMG_5036.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>I was surprised to see <i>Sinningia leucotricha i</i>n bloom: mine are late winter bloomers.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GMr0rUOOEKN1Ypm2obCiUM1Tllk9l7TEUNOIvD_6XBZDcfHm2Aho26avD7MTTxLKHxbWGoqC3sgrwMMmV6zHkJm62rDveEYBsvd9MuY-hJaIlWY4-QxVv-m9huMHTbeVCtiARf1jPtfsV_RNYNdhUn6x4MtW7CXfzZgOmK4vW-MlwfrsoUiDdMf9TnM/s4032/IMG_5035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GMr0rUOOEKN1Ypm2obCiUM1Tllk9l7TEUNOIvD_6XBZDcfHm2Aho26avD7MTTxLKHxbWGoqC3sgrwMMmV6zHkJm62rDveEYBsvd9MuY-hJaIlWY4-QxVv-m9huMHTbeVCtiARf1jPtfsV_RNYNdhUn6x4MtW7CXfzZgOmK4vW-MlwfrsoUiDdMf9TnM/w480-h640/IMG_5035.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>Every plant was riveting (to plant nerds like us)--get a load of this golden haworthia!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktL22SkodzVydqwdw1nHnQGRCFJzG3p_yjPCGwi0eEwB75sXuX14AGz0YiXBjRrChTbTSetZXyG4FiFxGq3PmRCohtLHKQGIRT-gx1IM-tmOCvAFnruHgOq8mK0sq4_e5xhjdeaRHuzLb3qulzs_5_fnSYAocLUrcgygLxJoPjY2tVmjIKawqpidGlyg/s4032/IMG_5033.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktL22SkodzVydqwdw1nHnQGRCFJzG3p_yjPCGwi0eEwB75sXuX14AGz0YiXBjRrChTbTSetZXyG4FiFxGq3PmRCohtLHKQGIRT-gx1IM-tmOCvAFnruHgOq8mK0sq4_e5xhjdeaRHuzLb3qulzs_5_fnSYAocLUrcgygLxJoPjY2tVmjIKawqpidGlyg/w480-h640/IMG_5033.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sinningia eumorpha</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8vzqe_csvxMd9X2f7jjHUVAXJpWcrbJw88VTMW4jECaOLpQpn68uxipeUHVOlqmV4NOMt6a5NJTBU8Hs4ya_LwRynHcjOXq8ZK5BXi53XI97Bnrms7XOkj5EQIVCDrCIBLM3bWXezHIt7A2IdeAKBWoMcMK4UC4-oLUpoioyYcZccj99gm9iOY6lUlw/s4032/IMG_5032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8vzqe_csvxMd9X2f7jjHUVAXJpWcrbJw88VTMW4jECaOLpQpn68uxipeUHVOlqmV4NOMt6a5NJTBU8Hs4ya_LwRynHcjOXq8ZK5BXi53XI97Bnrms7XOkj5EQIVCDrCIBLM3bWXezHIt7A2IdeAKBWoMcMK4UC4-oLUpoioyYcZccj99gm9iOY6lUlw/w480-h640/IMG_5032.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>No end of cool plants like this (I think) peperomia that blooms non stop. Forgot to photograph the label...<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQ_TCfTQrLlsRN5ZgO2A4Jfx0gLGWA3qHYFCuF0Xhg4v2kovNxOSMncoY75M8Z7Jv0yVWyJPVDTN6hI59QMwcFGGRl0zJN3Grr0Muc0QfuqPg18gEGY_EppEt6J3IxFl3wins-u4MieQxVz4QuN0qRNuzsghXI4KpObtv6IyXW-Qpshg2FyKBK3gemmI/s4032/IMG_5031.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQ_TCfTQrLlsRN5ZgO2A4Jfx0gLGWA3qHYFCuF0Xhg4v2kovNxOSMncoY75M8Z7Jv0yVWyJPVDTN6hI59QMwcFGGRl0zJN3Grr0Muc0QfuqPg18gEGY_EppEt6J3IxFl3wins-u4MieQxVz4QuN0qRNuzsghXI4KpObtv6IyXW-Qpshg2FyKBK3gemmI/w480-h640/IMG_5031.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I can't resist photgraphing Cary--his "rugged good looks" are point and shoot-worthy. Impossible to take a bad picture of him.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIuIyYNwPcki4kNOY4qMck5-msJzgea_gAbD1kyvp5gBdLEiNwcP96b0Es3LqVcSZTlINH_kswh0E1ieSeCvLxzo6IAKjKqCa8qfymKJkGhDxDjVEJmRfJeIBm_yvxoUvf5nFJilkihhYj6KjvzBFUZYJmVA5eEoHr5q0wcnL1XIjR1CdJsbX3M65crI/s4032/IMG_5023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIuIyYNwPcki4kNOY4qMck5-msJzgea_gAbD1kyvp5gBdLEiNwcP96b0Es3LqVcSZTlINH_kswh0E1ieSeCvLxzo6IAKjKqCa8qfymKJkGhDxDjVEJmRfJeIBm_yvxoUvf5nFJilkihhYj6KjvzBFUZYJmVA5eEoHr5q0wcnL1XIjR1CdJsbX3M65crI/w640-h480/IMG_5023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>But poring over bench after bench of perfectly grown treasures: my idea of bliss!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmzBuPIDIN1UL_6jLBhXntOuXwXWHPAJ3uX_CTtby_cyhHHM8VHp_04ei7Pjo9jqZP549rWhTrRoGg-21derIRwqZRjS3ozj1We-XD4VEx837sIQtpN_7Y-oM4g2uKVMp7AVtA-cmNQ5n0Vqs7y27sQNWV3KIJZfqKCQPGaufplteAmBnluSXdpivXaA/s4032/IMG_5026.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmzBuPIDIN1UL_6jLBhXntOuXwXWHPAJ3uX_CTtby_cyhHHM8VHp_04ei7Pjo9jqZP549rWhTrRoGg-21derIRwqZRjS3ozj1We-XD4VEx837sIQtpN_7Y-oM4g2uKVMp7AVtA-cmNQ5n0Vqs7y27sQNWV3KIJZfqKCQPGaufplteAmBnluSXdpivXaA/w480-h640/IMG_5026.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>More bliss: as I travel more and more through Western and Southern South Africa, I recognize more and more of these from seeing them in the wild...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlUA4Km3xHwwgxqawRTV3KyM9LGVfiQa7-PHrLltlmJjYxlTvuVHa42w3zx1nX3kuRUlXc0KkvdSmZVK9rgQiHs1Fc4bJcgBZl7W3CYVwjFgWhoENdswi6HF3EjUCg9QovyX1TiXuJBsttVjcyMxQcHCTWRIVourRVWQpA-FNXGc5ZUF1e0SMRcX9qFs/s4032/IMG_5027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlUA4Km3xHwwgxqawRTV3KyM9LGVfiQa7-PHrLltlmJjYxlTvuVHa42w3zx1nX3kuRUlXc0KkvdSmZVK9rgQiHs1Fc4bJcgBZl7W3CYVwjFgWhoENdswi6HF3EjUCg9QovyX1TiXuJBsttVjcyMxQcHCTWRIVourRVWQpA-FNXGc5ZUF1e0SMRcX9qFs/w640-h480/IMG_5027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6JZCU7o_ZrSMhwrbyRfhzvsXXPYVvt66CGOriZ2RRJkvuzs-aX4HO97Fv4eWTvwLDfNfySDT7A-0YywLQ3VCkav_43QQMCNmd12NG4lGiTt9vj9Za2WDXik3w4590pf_f3zHlhiERapvcCHaVE-xA-lhpjN6HAF9dnmtMUL1zBgZa_aBUcxND6D_sA0/s4032/IMG_5028.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6JZCU7o_ZrSMhwrbyRfhzvsXXPYVvt66CGOriZ2RRJkvuzs-aX4HO97Fv4eWTvwLDfNfySDT7A-0YywLQ3VCkav_43QQMCNmd12NG4lGiTt9vj9Za2WDXik3w4590pf_f3zHlhiERapvcCHaVE-xA-lhpjN6HAF9dnmtMUL1zBgZa_aBUcxND6D_sA0/w480-h640/IMG_5028.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />I always get a kick at how all Haworthia flowers look the same on utterly different plant bodies!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoGXUTnRm60lzW3paU4M0RjxQL03XNLdk52kzyp3tESS6x4rx5vaIe4ci_dhxVbTmeZcUGMQJe_4fjgzgf-30XvGDMerm-674teAww1zF-P-LmDi4AIBjupR6P3ry6qLBTXEyXHWbAW9mKxF6WWLnrrmlRfMGMLYp00mYRhfGQqs1m-XBlGqyeiZuub4/s4032/IMG_5029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoGXUTnRm60lzW3paU4M0RjxQL03XNLdk52kzyp3tESS6x4rx5vaIe4ci_dhxVbTmeZcUGMQJe_4fjgzgf-30XvGDMerm-674teAww1zF-P-LmDi4AIBjupR6P3ry6qLBTXEyXHWbAW9mKxF6WWLnrrmlRfMGMLYp00mYRhfGQqs1m-XBlGqyeiZuub4/w640-h480/IMG_5029.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Another glimpse of my photogenic friend of many decades...thank you for a wonderful tour! I shall be back!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5sQvpbcUxcmQuIItFfyhM1aFVkqQEMAFxwf6Gkj8FY0tmIV-svgIAUrJ2bRz4DdoadmarERhYcEblt96fv1FZQs5Wvp6aOeEW_7c261dxHNAdzrquzyEJZ0kxia19LjlTFzt4BtpWRR5ae2n3U08-ukfKihe0lt4AYYmeWi5rPjuttCpgeV6LejmFoA/s4032/IMG_5030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5sQvpbcUxcmQuIItFfyhM1aFVkqQEMAFxwf6Gkj8FY0tmIV-svgIAUrJ2bRz4DdoadmarERhYcEblt96fv1FZQs5Wvp6aOeEW_7c261dxHNAdzrquzyEJZ0kxia19LjlTFzt4BtpWRR5ae2n3U08-ukfKihe0lt4AYYmeWi5rPjuttCpgeV6LejmFoA/w480-h640/IMG_5030.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>And some plants in production for sale: don't they look just like candies in a box? </p></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-49116092376743842082023-10-06T02:40:00.003-07:002023-10-06T02:51:48.725-07:00Cuter than a bug's ear! Crassula columnifera redux<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOs9rhIypgAD1u-_UR-htjaoHIRiPuB9Y-Ov5M6nX5_41bMu3nFak1luW2VTjpfZxgiGH3FsYbqPXXiNnrHPrnfpk4aarSTIaaqQi0_hUxjEAOOFbraUl9H0f7GoraKE_swo7aQq5lkRp9_iPwGFcSgjAareB62fFHtkwECW_mvI3_K_Mj05tFKpLDotc/s2597/Crassula%20columnaris%20Roggeveld%203%2009-11-2023%20(131).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2597" data-original-width="2092" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOs9rhIypgAD1u-_UR-htjaoHIRiPuB9Y-Ov5M6nX5_41bMu3nFak1luW2VTjpfZxgiGH3FsYbqPXXiNnrHPrnfpk4aarSTIaaqQi0_hUxjEAOOFbraUl9H0f7GoraKE_swo7aQq5lkRp9_iPwGFcSgjAareB62fFHtkwECW_mvI3_K_Mj05tFKpLDotc/w516-h640/Crassula%20columnaris%20Roggeveld%203%2009-11-2023%20(131).JPG" width="516" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Crassula columnaris</i> near Sutherland </td></tr></tbody></table>Some plants are rather common...and this tiny, columnar crassula is widespread in on the West and Northern Cape provinces in a wide variety of semi-arid habitats. It is monocarpic (dies after it blooms) which is not a popular trait in gardens nowadays. Even so, How I would love to have this on my crevice garden! If I live long enough, perhaps I will--and these forms from near Sutherland would certainly tolerate our horrible Colorado winters better than any other selections. I can dream, can't I?<br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YagGpzxeVNPqaQ3JdiO1j7H_pWU6WPR4FEnPoVhJtcLhiEgXqpiBHgAByRJ3YS8J1G9IyAxjUjHIfZLhNkiZkeGIZ4FMoNS5FTf0zIpvWO7W3dJgGKmSuBBfmzu6FGfdDhsV_GCLXslv5DWVQ3umzRWwTEOZ-MeTqIsspV3TbxawQWvwo8-F-jaI2jY/s2232/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(83).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1857" data-original-width="2232" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YagGpzxeVNPqaQ3JdiO1j7H_pWU6WPR4FEnPoVhJtcLhiEgXqpiBHgAByRJ3YS8J1G9IyAxjUjHIfZLhNkiZkeGIZ4FMoNS5FTf0zIpvWO7W3dJgGKmSuBBfmzu6FGfdDhsV_GCLXslv5DWVQ3umzRWwTEOZ-MeTqIsspV3TbxawQWvwo8-F-jaI2jY/w640-h532/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(83).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>As I said the plant isn't rare: why then do I keep photographing it? I should look back: I know I have dozens more pictures from my other trips--these were all taken this past September, on a trip I keep reduxing to...</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sCDtJRgkH3gl5-bvxkabRq1j01iyo-c8uqqxyZkuWlIr1FKod76LxWXCDgjXmcPJz4G6lmhTl5DvzgAn-pn7bkNXIhSAZJHZZhmWgLQWJY1bMBthLWpkDujv4GT0tfrc_zNTxLGBEBgG3XnIOqVcpEagx6qAli9ZnMzNGrgk-hRpS3N1QMMaWj4HkUY/s3164/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(84).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2815" data-original-width="3164" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sCDtJRgkH3gl5-bvxkabRq1j01iyo-c8uqqxyZkuWlIr1FKod76LxWXCDgjXmcPJz4G6lmhTl5DvzgAn-pn7bkNXIhSAZJHZZhmWgLQWJY1bMBthLWpkDujv4GT0tfrc_zNTxLGBEBgG3XnIOqVcpEagx6qAli9ZnMzNGrgk-hRpS3N1QMMaWj4HkUY/w640-h570/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(84).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Here 'tis in bud.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIqkvULlfY1f0jtOtjbYbDdoYa9zYa9wRc0YgCUi6A_7xg6JCLKYiqbHJzKEyY6OF6tY81A7mETnEuNF-pr2mzfkimCI07YsjRVqSqZ8U0U0h6o1GpXJd_lIfBH1EAKfncsFKRLObjdrbdVruJ2hb_acstpIOTQ3bE35jF0stwsafqWZNFE_AL3L1rpE/s2888/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(85).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2484" data-original-width="2888" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIqkvULlfY1f0jtOtjbYbDdoYa9zYa9wRc0YgCUi6A_7xg6JCLKYiqbHJzKEyY6OF6tY81A7mETnEuNF-pr2mzfkimCI07YsjRVqSqZ8U0U0h6o1GpXJd_lIfBH1EAKfncsFKRLObjdrbdVruJ2hb_acstpIOTQ3bE35jF0stwsafqWZNFE_AL3L1rpE/w640-h550/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(85).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>A first year plant, looking for all the world like a little tortoise (don't you think?)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU1UmJL3a4F2YU-W3K1KuQZyVuTBEej0iggov-tiDF_8pWcDLtdKCdXkyZbZPaNV1ozVsaS-VIAQH3muKyIsrXmNTjWiLi-dJpHIJsxyMHLSlx4uHUK0dkgjmXapng6MGa5H8MDoA5lNl2groa3Qg1aPnNNVxJXcsm2Cf3vXv5nCovX6s0_6MrJ0E354/s4032/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(86).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPU1UmJL3a4F2YU-W3K1KuQZyVuTBEej0iggov-tiDF_8pWcDLtdKCdXkyZbZPaNV1ozVsaS-VIAQH3muKyIsrXmNTjWiLi-dJpHIJsxyMHLSlx4uHUK0dkgjmXapng6MGa5H8MDoA5lNl2groa3Qg1aPnNNVxJXcsm2Cf3vXv5nCovX6s0_6MrJ0E354/w640-h480/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(86).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>I may like this one with the pink "leaves" best of all?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6u5ic4v55QpxpAkCpNAlF6lAOK-5fizmdH0TMObVUiVYvUkL0v4Qvi63X-dNwOXEU8JE8HNKcvdpvutlZwTMkcxEOQ6HY_lcmITIPSb-nbxoDDxkmmOSe-avFDIGvKJS2hyphenhyphenrxwQiDSbWOozl-Uc9zJPfcof5s95H2FRKSphuJN8PQuC8ifaKXBBVESdo/s2906/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(88).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2706" data-original-width="2906" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6u5ic4v55QpxpAkCpNAlF6lAOK-5fizmdH0TMObVUiVYvUkL0v4Qvi63X-dNwOXEU8JE8HNKcvdpvutlZwTMkcxEOQ6HY_lcmITIPSb-nbxoDDxkmmOSe-avFDIGvKJS2hyphenhyphenrxwQiDSbWOozl-Uc9zJPfcof5s95H2FRKSphuJN8PQuC8ifaKXBBVESdo/w640-h596/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(88).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Or this tipsy one (too many margaritas?)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP39zur0lVZkNE2c_M3kmz2JiKC_62sOnrkDnT8FqjZXdLyrhUL5bfM5cfd5I2Jc0pYfxES3cOjULPhlboCm9bRS6idGG2wUf4detopjCrcfYfFZQrnuU2b1Qvyx5DeNqUNCwxAaZIFSYWvsgvLD5IjdKHm0s1XEIGucVrzrwAf47KaDu2JB0yFcTy1j8/s2594/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(89).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2462" data-original-width="2594" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP39zur0lVZkNE2c_M3kmz2JiKC_62sOnrkDnT8FqjZXdLyrhUL5bfM5cfd5I2Jc0pYfxES3cOjULPhlboCm9bRS6idGG2wUf4detopjCrcfYfFZQrnuU2b1Qvyx5DeNqUNCwxAaZIFSYWvsgvLD5IjdKHm0s1XEIGucVrzrwAf47KaDu2JB0yFcTy1j8/w640-h608/Crassula%20columnaris%20Sutherland%20Fraserburg%20rd.%2009-12-2023%20(89).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>This tells the whole story!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ4Vo-E5pQWSLzRph05pSUikiX-eDv3Ay9qksCpqzI9N7fqorT0IPY5Y6nB8VFjeAcaTj4VM-p7J8EsANONg_NTGPMGsaGMGIIPfF8rkC7SONuER3aLpckPAn6fWPvBzshWFKfeHfyx3M3qMqyz9ramkA6GqFr5cSVsjrM_VcwdOVRa-A3UTjlb9gH4I/s4032/Crassula%20columnifera%20Langeberg%20foothills%203%2009-18-2023%20(6).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ4Vo-E5pQWSLzRph05pSUikiX-eDv3Ay9qksCpqzI9N7fqorT0IPY5Y6nB8VFjeAcaTj4VM-p7J8EsANONg_NTGPMGsaGMGIIPfF8rkC7SONuER3aLpckPAn6fWPvBzshWFKfeHfyx3M3qMqyz9ramkA6GqFr5cSVsjrM_VcwdOVRa-A3UTjlb9gH4I/w640-h480/Crassula%20columnifera%20Langeberg%20foothills%203%2009-18-2023%20(6).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Crassula columnaris</i> on the Langeberg foothills</td></tr></tbody></table>Here on the Bokkeveld, growing with a tiny <i>Conophytum</i>. If I could do this in my garden I would be a very happy camper!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2O4Yg60BzRen-Y5_xco1PFAiYcPoI0Eki8SMYClrPlBM6MNglBZ_ga3azOuq9Gcx1DYTbJE-I49B791UoyjF8sTGW4cRuTZRgS7V8V_3tNkPsyu7MEJb8jsY-nPYLjQz9PDkUHckbSTk0h0DQAsg4-jyh-LvAADjZpK91qVgZu7sKGyIYCZjhj-2AR8/s2691/Crassula%20columnifera%20Langeberg%20foothills%203%2009-18-2023%20(8).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2336" data-original-width="2691" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2O4Yg60BzRen-Y5_xco1PFAiYcPoI0Eki8SMYClrPlBM6MNglBZ_ga3azOuq9Gcx1DYTbJE-I49B791UoyjF8sTGW4cRuTZRgS7V8V_3tNkPsyu7MEJb8jsY-nPYLjQz9PDkUHckbSTk0h0DQAsg4-jyh-LvAADjZpK91qVgZu7sKGyIYCZjhj-2AR8/w640-h556/Crassula%20columnifera%20Langeberg%20foothills%203%2009-18-2023%20(8).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> And finally a symmetrical little button, cheerfully gathering sunlight, storing it for next year's bloom...<p></p><p>I suspect I have taken dozens of pictures of <i>Crassula columnifera</i> over the decades. What a strange way to pass one's life!</p><p>I wish fewer people bought and used ATV's. But I should be grateful millons of people cheerfully pay thousands of dollars to listen to pop concerts I'd rather be pinched black and blue than sit through. Although I like Taylor Swift (I must listen to one of her songs one day on Youtube) for being so politically astute! I am relieved so many millions sit countless billions of hours watching television programs I'd rather be hit over the head with paddles than watch. I am so glad the nimnuts do donuts on their yachts and leave me alone (with a few friends) on the high, dry windy Karoo to photograph <i>Crassula columnifera</i> and thousands of other treasures basically alone (or with a small band of soul brothers and sisters). If paradise isn't like this I'll be content to simmer in the other place for eternity.</p>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-19109458341907810332023-09-28T05:36:00.004-07:002023-09-28T05:45:24.510-07:00A random nursery in Stanford (South Africa)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kLZQ_wNLyl4T4Yjkak0lcg8Zy4ErqHpZAo7cGO0W4K8y6lTpeOtOGWClX4aJYN2xC04J-H5twRgSP9J-01FTb0E1P1ThF5e11f53eWxFa-0AcyEQUk6-XOkBJsQP0_tKSj98uvGzen7a0F5jQ0bRJglXS1fgdkR7NUSCZFUQbXG5_-Lv5UyKwKntTkw/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kLZQ_wNLyl4T4Yjkak0lcg8Zy4ErqHpZAo7cGO0W4K8y6lTpeOtOGWClX4aJYN2xC04J-H5twRgSP9J-01FTb0E1P1ThF5e11f53eWxFa-0AcyEQUk6-XOkBJsQP0_tKSj98uvGzen7a0F5jQ0bRJglXS1fgdkR7NUSCZFUQbXG5_-Lv5UyKwKntTkw/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>I don't know about you, but when I stop to gas up, I don't expect to find a variety of pincushion flowers (<i>Leucospermum</i>) in gallon pots for sale for under ten dollars a pop.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQS-WRrBic7BE4jzYbBB1rlcXzN4mCOsYYx37bBEYDsltGrxotH7cIUrDrhyphenhyphenBll7G7Sb4pZym7qiUyTVEJrpbm4hvSrJyEUUezKoqygUoNVkONalrY0_s0EDd7-VoarOkWNC3v8j6RSKT-9MSYNsu6aRW0K_9jXs7vWPjiPUUfqBSjQa3Ek02bIk-ntw/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQS-WRrBic7BE4jzYbBB1rlcXzN4mCOsYYx37bBEYDsltGrxotH7cIUrDrhyphenhyphenBll7G7Sb4pZym7qiUyTVEJrpbm4hvSrJyEUUezKoqygUoNVkONalrY0_s0EDd7-VoarOkWNC3v8j6RSKT-9MSYNsu6aRW0K_9jXs7vWPjiPUUfqBSjQa3Ek02bIk-ntw/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Which is precisely what happened when we stopped at this gas station cum agricultural supply store that happened to have some posies for sale in Stanford, South Africa...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i7AuNocy5LKr3DIKKxfMbdy-3r_ER02jxqwfYm9HQCIyFYniDHYZVHV-crMfqbBQAjlkWjM0g6IGRTkYPCZUlP7Xdxf5JVJ3HO79OfnL4Fcs5lQ9bVYg-8IH1lST_5RFYRPVvnrQ44OONNnO47l4xnGTF1m6MwnG7VUg4J992-arFiWmP8bMYDu_iX4/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i7AuNocy5LKr3DIKKxfMbdy-3r_ER02jxqwfYm9HQCIyFYniDHYZVHV-crMfqbBQAjlkWjM0g6IGRTkYPCZUlP7Xdxf5JVJ3HO79OfnL4Fcs5lQ9bVYg-8IH1lST_5RFYRPVvnrQ44OONNnO47l4xnGTF1m6MwnG7VUg4J992-arFiWmP8bMYDu_iX4/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(4).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>Of course, I had to check out the posies--and found a pretty vast nursery wrapped around the whole shebang full of treasures. I realized at some point I better take some pics: I wish I'd taken ten times as many--the place oozed treasures. Like a whole table of pincushion hybrids!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO4Mz6TVegGx-GyWE65FH4X9v5fQe1Z30Sigd5TDURNIYsWLV3Yr001Hte-mctjBKmeoHnk6xnjouyxAUO4-aLjAlesGN40pl4ep0xZW0GawsaM6qUWmCl8Z5H5dotJe51bcrSHKUmPyVB11JRmZjE0RPujvVkQXI06mGoUZxP89tUCbjhyWAUH7CZhY/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPO4Mz6TVegGx-GyWE65FH4X9v5fQe1Z30Sigd5TDURNIYsWLV3Yr001Hte-mctjBKmeoHnk6xnjouyxAUO4-aLjAlesGN40pl4ep0xZW0GawsaM6qUWmCl8Z5H5dotJe51bcrSHKUmPyVB11JRmZjE0RPujvVkQXI06mGoUZxP89tUCbjhyWAUH7CZhY/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(5).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>I don't know about you, but if I saw a husky plant like this in a gallon pot selling for peanuts I'd buy it, even though there's not a chance in a billion I could grow it very long!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzE7ZlH8EH9PO23P_Aqp7RbrhxDdIpt0n2EgrSw-b0kFk1O7_RSTlfszoG5PESeRz_wiD9NCM2BhI8GeF19AQ9XydbCPYw4VChXq77dOiffNwIqvuQZtMn8G5i52XHjKGMKfxion54SBT0FanN6-ZFBztwnojWAmewbL88sSgHFQ9J5sfXh_K9i5G74E/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(6).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzE7ZlH8EH9PO23P_Aqp7RbrhxDdIpt0n2EgrSw-b0kFk1O7_RSTlfszoG5PESeRz_wiD9NCM2BhI8GeF19AQ9XydbCPYw4VChXq77dOiffNwIqvuQZtMn8G5i52XHjKGMKfxion54SBT0FanN6-ZFBztwnojWAmewbL88sSgHFQ9J5sfXh_K9i5G74E/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(6).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Just look at that table: you could have the whole dang thing for the price you'd pay for a hum-drum tree in a five gallon pot at most US nurseries.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gqxC_rQ3js-3DsTQ64U-D-GXvJBCkg8rkVascsqo_l0lqHtLPDu7G6QVIJuhx-SywvtTFXMF7CSyC1kk_iNDEMbxy6OAfH2Eer9iiijqjmWh6_JXj0xJ4stabfT-zdFgHH-eOw9GBqK9UAfumzlYDyrzkV7sPnVm2U6ustWJTQObPiQHplxNwY77gDE/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(7).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gqxC_rQ3js-3DsTQ64U-D-GXvJBCkg8rkVascsqo_l0lqHtLPDu7G6QVIJuhx-SywvtTFXMF7CSyC1kk_iNDEMbxy6OAfH2Eer9iiijqjmWh6_JXj0xJ4stabfT-zdFgHH-eOw9GBqK9UAfumzlYDyrzkV7sPnVm2U6ustWJTQObPiQHplxNwY77gDE/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(7).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>To prove my point, at the time I photographed this 169 Rand equalled $8.83 US.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT85iv85LPXvz63i0jpVMG5wBr_9ec5OES2p2D4v8U6UflM42Mr5nNvkGg5iXnYMdz4SiMeEl3iIOVQAyLpnp-ixlnIZlc_6BBw6BEYBBHLjqIhaXDg545s_6TpOQKH2OnXNGqbJ0mNiVXcYVyshJiQvdJ9zHjrA_nIAVmcN7RKODrHPJebrhvY34wpnE/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(8).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT85iv85LPXvz63i0jpVMG5wBr_9ec5OES2p2D4v8U6UflM42Mr5nNvkGg5iXnYMdz4SiMeEl3iIOVQAyLpnp-ixlnIZlc_6BBw6BEYBBHLjqIhaXDg545s_6TpOQKH2OnXNGqbJ0mNiVXcYVyshJiQvdJ9zHjrA_nIAVmcN7RKODrHPJebrhvY34wpnE/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(8).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Or how about some Cancer plants (<i>Lessertia [Sutherlandia] fruticosa</i>) for 85 Rand ($4.44 US)</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViHXmpVQRf9xaxDdAZhExB2j82c7lm19zRb_wmEJbqKroZSJLcs2L4hYcOaRzYdNKzM9wt90hdSu2-EjsRwr-TiU2yEgpwGjd9biXGfM2eaYBqXeUwrhNyh_ISrzviRm6Aw4jqhAFOqQvjxQuebmXJOXbAfOiF-PUemTa8APMWQXGQD5_mpdNq7WhJf8/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(9).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViHXmpVQRf9xaxDdAZhExB2j82c7lm19zRb_wmEJbqKroZSJLcs2L4hYcOaRzYdNKzM9wt90hdSu2-EjsRwr-TiU2yEgpwGjd9biXGfM2eaYBqXeUwrhNyh_ISrzviRm6Aw4jqhAFOqQvjxQuebmXJOXbAfOiF-PUemTa8APMWQXGQD5_mpdNq7WhJf8/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(9).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>I wonder if this colossal fig tree bonsai was for sale? I hate to think what it would go for...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pY_FMtKi0owZgtvNHRyx1UO5H5yp7_TU25H7nV8LjJvSslgtttGKf4irge60jRRWAPRctX6PjxroFrdFKkpGvMedm4Iblz7QOnNU9cc7yJgcLt6ve8TI551G5BtF4chGRwYACwRAykqbGBc9HIEdOLEroVMk88oKsLpD75w9UA9xxkIGEGjms0cS0R4/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(10).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pY_FMtKi0owZgtvNHRyx1UO5H5yp7_TU25H7nV8LjJvSslgtttGKf4irge60jRRWAPRctX6PjxroFrdFKkpGvMedm4Iblz7QOnNU9cc7yJgcLt6ve8TI551G5BtF4chGRwYACwRAykqbGBc9HIEdOLEroVMk88oKsLpD75w9UA9xxkIGEGjms0cS0R4/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(10).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>There was an extensive lath house full shade loving plants: why not carpet bed with mother-in-law tongues?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jko2Gn6oCxF1aLiWcDN1giB0WI-ynsF6KY9Jonda09P9eSc2XKXiAxCQ9VPY4MJzcwNwURGkZproZN2o6MHU-3Ze2UTCm1oHKx0Kftlu77Qi_6RxHzMpJCIld2nGJ0WT8b2wgqOxtZC7Xb0k8XRpRRE5ID1eaXVeHXb-Kgb5qjG0nQZCppEWHatz-4s/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(11).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jko2Gn6oCxF1aLiWcDN1giB0WI-ynsF6KY9Jonda09P9eSc2XKXiAxCQ9VPY4MJzcwNwURGkZproZN2o6MHU-3Ze2UTCm1oHKx0Kftlu77Qi_6RxHzMpJCIld2nGJ0WT8b2wgqOxtZC7Xb0k8XRpRRE5ID1eaXVeHXb-Kgb5qjG0nQZCppEWHatz-4s/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(11).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>And even evergreen azaleas--you don't want to know the price on these!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7_OYKc3IOx0IR7f8gk2MEITXHNhqbTfqoYVp-U3BBVpq6rr6TA7ulL4X14NXCb4Yr9Wmc0TlJXdykDoe-2FWBv0b5gB2nMpB0aFcdMrU32qtNQ5iX5wwNJIjSaR8RZ_mrcTQPrvSHw3TGZD1BlXi4jvGNiIyaDl0raA_skIp-8svaeDUB4MXG2jFgec/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(12).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7_OYKc3IOx0IR7f8gk2MEITXHNhqbTfqoYVp-U3BBVpq6rr6TA7ulL4X14NXCb4Yr9Wmc0TlJXdykDoe-2FWBv0b5gB2nMpB0aFcdMrU32qtNQ5iX5wwNJIjSaR8RZ_mrcTQPrvSHw3TGZD1BlXi4jvGNiIyaDl0raA_skIp-8svaeDUB4MXG2jFgec/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(12).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>Steve Brack--one of the world's great succulent experts--is wishing he could take this Drosanthemum thudichumii home: price--$2.87 USD.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShvzFaA4Nmj5wNoTSa0wVPFr5JqoH9YYZsPlB1hfmTfkr3YPcP9GNZoYfy7Ox-Tbg4Py8WXz621LLod6RcBDgeNgGVAvC_j_VGtZyF_DrNoH_4tNcMZUd_A4nHoYjmEiIHXqc8Snxpr0Rx9lAFsi-_jRY7PFv4MuY40lySepkbB6r8KumzbwgYKSQHkg/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(14).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShvzFaA4Nmj5wNoTSa0wVPFr5JqoH9YYZsPlB1hfmTfkr3YPcP9GNZoYfy7Ox-Tbg4Py8WXz621LLod6RcBDgeNgGVAvC_j_VGtZyF_DrNoH_4tNcMZUd_A4nHoYjmEiIHXqc8Snxpr0Rx9lAFsi-_jRY7PFv4MuY40lySepkbB6r8KumzbwgYKSQHkg/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(14).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Honestly you don't want to know what they were selling these spectacular <i>Haworthia </i>for. Even our South African tour leaders had to buy some!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIO7F_63hvEUZupS3jYyTtfto1wQ0MJaMlfUOxm2a1AEsX0tgvpsjR3KtreI2ZBXjV_mSDYfMKgpxpPbeGofUQG1REtvmWbOmwcEDp9V6igu2llSaPMZCmgiW2S47hmSJ90kdUZ19X6vV0IXRj2k00LD-mJwtDPLIrHCz44wS0SuhGubXkTyF2ChcCXvA/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(15).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIO7F_63hvEUZupS3jYyTtfto1wQ0MJaMlfUOxm2a1AEsX0tgvpsjR3KtreI2ZBXjV_mSDYfMKgpxpPbeGofUQG1REtvmWbOmwcEDp9V6igu2llSaPMZCmgiW2S47hmSJ90kdUZ19X6vV0IXRj2k00LD-mJwtDPLIrHCz44wS0SuhGubXkTyF2ChcCXvA/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(15).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>I'm not huge on garden sculpture (which the store boasted plenty) but I'd probably plunk down $14.37 for this charmer!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeKF8-hKtWQNY2RbAnmoa9WqOULWZT_zjAPbKYb_htoSl70iZxZzzlR2IoUkivo-5AeciFR_TrIoqPtIax9d2txuKb3dPbWFXdKstuf_ZIgXrAyypdvstnS3kwIgKOzow8uv0LPjEFk1jvVELjHWiF-jMCD47zq1bgVMS8oF9UObJRFFd8ZFtAQmLdIU/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(16).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeKF8-hKtWQNY2RbAnmoa9WqOULWZT_zjAPbKYb_htoSl70iZxZzzlR2IoUkivo-5AeciFR_TrIoqPtIax9d2txuKb3dPbWFXdKstuf_ZIgXrAyypdvstnS3kwIgKOzow8uv0LPjEFk1jvVELjHWiF-jMCD47zq1bgVMS8oF9UObJRFFd8ZFtAQmLdIU/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(16).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>Unlike US box stores, where nurseries usually resemble morgues, every plant here looked fresh and happy--despite some recent frosts nearby.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoBY9__4104gV-XOYJwjzLf_j_KRsOn8IbzmfMFP4Mc-_ygvAExsWgBYs4WV5NWnmlhmD7ZGAiMm8XGSkGyrD7BXlJ7RfAcFXHIRSFjNRBmmqwgdsBwIDktXktGUzndym3iEVf0-1J8ec4qGNmhRmMWkQsmjGlCyrc030OS5FB5Cbar7T9xRxVW1h3c4/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(17).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoBY9__4104gV-XOYJwjzLf_j_KRsOn8IbzmfMFP4Mc-_ygvAExsWgBYs4WV5NWnmlhmD7ZGAiMm8XGSkGyrD7BXlJ7RfAcFXHIRSFjNRBmmqwgdsBwIDktXktGUzndym3iEVf0-1J8ec4qGNmhRmMWkQsmjGlCyrc030OS5FB5Cbar7T9xRxVW1h3c4/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(17).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG24kREA3LR7vmU7UCprPlrj2b2mtG2ovKzxYwSlxD4lcecXvuqx8JPFmcu_xMdzpOabCOvNoAMGyEFeBrIjIpR1w2Lqf98R-UTZQ-HN7-J9XNi6MA22CJtmIPSHbYykF8LhOaS6WEYZ5RE2W4zl-6RXheLrO367PrIATaAPOl-5sHMBdxTNaKY1x2V0/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(18).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG24kREA3LR7vmU7UCprPlrj2b2mtG2ovKzxYwSlxD4lcecXvuqx8JPFmcu_xMdzpOabCOvNoAMGyEFeBrIjIpR1w2Lqf98R-UTZQ-HN7-J9XNi6MA22CJtmIPSHbYykF8LhOaS6WEYZ5RE2W4zl-6RXheLrO367PrIATaAPOl-5sHMBdxTNaKY1x2V0/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(18).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHiAO6M8B_tWQZ7bIdtNa_n24EmBQw7sYhK1AmpgosVbmvup0YXRVVnF2Bfjayz9vVwyEaN_0OofYXAY0aUpSYUDcj-r3KaXcM1FdC4nGnXf6Ju7JnbjbNtX65Mj2ZEOpecDejxRoVnR6dDkacgbBz6FkfMKb34eYBIumfgBzuK9alJ5Kq9c6zCnSZCA/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(19).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHiAO6M8B_tWQZ7bIdtNa_n24EmBQw7sYhK1AmpgosVbmvup0YXRVVnF2Bfjayz9vVwyEaN_0OofYXAY0aUpSYUDcj-r3KaXcM1FdC4nGnXf6Ju7JnbjbNtX65Mj2ZEOpecDejxRoVnR6dDkacgbBz6FkfMKb34eYBIumfgBzuK9alJ5Kq9c6zCnSZCA/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(19).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, okay. I'll take a pass on the little cheezy blue palm trees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWcG3j3wDcV6idFwFNkjuTC4zhaNYGrc8Su1DSNDX3ugLU-OO7tUl5cCAf4SZrAXUXSBTQHuOZuqFmrQgHd0TanrU1Jw3OpSgcJal663ziSugbNKQhOAgscE53aoYykRRnFnFtnkuLi2-EWpnJv4v6pcCbtg-ud9RBVTrdXvuLn3Le0pG_ajbceiVddk/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWcG3j3wDcV6idFwFNkjuTC4zhaNYGrc8Su1DSNDX3ugLU-OO7tUl5cCAf4SZrAXUXSBTQHuOZuqFmrQgHd0TanrU1Jw3OpSgcJal663ziSugbNKQhOAgscE53aoYykRRnFnFtnkuLi2-EWpnJv4v6pcCbtg-ud9RBVTrdXvuLn3Le0pG_ajbceiVddk/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was a heartbreaker for me: I'm a sucker for anything blue, for bulbs and especially irids. I saw this down at my feet...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4fuxv5eafOsvnLYXNt5mw-KQT4drj0uENTFlwB6SMZV6-uFX7mQva50v10-53HFNwwOdGMHZ5GxIyZY9WZJmzcEJS9ST3SSukXk3xte10Y-xDeJKwfhzijRIE2HuZfwG_-XaU1246uRnmKsWguD9iTnfe4adqKj0GM22-m0XwPQSlRNBWFBnXPcgnTto/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(20).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4fuxv5eafOsvnLYXNt5mw-KQT4drj0uENTFlwB6SMZV6-uFX7mQva50v10-53HFNwwOdGMHZ5GxIyZY9WZJmzcEJS9ST3SSukXk3xte10Y-xDeJKwfhzijRIE2HuZfwG_-XaU1246uRnmKsWguD9iTnfe4adqKj0GM22-m0XwPQSlRNBWFBnXPcgnTto/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(20).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>How tempted was I to imagine smuggling this Babiana angustifolia home (only $3.40 for Heaven's sake! I'll take them ALL!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iUMEvYsTXAr-uzu2zXG3JLaU0kMkeUN8Ra4oX30IjU4OH-rofGiGbWCInwnxNDbmkmI9v0NOWv6LfgHY3DAWk_elRhtMLoLBUJP517l3_98vpKEy55UsqaMI8s2RRNgtX9X6hM0lbrl-r7c8IjNTFKIRdmnaYFPRpmEYNXDzx1U4iEWNBaOE3cD8-qU/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(21).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iUMEvYsTXAr-uzu2zXG3JLaU0kMkeUN8Ra4oX30IjU4OH-rofGiGbWCInwnxNDbmkmI9v0NOWv6LfgHY3DAWk_elRhtMLoLBUJP517l3_98vpKEy55UsqaMI8s2RRNgtX9X6hM0lbrl-r7c8IjNTFKIRdmnaYFPRpmEYNXDzx1U4iEWNBaOE3cD8-qU/w480-h640/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(21).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p>Enough of this fiduciary nonsense: the bottom line is 1) South African nursery plants rock 2) the exchange rate for Rands to dollars is insanely unfair to the South Africans 3) Our US nursery offerings at Box Stores and suchlike idiocies are incredibly boring and crass compared to this random visit to a small town in the middle of South Central South Africa hours and hours away from any big city.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bKn0EEH-Jg8H7P1Ctlq37_QrT2Q7beH2M5JD1u85DcDPA8pQwuj9RC_zPmhgbuG3_AYxFd6XN521OXV3xwpRtnadT95jO761DQqmW-2tzKFlBsEj_ZeTPueOvSZkG_RsvY05r6b8kRDxytGs_QxWB6QBucatd0x7QtSdGNP6rLzy78gZOL1Z1i9yJfM/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(22).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bKn0EEH-Jg8H7P1Ctlq37_QrT2Q7beH2M5JD1u85DcDPA8pQwuj9RC_zPmhgbuG3_AYxFd6XN521OXV3xwpRtnadT95jO761DQqmW-2tzKFlBsEj_ZeTPueOvSZkG_RsvY05r6b8kRDxytGs_QxWB6QBucatd0x7QtSdGNP6rLzy78gZOL1Z1i9yJfM/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(22).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Enough of my preaching: just get a gander of a few more things there--a tiny tithe of what they had...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsR5ZPJpEr0f_Pstp0Xj3SoIIJfXWZ__K3GYSO8hBxlC9lCkTLYObMMnYHDADAHDRCzEBVQ0-xM4JDDig4XeL3NZxHTWZT4O2d4GspSjMZwxSHFtYhwqGKPW8WMbmQyEvnmTm8uQiV41r8AgizSQJLRjrh7x0jzXF7e7EzFjj6hBDEKiPpEPfzgO_6Y4/s4032/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(23).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsR5ZPJpEr0f_Pstp0Xj3SoIIJfXWZ__K3GYSO8hBxlC9lCkTLYObMMnYHDADAHDRCzEBVQ0-xM4JDDig4XeL3NZxHTWZT4O2d4GspSjMZwxSHFtYhwqGKPW8WMbmQyEvnmTm8uQiV41r8AgizSQJLRjrh7x0jzXF7e7EzFjj6hBDEKiPpEPfzgO_6Y4/w640-h480/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(23).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUoYzWSqOcsgvqGHy-kLR5PtgUp-7wnGf48GdfnUkCI0tW9N0AFiFLmuZK4LFtKJ2uCt_ci_NNDQlrhFeHQuxWVrqiU_FlwIp3wTbkL6sfbdJcvX30sh-zqzaNmWEmwpwUlEDRnxSaX__s6sqIA_mcvEHz2kKvMWT57BcfpJ4LgtQjpAVA1GXCq9reJGs/s3384/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(24).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="3384" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUoYzWSqOcsgvqGHy-kLR5PtgUp-7wnGf48GdfnUkCI0tW9N0AFiFLmuZK4LFtKJ2uCt_ci_NNDQlrhFeHQuxWVrqiU_FlwIp3wTbkL6sfbdJcvX30sh-zqzaNmWEmwpwUlEDRnxSaX__s6sqIA_mcvEHz2kKvMWT57BcfpJ4LgtQjpAVA1GXCq9reJGs/w640-h478/Nursery%20Stanford%2009-21-2023%20%20(24).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> I just realized I must still have pictures in my phone that didn't download--including a spectacular miniature rooster (live) that strutted around the nursery like he owned it...<p></p><p>Can you see why I've gone to South Africa nine times and am planning a tenth? Soon!</p>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-1383553188935265212023-09-25T13:54:00.004-07:002023-09-30T04:29:55.579-07:00Grootbos: a better vision for the future<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3RpojeQ2ztMr4L5w-BaDpWPSVXnqOJsCh7TsLcakTYRMiaqLg0KlXIcUpkOWnFxzSYsF0QnK2RKEOCn8KjR5jxIsOp-ls3qF8ER1JLDqhny8dd5rw9RbXb94vVcjc-OGCz6qrRPkfFKiQizxzzFFobT_tH3vhQOxqG6WbVHG_BZQNA7-rWKFoXlWoqk/s1817/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(397).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1817" data-original-width="1282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3RpojeQ2ztMr4L5w-BaDpWPSVXnqOJsCh7TsLcakTYRMiaqLg0KlXIcUpkOWnFxzSYsF0QnK2RKEOCn8KjR5jxIsOp-ls3qF8ER1JLDqhny8dd5rw9RbXb94vVcjc-OGCz6qrRPkfFKiQizxzzFFobT_tH3vhQOxqG6WbVHG_BZQNA7-rWKFoXlWoqk/w452-h640/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(397).JPG" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ferraria crispa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Watercolor painting by Mieko Ishikawa in first room of the Hannarie Wenhold Botanical Art Gallery at Grootbos Nature reserve...which is a remarkable place for many reasons.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWL6a8SBm1DLz54osYalkat-msNWmdM_3OW3c4s9rNIWEttFVZCr94B1L4EOLjdJi48SIOTw1cAMvmqrHBccuQYN7lui-Ie2gzadOzNXKkh58f_H4xNDvwYfkodnSDiAYlcU8s5XmKuSMnnlJUuA9H2eQxIwupb8_2VujYidRIuifcqIrRQfl9ZlgG_Lw/s4032/Ferraria%20crispa%20by%20Mieko%20Ishikawa%202022%20Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(304).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWL6a8SBm1DLz54osYalkat-msNWmdM_3OW3c4s9rNIWEttFVZCr94B1L4EOLjdJi48SIOTw1cAMvmqrHBccuQYN7lui-Ie2gzadOzNXKkh58f_H4xNDvwYfkodnSDiAYlcU8s5XmKuSMnnlJUuA9H2eQxIwupb8_2VujYidRIuifcqIrRQfl9ZlgG_Lw/w480-h640/Ferraria%20crispa%20by%20Mieko%20Ishikawa%202022%20Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(304).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ferraria crispa:</i> the original!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I thought it was clever that they had a specimen of what had been painted by Ishikawa next to the painting!</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ5CPgKzaOJpnAyJny5PfKzIQHFkbJJybRhzRMStzbO1BGnAPlUoEMbH5w--tKpL8-yUzzNU8gmVVbkAVIdYeTqWZCGn9lwQ5sUYxNROToCMnYrLhLX-TwwHfRiuXCtBMPqpE-QpLSQwbWDm7nS2LvoKnubPEvi5tMaBhqD9Bj3ivrcWIFWCwXFkQ2gM/s4032/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(291).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ5CPgKzaOJpnAyJny5PfKzIQHFkbJJybRhzRMStzbO1BGnAPlUoEMbH5w--tKpL8-yUzzNU8gmVVbkAVIdYeTqWZCGn9lwQ5sUYxNROToCMnYrLhLX-TwwHfRiuXCtBMPqpE-QpLSQwbWDm7nS2LvoKnubPEvi5tMaBhqD9Bj3ivrcWIFWCwXFkQ2gM/w640-h480/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(291).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road to Grootbos</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Grootbos ("Great Woodland" for the Milkwood forest it contains) is a unique location for a many reasons.<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> <a href="https://www.grootbos.com/en" target="_blank">Their Website</a></span> (click on that to access it) conveys much, but by no means all there is to know about the place. A five star hotel, but also a school of horticulture for local youngsters from underserved communities, an extensive nature reserve and now an amazing museum of botanical art unlike any other.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMFeM6J8HRcJb42wuegfpTj90-KWs_27PvpSQGcZfvJDalPoHLDRb3udjnAx9nOQ-N5xuO6HWYBfLCLW9i9rJQeEnWsEzW6SScxxPrCyxP4nMC2Qb16_M4KxBBBO-9bG4M4m_lzqqWMJZqjoEskCZ7ZG6nVSVAIBM06awy16e72fN402KaeiE3f5n-wk/s4032/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(295).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMFeM6J8HRcJb42wuegfpTj90-KWs_27PvpSQGcZfvJDalPoHLDRb3udjnAx9nOQ-N5xuO6HWYBfLCLW9i9rJQeEnWsEzW6SScxxPrCyxP4nMC2Qb16_M4KxBBBO-9bG4M4m_lzqqWMJZqjoEskCZ7ZG6nVSVAIBM06awy16e72fN402KaeiE3f5n-wk/w640-h480/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(295).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The picture depicts the entrance to a multiroom (seven halls I believe) including exhibit halls, gift shop, offices and a large patio and veranda. It is state of the art and very beautiful.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQihoWb0EWW9w0LEB7cmzC_oi90eZ690uzR7DDVqmSXsgk9GALXHDIPyqpCkE48o7AHrjuLdSuj436zZF1uPllR5Gkhxwmb6FYJ2VCOMzaTeplIJY2IaieBq0VB810gJ93pKen-b-uNcmTtPR7gotvWkk85ncIGxfJzaXjrPbE0zVfoRHHrTRK0SAsIc/s4032/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(370).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQihoWb0EWW9w0LEB7cmzC_oi90eZ690uzR7DDVqmSXsgk9GALXHDIPyqpCkE48o7AHrjuLdSuj436zZF1uPllR5Gkhxwmb6FYJ2VCOMzaTeplIJY2IaieBq0VB810gJ93pKen-b-uNcmTtPR7gotvWkk85ncIGxfJzaXjrPbE0zVfoRHHrTRK0SAsIc/w640-h480/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(370).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the many galleries, all depicting plants native to Grootbos painted by many of the leading botanical artists from all over the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yB_eDZJOzdVdq2CCbbEC3PsMMl13mytWy8tQQvhJy8bDBz2uNBKxebjvKHBtYoPVGewIVxzXXs1V44kaHX40wxKwbPfKkhp56GDio-erKDRDx0G6Vqldcgxs7ry_xZ0luvNoxqWfgG_5Az9V7tlnXbeE4JOLS_5wapLxzgSGJ7gIWeaA85uVJv-mKaU/s4032/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(577).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yB_eDZJOzdVdq2CCbbEC3PsMMl13mytWy8tQQvhJy8bDBz2uNBKxebjvKHBtYoPVGewIVxzXXs1V44kaHX40wxKwbPfKkhp56GDio-erKDRDx0G6Vqldcgxs7ry_xZ0luvNoxqWfgG_5Az9V7tlnXbeE4JOLS_5wapLxzgSGJ7gIWeaA85uVJv-mKaU/w480-h640/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(577).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The guestbook, which I signed, and Karel Du Toit--our tour commander--who's poring over various things I noticed he'd purchased: we all bought things there. It was exquisite.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3sknd45_VZCRcZ3FGuZQULgpVBArq1yf6kaJkf-ck1D20cNT4iAKTCSBsi3sGH686D3Q-zJYRrL5rG99OCwIbjyT9BvFJbdp6vOg93d7lr6-eb1-74BjUZ4nfSZ1aipy_k8Y3QoNcqixful4Z8WXyQa_pkb4OC7PCHHBPXBCIQoKw8qZebQtQrBwQE4/s4032/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(578).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3sknd45_VZCRcZ3FGuZQULgpVBArq1yf6kaJkf-ck1D20cNT4iAKTCSBsi3sGH686D3Q-zJYRrL5rG99OCwIbjyT9BvFJbdp6vOg93d7lr6-eb1-74BjUZ4nfSZ1aipy_k8Y3QoNcqixful4Z8WXyQa_pkb4OC7PCHHBPXBCIQoKw8qZebQtQrBwQE4/w480-h640/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(578).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A display featuring a book I shall get around to but also a variety of teas and other local goods prepared exclusively for Grootbos.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixX_fo1Bq02BPHSP45nfhjrJQ9cCJ56nJP9CAieVSVUpWVFIjiyxvuzM2ncKujY8X7QgRh1-yS-If2Lf5Ji40wyoz9PKabXajwIPyHAdMRjrLOL5rTBbieEuKH8bj3-NOvn-ISAiAVJ2WNcd4RgsMnpauWOUZejfV8YkkT7jGhQh1XDGw1FWiNg1BlsFE/s4032/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(579).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixX_fo1Bq02BPHSP45nfhjrJQ9cCJ56nJP9CAieVSVUpWVFIjiyxvuzM2ncKujY8X7QgRh1-yS-If2Lf5Ji40wyoz9PKabXajwIPyHAdMRjrLOL5rTBbieEuKH8bj3-NOvn-ISAiAVJ2WNcd4RgsMnpauWOUZejfV8YkkT7jGhQh1XDGw1FWiNg1BlsFE/w640-h480/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(579).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Including wines and gins distilled especially for the place!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNRnQx0yQt-NEcMyNAQePzMHGMqngau3MjIiZ9HoaqrLmIMzPsaiNF8cGEVP5UpLRB521WbxO65cjv-zYawqN_GlIY2L_m8oNL0MKdm6H5BY9LsMYgMacj5PkqSVYyF7H_DTwqKfa5zwFnn1QDEJ32kU44VdMRLxMpCLOvTOZ5NBiUq3bWIslRETOMPA/s3249/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(575).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3249" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNRnQx0yQt-NEcMyNAQePzMHGMqngau3MjIiZ9HoaqrLmIMzPsaiNF8cGEVP5UpLRB521WbxO65cjv-zYawqN_GlIY2L_m8oNL0MKdm6H5BY9LsMYgMacj5PkqSVYyF7H_DTwqKfa5zwFnn1QDEJ32kU44VdMRLxMpCLOvTOZ5NBiUq3bWIslRETOMPA/w640-h596/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(575).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A variety of tea towels and even clothing featuring the site are also offered.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEuwFuQXcSal2PYnlpc2B9wm1C8q-KDn-93q6hd0fWiy85IfVKJGiytqkGBFSfWW0pE-Bk72eY9QrgyY8GtBCf7WqWmuoVwhubZHS9S25Jg2aynDM0KabQsFmTV-zeIk8ir3RZg0epjAtf0-sbclYODP5X_D3g7Fom4ipj54n-Ueuayu_iukpXMh36WQ/s4032/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(581).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEuwFuQXcSal2PYnlpc2B9wm1C8q-KDn-93q6hd0fWiy85IfVKJGiytqkGBFSfWW0pE-Bk72eY9QrgyY8GtBCf7WqWmuoVwhubZHS9S25Jg2aynDM0KabQsFmTV-zeIk8ir3RZg0epjAtf0-sbclYODP5X_D3g7Fom4ipj54n-Ueuayu_iukpXMh36WQ/w480-h640/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(581).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Chris Lochner, the youthful curator and artist-in-residence of the Museum, telling us the riveting story of the Florilegium's creation. Adam Harrower, Curator of Succulents at Kirstenbosch, looks on (he was the one who directed us to the museum after all!)</div><div><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCp7y90cxTc-BBE7ywrVT77-w33-vFyN7ZWR3WBladfvwrMSD36kW2slRERroLYMrfYNgiB86T7zC6id0XCwnRDMYt2N3x1GXQxYgOUTjBR-8IyDjMVoYxyxDVpnGnwvt1VoQyrkZxJjI9bQcWCX-NQzP_R9Xs7-B39R4LtSgk0DOZ_MZcZjkpxZhfxI/s3081/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(580).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3081" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCp7y90cxTc-BBE7ywrVT77-w33-vFyN7ZWR3WBladfvwrMSD36kW2slRERroLYMrfYNgiB86T7zC6id0XCwnRDMYt2N3x1GXQxYgOUTjBR-8IyDjMVoYxyxDVpnGnwvt1VoQyrkZxJjI9bQcWCX-NQzP_R9Xs7-B39R4LtSgk0DOZ_MZcZjkpxZhfxI/w628-h640/Grootbos%2009-21-2023%20(580).JPG" width="628" /></a><p></p><div>After a wonderful guided tour and a bit of an orgy of purchasing things we were treated to wonderful teas designed with local herbs: they were fantastic!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9wl6OhLScOu2dHulIXyKRtI4xU_t6wMGRGYM249rR6z7AMIOnn3r9WoZmOj3TmBUllVbP9YI6A03y2klaswxeuX1PhJJfIfF2MmHfDtcXCAma7UzrrEPUDn_GA_PCLcqG_6L_8aLoSXqU1fsiLH9dYQdQ477mZS-0VGO7t5F1fYfh3LwassUO8nMZP8/s300/132-300x300-1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9wl6OhLScOu2dHulIXyKRtI4xU_t6wMGRGYM249rR6z7AMIOnn3r9WoZmOj3TmBUllVbP9YI6A03y2klaswxeuX1PhJJfIfF2MmHfDtcXCAma7UzrrEPUDn_GA_PCLcqG_6L_8aLoSXqU1fsiLH9dYQdQ477mZS-0VGO7t5F1fYfh3LwassUO8nMZP8/w640-h640/132-300x300-1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>I had to buy this book while I was there (absurdly reasonably priced, by the way) It is a superb guide to southernost South Africa.*</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDv84ykExnVTHeoo9uSUrXzw0s8DipAd584_bEBMfqoHEQAE7tdTuA3vifCiDXmWXx6pg0WTaXAW7qpP4m-Jyjc9KYIyBANBsNPRn14UvoPSyuTQXbOWfCB5bFqo8paYWYdzm7EmJHnF_AfCnY1jD4S_h5v1nDU1_XReGsohAcJuJ3dE8zoqCfYuPb4hk/s1768/Screenshot-2022-06-06-at-14.55.15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1768" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDv84ykExnVTHeoo9uSUrXzw0s8DipAd584_bEBMfqoHEQAE7tdTuA3vifCiDXmWXx6pg0WTaXAW7qpP4m-Jyjc9KYIyBANBsNPRn14UvoPSyuTQXbOWfCB5bFqo8paYWYdzm7EmJHnF_AfCnY1jD4S_h5v1nDU1_XReGsohAcJuJ3dE8zoqCfYuPb4hk/w640-h420/Screenshot-2022-06-06-at-14.55.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>But the kicker was this enormous tome that feels as though it weighed 20 pounds. One weighted down my suitcase going home: it features all the paintings in the gallery at present (over 200 I believe of over 100 taxa). A half dozen new species were discovered in the process of preparing this work. It only features 10% of the Reserves flora. Methinks a lot more paintings will join these in the future years.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>If you go anywhere east of Capetown, make sure to arrange to visit Grootbos' gallery: do call ahead--they need to know you're coming! It's a gated reserve, and drop-ins may be disappointed.</div><div><br /></div><div>I know there are large private nature reserves in many countries: none, I suspect, have generate such a fantastic floral field guide and magnificent <i>Grootbos Florilegium**</i> is unique. It is an inspiring vision for the future of a world with the right priorities.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had the privilege of staying at Grootbos in 2005 on a tour sponsored by Denver Botanic Gardens. I was even more impressed and delighted this time around!</div><div><br /></div><div>*You can purchase the Field Guide from <a href="https://silverhillseeds.co.za/product/field-guide-to-the-flora-of-grootbos-nature-reserve-and-the-walker-bay-region/" style="background-color: #fcff01;" target="_blank">Silverhill Seeds</a> for a lousy $14.50! </div><div>**<a href="https://www.wordsworth.co.za/products/the-grootbos-florilegium-hardcover" style="background-color: #fcff01;" target="_blank">Wordsworth Books</a> offers the Grootbos Florilegium for <span style="font-family: times;">$<span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">13</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">2.11 [And there are other sources on the web--although aside from Silverhill Seed which ships from elsewhere, I can't vouch for their success in shipping: the South African postal system--like Argentina's--is notoriously inefficient and just plain bad]</span></span></div><div><br /></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-86316128812093668612023-09-25T10:15:00.005-07:002023-09-25T10:24:56.077-07:00South African super bloom 2023<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60dclOFHSKDC3GrAAbp8WKbUaDBGpAhBQwzgVqB4I5DvnI26-cd29v2j8Wff1oUAgn2i7q0h4VkthFOv6vooWJslKr4hhWt0CVNU3bd_LRCcxdsi6EKf3iTlldvlJEUn8kIxqOHfcsK5JaxhOb87_vJT-EyGa6EsJUJ1azuGpFhmvUr3emWiezFVwnp4/s4032/Hermannia%20coccocarpa%20Akkerendam%20Calvinia%2009-11-2023%20(15)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60dclOFHSKDC3GrAAbp8WKbUaDBGpAhBQwzgVqB4I5DvnI26-cd29v2j8Wff1oUAgn2i7q0h4VkthFOv6vooWJslKr4hhWt0CVNU3bd_LRCcxdsi6EKf3iTlldvlJEUn8kIxqOHfcsK5JaxhOb87_vJT-EyGa6EsJUJ1azuGpFhmvUr3emWiezFVwnp4/w640-h480/Hermannia%20coccocarpa%20Akkerendam%20Calvinia%2009-11-2023%20(15)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hermannia coccocarpa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />My favorite picture of the lot depicting a plant I collected seed of in 1994 atop the snow-dusted mountain behind (Han Tam Mountain). I introduced this to cultivation as "<i>Hermannia stricta</i>" where it was a bit of a hit for a while in England at least. What the picture doesn't show is the chilliness of the air (it was in the 30's Farenheit) and the Akkerdam preserve around us was chockablock full of treasures.....for another blog perhaps one day. <p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUt6YkLDzv3QlyHW0KKRhyizlH3m-1qp6Mq7gEERzAMBIp8YJOdMshuuoKdImxuT-OIA4uoLDYfkbk02RSbLZC1CwMuIoMDDXpkE8Oocmy1289za064YSa7SsoOqKpQeCEydY9QG2GAFprWm9VNeNukndotogob5IThav9kTnThEuLxXl-ZeNjVno7NT4/s4032/Drosanthemum%20speciosum%20McGregor%2009-20-2023%20(127)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUt6YkLDzv3QlyHW0KKRhyizlH3m-1qp6Mq7gEERzAMBIp8YJOdMshuuoKdImxuT-OIA4uoLDYfkbk02RSbLZC1CwMuIoMDDXpkE8Oocmy1289za064YSa7SsoOqKpQeCEydY9QG2GAFprWm9VNeNukndotogob5IThav9kTnThEuLxXl-ZeNjVno7NT4/w640-h480/Drosanthemum%20speciosum%20McGregor%2009-20-2023%20(127)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Drosanthemum speciosum</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> This was taken on the steep hill above the town of McGregor (seen in the distance) in the Robertson karoo--a fantastic region that has a number of precious nature reserves protecting the fast disappearing renosterveld vegetation (an endangered biome).</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBKyTzI4EqqNnVAk6Xn3L8mN7-kqlEdNmIbzgBtJbcCW5zahZ0E_FUFT_K8i80FpmaoXZFfpIlTvD2oCDaj6Vtxh7rZ8JaEQROKalJeHd4d9PLB0yUI6W3voeTT0MCwHhrUhR1aFaRUwjL9kNpNvFFX6DUmMa1WQetxVBLahjPmvSvn1Nl3VOcSTatuQ/s4032/Drosanthemum%20sp.%20Tankwa%20Karoo%2009-13-2023%20(193).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaBKyTzI4EqqNnVAk6Xn3L8mN7-kqlEdNmIbzgBtJbcCW5zahZ0E_FUFT_K8i80FpmaoXZFfpIlTvD2oCDaj6Vtxh7rZ8JaEQROKalJeHd4d9PLB0yUI6W3voeTT0MCwHhrUhR1aFaRUwjL9kNpNvFFX6DUmMa1WQetxVBLahjPmvSvn1Nl3VOcSTatuQ/w640-h480/Drosanthemum%20sp.%20Tankwa%20Karoo%2009-13-2023%20(193).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Drosanthemum </i>sp. ign.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>A pure white drosanthemum carpeting acres in the Tankwa Karoo.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdxpK-xfaFGPSpWhPuwQnfVXiVX5sqVFlxie-LTM5GZTw8oF3XvFA4Dq82BwI0TrA0pwWCFPzYEMeUI_1FfQlVsdVwZKRXE1EIbCvbGCJsQlCMP7o_PdylYXvVHnqGbGGDLr0NkqRhjYlb9yX9Zxy2OKKJ5aDXz2SAZSiV0Y4NN_ZPOcdTdwNws3Z-qc/s4032/Drosanthemum%20sp.%20Knersvlakte%2009-08-23%20(33)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdxpK-xfaFGPSpWhPuwQnfVXiVX5sqVFlxie-LTM5GZTw8oF3XvFA4Dq82BwI0TrA0pwWCFPzYEMeUI_1FfQlVsdVwZKRXE1EIbCvbGCJsQlCMP7o_PdylYXvVHnqGbGGDLr0NkqRhjYlb9yX9Zxy2OKKJ5aDXz2SAZSiV0Y4NN_ZPOcdTdwNws3Z-qc/w640-h480/Drosanthemum%20sp.%20Knersvlakte%2009-08-23%20(33)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Drosanthemum </i>sp. on the Knersvlakte near Van Rhynsdorp</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5gymgkWGkcM_a_fID2dxpt_hz98k3rKQQ8XBXba7OHjskJaDqKK0-HkREM78E0vUQznSkrIyJQ4GyTVSalZ2D8anyaZnGaIKW10nAhy7bXjWLdZ76-qvZWb8aY6qt6_Vr5sZjgl538H7PqIUi5tSpc1_V2W_5BSredMgKFAyDwT-zKNSGgbsyjGBtRI/s4032/Drosanthemum%20hispidum%20Sandveldt%202%202023-09-07%20(142).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5gymgkWGkcM_a_fID2dxpt_hz98k3rKQQ8XBXba7OHjskJaDqKK0-HkREM78E0vUQznSkrIyJQ4GyTVSalZ2D8anyaZnGaIKW10nAhy7bXjWLdZ76-qvZWb8aY6qt6_Vr5sZjgl538H7PqIUi5tSpc1_V2W_5BSredMgKFAyDwT-zKNSGgbsyjGBtRI/w640-h480/Drosanthemum%20hispidum%20Sandveldt%202%202023-09-07%20(142).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Drosanthemum hispidum</i> on the Sandveldt<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tPvSt-BjkZ9w3sUTzu7H-qVBpzsy_2YRG-SvbcAgFkLvbNiAdVP34MfLGt948h8Uj_-dNxhO4HfgsgeA4j4ZaI9M_spJhCynpKHNJn2d1vNFzUAZUNnNw7l61wPDukldY99d129lHs4mt90SOk1FEcytefeuQMEpgDkCWhNGerbYCYQNjI8uDlMAhhM/s4032/Drosanthemum%20hispidum%20Sandveldt%202%202023-09-07%20(140).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tPvSt-BjkZ9w3sUTzu7H-qVBpzsy_2YRG-SvbcAgFkLvbNiAdVP34MfLGt948h8Uj_-dNxhO4HfgsgeA4j4ZaI9M_spJhCynpKHNJn2d1vNFzUAZUNnNw7l61wPDukldY99d129lHs4mt90SOk1FEcytefeuQMEpgDkCWhNGerbYCYQNjI8uDlMAhhM/w640-h480/Drosanthemum%20hispidum%20Sandveldt%202%202023-09-07%20(140).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same shot without people--if you prefer!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdl6Qz-SeMMAQjsIyb0U9XLC78yLph6bF9RoslAUuEKjMeXN383tHKE-D_NFRe7-ytxZyKcTgSF-ORbr1dFdXzlNNlhACtFYqsdgz7GrJbFliM2pEKfOAr73mUI-BeASB5McJ1sXnx8f6bh4EKg1iwxeqYCgR3aB15_V56K0k-fWNLoGjHB7YMK_Q33hw/s4032/Dimorphotheca%20cuneata%20Ouberg%20Pass%2009-13-2023%20(128)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdl6Qz-SeMMAQjsIyb0U9XLC78yLph6bF9RoslAUuEKjMeXN383tHKE-D_NFRe7-ytxZyKcTgSF-ORbr1dFdXzlNNlhACtFYqsdgz7GrJbFliM2pEKfOAr73mUI-BeASB5McJ1sXnx8f6bh4EKg1iwxeqYCgR3aB15_V56K0k-fWNLoGjHB7YMK_Q33hw/w640-h480/Dimorphotheca%20cuneata%20Ouberg%20Pass%2009-13-2023%20(128)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dimorphotheca cuneata </i>on the Roggeveld</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Note that it's covering the hills in the distance as well! </div><div><br /><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpTFXFILcjJsMzoGDNzILGW8OmEwDg0XCYAf05vIluF8f2dKPPPRFqS4l_vwOIIA_cGIjMyIFvucqSZureWnoZlrfIL6tRCD85Kakt8tXUElOMxeQmFbpXtuIwXv3LzqQRX8_lmEqiri39hECojOYk3lh4ogMkEDiqHY13qJ_5XjN5GiLrHdiGXdzE1s/s4032/Didelta%20carnosa%20Sandveldt%202%202023-09-07%20(136).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpTFXFILcjJsMzoGDNzILGW8OmEwDg0XCYAf05vIluF8f2dKPPPRFqS4l_vwOIIA_cGIjMyIFvucqSZureWnoZlrfIL6tRCD85Kakt8tXUElOMxeQmFbpXtuIwXv3LzqQRX8_lmEqiri39hECojOYk3lh4ogMkEDiqHY13qJ_5XjN5GiLrHdiGXdzE1s/w640-h480/Didelta%20carnosa%20Sandveldt%202%202023-09-07%20(136).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Didelta carnosa</i> in a sea of <i>Drosanthemom </i>on the Sandveldt</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOfMN7Vc-vq59IvJrQtgj15OyQhByK3_sEeHiybWuoRuEG1w1aWNQkeszfF1NnCML2YxhGXR8oYJbXm6L4TUkM7X9h_Y_zuP5byZByYFFv0nIQmTTHT2z0-I8tm9dkfRc5z0WTKpMdafxcdUyTIhppUkiH6SVZeTM6U5nKYzDUaTZEtMH0Ud_99bJrHk/s4032/Calitzdorp%2009-16-2023%20(164)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOfMN7Vc-vq59IvJrQtgj15OyQhByK3_sEeHiybWuoRuEG1w1aWNQkeszfF1NnCML2YxhGXR8oYJbXm6L4TUkM7X9h_Y_zuP5byZByYFFv0nIQmTTHT2z0-I8tm9dkfRc5z0WTKpMdafxcdUyTIhppUkiH6SVZeTM6U5nKYzDUaTZEtMH0Ud_99bJrHk/w640-h480/Calitzdorp%2009-16-2023%20(164)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A jumble of goodies in a nature preserve near Calitzdorp</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGdgra0IahdwoVaPffVgc7_06I5fPCoVnS0LCFsTjzml0FwbIdxr5XZ8W6C1QcZzwBTWO0trisgTa2Nc0WZ-kWydr9QWuLNYBFuLBqiucbC6byx3WhEnaFcMND9sicJUjHF1mauD4-fgk4OLFrQNPP3xuLLT-bhQhPQt6Az6VOZ-ZywidI29fL6B7jSA/s4032/Calitzdorp%2009-16-2023%20(14)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGdgra0IahdwoVaPffVgc7_06I5fPCoVnS0LCFsTjzml0FwbIdxr5XZ8W6C1QcZzwBTWO0trisgTa2Nc0WZ-kWydr9QWuLNYBFuLBqiucbC6byx3WhEnaFcMND9sicJUjHF1mauD4-fgk4OLFrQNPP3xuLLT-bhQhPQt6Az6VOZ-ZywidI29fL6B7jSA/w640-h480/Calitzdorp%2009-16-2023%20(14)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Didelta carnosa, Lampranthus</i> sp. etc. etc. near Barryvale<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5hGa0magoZBs27vwDhUV--TWQHQ1iX9fqzu9_DzbtGGZ1qhsxNaSpNQuVMavIdqObl5MGs2eFWQKvl6cS8C4G7cV1v7uUePTiHS5YM5xo_kTNzrs2Z7iss_eMbmj1s0eTH5hQNAei8ajqIEC6DAJnnsDIJ8HQHs7paI8be8Sv2dTdpLXjlaJN86YrLc/s4032/Bokkeveld%2009-09-23%20(153).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5hGa0magoZBs27vwDhUV--TWQHQ1iX9fqzu9_DzbtGGZ1qhsxNaSpNQuVMavIdqObl5MGs2eFWQKvl6cS8C4G7cV1v7uUePTiHS5YM5xo_kTNzrs2Z7iss_eMbmj1s0eTH5hQNAei8ajqIEC6DAJnnsDIJ8HQHs7paI8be8Sv2dTdpLXjlaJN86YrLc/w640-h480/Bokkeveld%2009-09-23%20(153).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shrub steppe on the slopes of the Bokkeveld</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ph-R6p6245b-krSAUy9SMA08h6huQYDz56XYo6-kRjXvWqGh_I6tXhE29S3UDskkFSy7V5wN_pjGvgj81njlcPRt7dxyOJzFNYjrY4xJOAtN3dzFh3ZFBH1hTrAW-flmdpZEPKvlX2phoH62-vLzIQ2jUy_yGa-gxtTikH1VIwlSZ89rR3Rl-_gwX80/s4032/Aloe%20myriostigma%20Laingsburg%20to%20Calipzdorp%2009-15-2023%20(55)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ph-R6p6245b-krSAUy9SMA08h6huQYDz56XYo6-kRjXvWqGh_I6tXhE29S3UDskkFSy7V5wN_pjGvgj81njlcPRt7dxyOJzFNYjrY4xJOAtN3dzFh3ZFBH1hTrAW-flmdpZEPKvlX2phoH62-vLzIQ2jUy_yGa-gxtTikH1VIwlSZ89rR3Rl-_gwX80/w640-h480/Aloe%20myriostigma%20Laingsburg%20to%20Calipzdorp%2009-15-2023%20(55)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aloe myriostigma</i> and friends near Laingsburg in the karoo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgy0UQi8tza1f2RhUUERhq9o0s10pRqs-br9d19FXuQsrgiqwPAqAticCVd23WKOhSUfGGme_832q3T6lVgvFnFQx4UzHOcfBMSY3FlG8seiYyxVxeiR9SaFrO0IsKda2pIQpOXwx1rXJ7xS2h1l8PPAtLZodajdO5FRkr-xZeJM-Oecbkpc-YC9uSX8/s4032/Senecio%20sp.%20Ouberg%20Pass%2009-13-2023%20(124).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgy0UQi8tza1f2RhUUERhq9o0s10pRqs-br9d19FXuQsrgiqwPAqAticCVd23WKOhSUfGGme_832q3T6lVgvFnFQx4UzHOcfBMSY3FlG8seiYyxVxeiR9SaFrO0IsKda2pIQpOXwx1rXJ7xS2h1l8PPAtLZodajdO5FRkr-xZeJM-Oecbkpc-YC9uSX8/w640-h480/Senecio%20sp.%20Ouberg%20Pass%2009-13-2023%20(124).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tiny <i>Senecio</i> on Ouberg pass</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0Eq9_miJvyffQWGWtjzQsla_QP5yyyNlMG9BV8f9YaXpwIiGQDkP3GbHncnCfZQBsQXh3TotfEpoKXS1ejESTsMG26HouVhj1o5MXTV8ClmJzmdYq57X86lUpzkDKDJAJFh-JagntlSB3u0az2iDTUgqe0WUkKIJbg1KY8h-RX_dsHebGuBqj_Z9Wmg/s4032/Ruschia%20spinosa%20Tankwa%20Karoo%2009-13-2023%20(186).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0Eq9_miJvyffQWGWtjzQsla_QP5yyyNlMG9BV8f9YaXpwIiGQDkP3GbHncnCfZQBsQXh3TotfEpoKXS1ejESTsMG26HouVhj1o5MXTV8ClmJzmdYq57X86lUpzkDKDJAJFh-JagntlSB3u0az2iDTUgqe0WUkKIJbg1KY8h-RX_dsHebGuBqj_Z9Wmg/w640-h480/Ruschia%20spinosa%20Tankwa%20Karoo%2009-13-2023%20(186).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ruschia spinosa</i> on the Tankwa karoo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCFi7780M_t6BTw3VTcbF3QcmUSdYCZK6N8CPHoLUJWxyC6XMbppnbW30t2m1CdyqfXItTQG9IKlZ2RCRewE60ZaQEGOGcnO2646VKhCX1hK_cYoL90drQSZfV20yIvDX-V6r7nzXIW7-y8anmxD5SLjbuL4KbFwGZq5OUQXq766E7bMjAI2SDmX75uA/s4032/IMG_4583%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCFi7780M_t6BTw3VTcbF3QcmUSdYCZK6N8CPHoLUJWxyC6XMbppnbW30t2m1CdyqfXItTQG9IKlZ2RCRewE60ZaQEGOGcnO2646VKhCX1hK_cYoL90drQSZfV20yIvDX-V6r7nzXIW7-y8anmxD5SLjbuL4KbFwGZq5OUQXq766E7bMjAI2SDmX75uA/w640-h480/IMG_4583%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cineraria geifolia </i>at Betty's Bay</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_vnNJ1aMoCbf-uNHiKLdq6Qj99xbvT_Q-vQU2Ic6NmdHIrTdKRgmNyUnMGOaE_JNhwERIupRi7SVPDJf213hfu4aGtGUmG9-aXd3KFTy69lXsmph4AhNsDCny4T1f9-D__ARrcyk22UIM3hISk26Bao5BbO3I4lvL3JwyC7M7Z-K8CslK7BOpVmTj54/s4032/Gazania%20krebsiana%20Ouberg%20Pass%2009-13-2023%20(99)%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_vnNJ1aMoCbf-uNHiKLdq6Qj99xbvT_Q-vQU2Ic6NmdHIrTdKRgmNyUnMGOaE_JNhwERIupRi7SVPDJf213hfu4aGtGUmG9-aXd3KFTy69lXsmph4AhNsDCny4T1f9-D__ARrcyk22UIM3hISk26Bao5BbO3I4lvL3JwyC7M7Z-K8CslK7BOpVmTj54/w640-h480/Gazania%20krebsiana%20Ouberg%20Pass%2009-13-2023%20(99)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical mashup of gems--this one photographed on Ouberg pass</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLCaCEdS7VyUs5-2EToLIpU0KxBQXiCkij8PjvKh4teDFmnOsClaZa1_F5bHOO77CiLyN73J47X5ljp6OjJiZ8AB-juG0hK95LbY_1XLf5kxgk-MrJUuObYgpebneFjaTu-hKo4Gn35D2ayasYeMRBvVdSmwfeiKnvitd7XQ_AEpAC3oPJgJLXatUlDg/s4032/Euphorbia%20schoenlandii%20Strandfontein%2009-08-23%20(161).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLCaCEdS7VyUs5-2EToLIpU0KxBQXiCkij8PjvKh4teDFmnOsClaZa1_F5bHOO77CiLyN73J47X5ljp6OjJiZ8AB-juG0hK95LbY_1XLf5kxgk-MrJUuObYgpebneFjaTu-hKo4Gn35D2ayasYeMRBvVdSmwfeiKnvitd7XQ_AEpAC3oPJgJLXatUlDg/w640-h480/Euphorbia%20schoenlandii%20Strandfontein%2009-08-23%20(161).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not only flowers delighted: the masses of<i> Euphorbia schoenlandii</i> at Strandfontein were fantastic!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='546' height='453' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyr0CYVv6PryXrpJuQkGst1McJjVh_w4Zyu8fyAyan_pLYGLFsvBoptskdyx0hDGT7a0he0Cda92SbSeDyhmw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div>It rtakes a bit of experimentation--but if you hit the right keys you can see a short movie of more flower displays...in this case masses of <i>Drosanthemum hispidum </i>at Poortjieskloofdam.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='561' height='466' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyRqpOgiqY4VV3K2tIwMQ_ao3FgSQuQQu_R3acZEaaUqVixySoLCWz0N96eaw8VRYUqOPklXIg-ExruPdpDjw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div>A giant lavender <i>Ruschia </i>sp. on the Sandveld</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='569' height='473' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dycdz4GiKVr60JLtr6wOKh4mHHxRwpg6gTCBIM3hc2vtXFL1-BqNidIK57BwURbi4igNkWwgn-RBALqUQmwrA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><i>Bulbinella nutans</i> in the marshy areas near Nieuwoudtville; almost as wonderful as the masses of a similar species growing much drier at Sutherland a day later which I posted on Facebook.</div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>South Africa is off the charts for beauty. Biodiversity. You name it!</div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-1437404344649204922023-09-24T03:00:00.001-07:002023-09-24T03:03:40.157-07:00Here's to the toughies! Watsonia aletrioides for one...<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG5xaeo2A7kScJXJuxNRl7IAUtXsMb2dlQ4_HomYH3-qWLGOcrS_AuOE5Mh7t-D-j9a2OvCxlOxIdkO58jNtn_cqh7h0tY8F1oUMy7BblQugdVDfOgeS5RKvNTjfkGQUYkI7ZZBuy44esWlWuKp3RBFM8aJ1YiuhkQa8RNB7x3ktmI0ZbNxaDlQTuxNU/s4032/09-20-2023%20(10).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG5xaeo2A7kScJXJuxNRl7IAUtXsMb2dlQ4_HomYH3-qWLGOcrS_AuOE5Mh7t-D-j9a2OvCxlOxIdkO58jNtn_cqh7h0tY8F1oUMy7BblQugdVDfOgeS5RKvNTjfkGQUYkI7ZZBuy44esWlWuKp3RBFM8aJ1YiuhkQa8RNB7x3ktmI0ZbNxaDlQTuxNU/w480-h640/09-20-2023%20(10).JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Watsonia aletrioides</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"They should dig these all up" declared my friend of 40 some years (Rod Haenni) who is also president of the Cactus and Succulent Society. Growing out of the very asphalt of a busy road didn't seem a very good home for this beautiful monocot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUFd2uJomTKEOQ1t3bd95D_fp0Y5o3d4NUtIUmiyEssolfIoMD2BAJHxKp8rul6zzZf_Ln_RMObfIAioxcqZf2vKBUqi_dXocahjUFaNxW12UBKuVI5butcjcRcg-84QZuAJ8dCbwvv8tqeUNuFdfwuj06WXHhurD7bbCQGMesPIk__VxDcXcU3Zm2aU/s4032/09-20-2023%20(9).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEUFd2uJomTKEOQ1t3bd95D_fp0Y5o3d4NUtIUmiyEssolfIoMD2BAJHxKp8rul6zzZf_Ln_RMObfIAioxcqZf2vKBUqi_dXocahjUFaNxW12UBKuVI5butcjcRcg-84QZuAJ8dCbwvv8tqeUNuFdfwuj06WXHhurD7bbCQGMesPIk__VxDcXcU3Zm2aU/w640-h480/09-20-2023%20(9).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>But they grew there, and quite a few of them. The countryside around (between McGregor and Hermanus) is in the very heart of the Cape Floristic Province. The hilly areas on quartzite were pretty pristine and fabulously rich in biodiversity. But the flats between these hills were "Renosterveld"--with deep rich loams derived from shales--most of which have been converted to agriculture a century or more ago. The tiny fragments that remain remind us these were as rich as the Fynbos that surrounds them.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsw4Hy4GMk7fT_AhE_X5zwyZ4JOL8Psf_vLloYq7v1Vm-qbs77BxELRTaE3Lt7NSfIlTDpGt8Zl5n2gSsxny1WR11sUSODkxSNq7yGQBVMOzVhYfr5UXGVAE7cAUpDCVLhRWnczG09Rj_PkFGaXWQbpfkultlmhrtnNVCe_WHnAHBkDb3020UYpuUbc6I/s4032/09-20-2023%20(11).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsw4Hy4GMk7fT_AhE_X5zwyZ4JOL8Psf_vLloYq7v1Vm-qbs77BxELRTaE3Lt7NSfIlTDpGt8Zl5n2gSsxny1WR11sUSODkxSNq7yGQBVMOzVhYfr5UXGVAE7cAUpDCVLhRWnczG09Rj_PkFGaXWQbpfkultlmhrtnNVCe_WHnAHBkDb3020UYpuUbc6I/w480-h640/09-20-2023%20(11).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We will never know what grew on the Renosterveld hereabouts. Except that these few toughies persist: a dozen or so species (this the toughest of the lot) were growing cheerfully and with determination.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R-90ai9wzjrLNdbrNbcbD3ibjGpYEdUjp762uiTJvGbci9G5EKxTyGkFaeBfdb8tWZCARsaSUnn9yyjLjzY18CZqAMMoU_FGtKLUuKAh72rvv_1SsVdoMbN88eGcQOS3OJ8fa1GGliT-dchrHgDN0bHNSfrprtmpYA-sXWISZekDA6hBrIVvgdrWYoc/s4032/09-20-2023%20(12).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R-90ai9wzjrLNdbrNbcbD3ibjGpYEdUjp762uiTJvGbci9G5EKxTyGkFaeBfdb8tWZCARsaSUnn9yyjLjzY18CZqAMMoU_FGtKLUuKAh72rvv_1SsVdoMbN88eGcQOS3OJ8fa1GGliT-dchrHgDN0bHNSfrprtmpYA-sXWISZekDA6hBrIVvgdrWYoc/w640-h480/09-20-2023%20(12).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>See the yellow line? I think this Watsonia may cross it.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTl3F_D20fzBaFFmHEFuY8FZC-h1ehhsAYSc0aYFh0gsVXRvGFV5Tx-yHuSOJTC3aaPdJHAKfzatgnBRRP3UBP9X1JKtBM6BD3Dxcl82ORqV5xDOUUhjsnGSKAtqCX7PY7gtFj0KiI_ChS9C2p2K2pdudJbAp810dnUkx75sV3MhPl6bjYYPqOfzU1hU/s4032/09-20-2023%20(13).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTl3F_D20fzBaFFmHEFuY8FZC-h1ehhsAYSc0aYFh0gsVXRvGFV5Tx-yHuSOJTC3aaPdJHAKfzatgnBRRP3UBP9X1JKtBM6BD3Dxcl82ORqV5xDOUUhjsnGSKAtqCX7PY7gtFj0KiI_ChS9C2p2K2pdudJbAp810dnUkx75sV3MhPl6bjYYPqOfzU1hU/w640-h480/09-20-2023%20(13).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I personally think this will persist, even if they repave. Even if they mow them down (the mowing crew was a quarter mile away and heading towards them). I don't think they should be dug up and replanted, Rod: I think these might persist beyond Human Civilization at the rate we're going.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='594' height='494' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxHgAaxfW34q2gJjKOzS3ELdRtyFqJXK7by1ohhrw-oTi5zfwuDrUiXvSXg6qONuQA7My6waaR-fOJOpvZi1Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You may have to fiddle a bit, but it's worth seeing what is replacing our Watsonias--and perhaps thousands of other gems in the veldt...we will never know what's been lost here in South Africa, in the Tallgrass prairie of the American Midwest, in most of lowland China and all the other places where farms have replaced biologically complex and rich ecosystems. By the way, I've never seen better wheat stalks: absolutely heavy with seed.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmlj5RwUirqCEgK26yTgjDGrKToPPYF0XBSxFZh-P4XBqaNHJNoBR_M6JpaXclbhOZG4b_BVpU5f9TzKqIMlnc0wuR-1yenqt2L6FGl7o4SA76ZciJ4SFt9v89QGARXSnMNlEx6cJFJBwod-o2p-67CB-Lk2CVg8X8aCdcQkEOUb47KzZYOXJxCf9_ew/s4032/Ashton%2009-20-2023%20(122).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmlj5RwUirqCEgK26yTgjDGrKToPPYF0XBSxFZh-P4XBqaNHJNoBR_M6JpaXclbhOZG4b_BVpU5f9TzKqIMlnc0wuR-1yenqt2L6FGl7o4SA76ZciJ4SFt9v89QGARXSnMNlEx6cJFJBwod-o2p-67CB-Lk2CVg8X8aCdcQkEOUb47KzZYOXJxCf9_ew/w640-h480/Ashton%2009-20-2023%20(122).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Here you can see a tiny fragment of Renosterveld near Ashton that harbors one of two last populations of the dwarf form of <i>Aloe erinacea</i>. The local expert who brought us here says, every year more of the <i>Aloe </i>disappear due to trampling by sheep. These tiny fragments are all far from secure. That's wheat in the middle, enormous tented acreage of citrus crops beyond and the rugged, thus far useless and therefore pristine Fynbos-clad mountains.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='577' height='479' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwfCBDoVKYRh7VeY8k6Whp7NDqkYuOepvMcBdaHd6JnH7tapVFJjYkl0dcRA7B7esMX35HC3rmFmuwkTbMhiQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p> I finisb with one last panorama of our toughie--one of the few bulbs that seems to have a will to survive. I for one am cheering it on enthusiastically!</p></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-83824432366722554072023-09-16T22:30:00.004-07:002023-09-16T22:38:07.806-07:00Variability in Baby Butts<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8v7y_cfdZ6QY1ho8YNR1TsZy8nKFfwR2SmYls4Q5uLucIvGVyNtjQk95FfauWmIroD900b4wLft3Z_8EiuFDTcnnAH1ArjSy-5xc-0VZgroAYYZ6BO7hlQUPCgmYWmGWMIB0PYkCxF3SYUxfMppbNHcvsVdtMIm_9vOm0PcXKvruDsTieuQO692FG72A/s3457/Gibbaeum%20heathii%20Calitzdorp%2009-16-2023%20(59).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3457" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8v7y_cfdZ6QY1ho8YNR1TsZy8nKFfwR2SmYls4Q5uLucIvGVyNtjQk95FfauWmIroD900b4wLft3Z_8EiuFDTcnnAH1ArjSy-5xc-0VZgroAYYZ6BO7hlQUPCgmYWmGWMIB0PYkCxF3SYUxfMppbNHcvsVdtMIm_9vOm0PcXKvruDsTieuQO692FG72A/w640-h458/Gibbaeum%20heathii%20Calitzdorp%2009-16-2023%20(59).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gibbaeum heathii</i></td></tr></tbody></table>I am confident that anyone reading my blog posts hardly needs to be reminded about the remarkable variability in natural productions. But perhaps to reinforce your sense of wonder, I took pictures or QUITE a few individual plants (all the same species) in a large and fantastic reserve set aside primarily because of them--albeit hundreds of other precious taxa are growing with them and nearby. All this on a glorious, warm early Spring day on September 16, 2023 a few miles from Caliptzdorp, in the Little Karroo of South Africa. I will spare you commentary until the end: I think the little baby butts speak pretty well for themselves.<br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksJJGN9ZbwJijUwb72fatZtTPqZcdRf3QLXqmvUP5ChDeCykFxp2TNsKuXQ1ryt3ML2mGY8OpQX4I41lNbKw-UncumnJ3mFRJm5r2VHCAVdNlu1e6StPT5f1QfSbC58JSlodhN9sDZhtZgydpC_2h4mXpN_72DPWUxofaeOIxpeBMDWQPc4KBF5LgaIM/s3118/Gibbaeum%20heathii%20Calitzdorp%2009-16-2023%20(66).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2637" data-original-width="3118" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksJJGN9ZbwJijUwb72fatZtTPqZcdRf3QLXqmvUP5ChDeCykFxp2TNsKuXQ1ryt3ML2mGY8OpQX4I41lNbKw-UncumnJ3mFRJm5r2VHCAVdNlu1e6StPT5f1QfSbC58JSlodhN9sDZhtZgydpC_2h4mXpN_72DPWUxofaeOIxpeBMDWQPc4KBF5LgaIM/w640-h542/Gibbaeum%20heathii%20Calitzdorp%2009-16-2023%20(66).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Bet you never thought you'd be looking at so many baby butts! The common name (coined by the Afrikaners--who have a way about naming things) is used for other taxa in other parts of South Africa (such as <i>Argyroderma </i>in the Knersvlakte). I suppose you could (if you were willing to risk ridicule and suspicion of perversion...and tried hard enough, and perhaps shelled out enough bucks) you could in fact arrange to photograph a dozen or so random baby butts of Human babies: I doubt they would begin to approach the variety you can see above. Honestly, it's easier and more salubrious to just come to South Africa and do it--not to mention enjoy no end of other pleasures!</p>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-41491183942042883262023-08-26T23:55:00.057-07:002023-08-28T06:33:31.366-07:00Subverting the past?<p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA58egGGj2EpoeDknLGv_2gN_KKNim_7jpVOazvoelWHuqsRk6ErSph72EOuBVLMw_P7hZm2lbt_IAs5ZXc177KEiiz2ptfzHRIISAuf7zfV4La5fIkb2rKu2M4xp8z--4NLzTD9RTA1N4BP3_iXgyzGgSSXzNfarXMhZ-lsiC9MlNFPQmyVl71azcV4w/s2849/Deboer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="2310" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA58egGGj2EpoeDknLGv_2gN_KKNim_7jpVOazvoelWHuqsRk6ErSph72EOuBVLMw_P7hZm2lbt_IAs5ZXc177KEiiz2ptfzHRIISAuf7zfV4La5fIkb2rKu2M4xp8z--4NLzTD9RTA1N4BP3_iXgyzGgSSXzNfarXMhZ-lsiC9MlNFPQmyVl71azcV4w/w518-h640/Deboer.jpg" width="518" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Saco Rienk De Boer</b></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>This bust of S.R. De Boer has been in the Waring House of Denver Botanic Gardens since I began working at the institution. I was told it was of De Boer--who was perhaps more responsible for the creation of Denver Botanic Gardens than any other individual. </p><p>There is a park in South Central Denver named for him very near to where the house he lived in still stands. This is a schematic rendering:</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVnp59kyCjkh6l_sRkgdkvdPmsY7FT6xVHMt8CRo25tx4UXFMiS95bQ-AmPDjmGmVEaRQ1PJQqLaewu4PAJF5w5buHpj5acKgkdwMJar0punBoa2ECOZwfz256M8vlR8tjiGjdn9D_8gpRfBug_4b3zUOl7TB8MbWrS1fcBWdlBTaLgUXPGYbdom3p6I/s625/Picture1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="625" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVnp59kyCjkh6l_sRkgdkvdPmsY7FT6xVHMt8CRo25tx4UXFMiS95bQ-AmPDjmGmVEaRQ1PJQqLaewu4PAJF5w5buHpj5acKgkdwMJar0punBoa2ECOZwfz256M8vlR8tjiGjdn9D_8gpRfBug_4b3zUOl7TB8MbWrS1fcBWdlBTaLgUXPGYbdom3p6I/w640-h414/Picture1.png" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There has been a proposal to rename this park due to S.R. De Boer co-authoring Denver's first Zoning ordinances which are claimed to have set the stage for red-lining (a practice that arose decades after De Boer co-drafted the ordinances). I do not believe that De Boer's intentions were racist: he believed all people should have access to the single family bungalows he championed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Why or how De Boer should be held responsible for phenomena that only came about decades AFTER his drafting Denver's codes is a mystery to me. The impact of this inquisition is not however.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Click <a href="https://denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Human-Rights-Community-Partnerships/Programs-and-Initiatives/Renaming-Denver-Parks" style="background-color: #fcff01;" target="_blank">here to access the City of Denver discussion</a> of the renaming process and issue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have you seen Oppenheimer yet? This film is strangely relevant to De Boer's case on many levels....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqSvjlNZClZqokuV35fWEc5YHs1zkMtW6YhpxNuJV3I5QyKdNp9_bv36ju9rAcz3ANQtdw54sAGPFmMeNte1lJQrnOCURY5gXb-Yt0p1rzCqTDNfw8FeLQ1XlDWj7gUHsez-Pivla4hTYgeXETiO-mKTH6e1Fy2HQwsQGlo1b9cBOo4xFz-CdN3ITnM4/s829/Picture2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="829" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqSvjlNZClZqokuV35fWEc5YHs1zkMtW6YhpxNuJV3I5QyKdNp9_bv36ju9rAcz3ANQtdw54sAGPFmMeNte1lJQrnOCURY5gXb-Yt0p1rzCqTDNfw8FeLQ1XlDWj7gUHsez-Pivla4hTYgeXETiO-mKTH6e1Fy2HQwsQGlo1b9cBOo4xFz-CdN3ITnM4/w640-h316/Picture2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Albert Einstein is an important character in the movie: his theory of relativity laid the groundwork that ultimately led to the atom bomb. He wrote Franklin Delano Roosevelt a letter in 1939 informing Roosvelt that the Germans were likely working on a bomb harnessing atomic power, and urging him to make it a priority to have the USA do so first--which ultimately transpired. Was Einstein responsible for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs and their devastation? Was Oppenheimer?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was a youngster when Robert Oppenheimer's brother, Frank (also a character in the movie), was hired at the University of Colorado in Boulder as a Physics professor. Due to the cloud of humiliation hanging over Robert's head when his security clearance was revoked, and the fact that Frank had indeed been member of the Communist Party, there was a lot of anger, consternation and argument in Boulder about the propriety of Frank's appointment (this was just a few years after the House Unamerican Activity Committee's nationwide red scare.) Frank overcame the grim cloud of disapproval and went on to have an enormously productive work life and retirement. His more famous brother Robert didn't. I recall hearing discussions about Robert and Frank's character throughout my childhood and teenage years. Slander and hysteria perhaps never completely dissipate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The movie was a revelation to me of how gossip, innuendo, shame and false accusations can devastate a human life (Oppenheimer's) not only while he was alive, but to his reputation for decades subsequently.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I find it incredible that De Boer is now being posthumously subjected to a comparable phenomenon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPsazQtvwfBO0WWuKF0x8rsjOKGQanDGJMyA3k9yfA0xetCsUrybY39yAIWY3DLWVB0hdmCODMxv32MNCO9y1q7bXryW0osB7z4eUxaTHtlrL31wO0dLfST1BsZ400q7zM8ylNiIJ25wM412D8wyFTBKxVQOJ4SiDnxKapRlASxUYTfoIT5mpQ9l7V92Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPsazQtvwfBO0WWuKF0x8rsjOKGQanDGJMyA3k9yfA0xetCsUrybY39yAIWY3DLWVB0hdmCODMxv32MNCO9y1q7bXryW0osB7z4eUxaTHtlrL31wO0dLfST1BsZ400q7zM8ylNiIJ25wM412D8wyFTBKxVQOJ4SiDnxKapRlASxUYTfoIT5mpQ9l7V92Q=s16000" /></a></div><br />Even more tragic than the humiliation and ostracism that Robert Oppenheimer experienced, the life and career of <span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><span lang="zh-Latn-pinyin"><i>Chen Mèngjiā </i>form a major theme in the second volume of Hessler's superb trilogy about modern China. </span></span><br style="text-align: center;" /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkKBnJOF37vRZkz2grsk7ZG9HJqHbAxtZgbUq4BvcQSEKT2fInogm4tS58OMwpEKddbindsuueNpdBxf74ZEn102S8UnFjsuoDbqz4HeTTGVJLiDStgJPzcT-Wh5ehCFQhsRa_4viD-CAe9ZmMotJqflAcet9voGqGomz06VHBJrVK2nOmJ8eT4yxKj8s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkKBnJOF37vRZkz2grsk7ZG9HJqHbAxtZgbUq4BvcQSEKT2fInogm4tS58OMwpEKddbindsuueNpdBxf74ZEn102S8UnFjsuoDbqz4HeTTGVJLiDStgJPzcT-Wh5ehCFQhsRa_4viD-CAe9ZmMotJqflAcet9voGqGomz06VHBJrVK2nOmJ8eT4yxKj8s=w501-h640" width="501" /></a></div><span face="sans-serif" lang="zh-Hant" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">陳夢家 (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span lang="zh-Latn-pinyin">Chen Mèngjiā)</span></i><br /><br /></div>The greatest scholar during his lifetime researching the most ancient writings of Chinese, Chen was also an accomplished poet, and a polymath in an array of disciplines. From the outset of the Cultural Revolution, he was targeted as a "Rightist", imprisoned, subjected to hard labor and "re-education". His scholarly books were published without his being acknowledged and ultimately he committed suicide in 1966. <b><i>Oracle Bones</i></b> sketches his life and biography artfully as the author follows the lives of a dozen other Chinese grappling with the consequences of both the Cultural and Communist revolutions.<br /><div><br /></div><div>De Boer died in 1974--his reputation intact at the time--indeed, he was Universally acknowledged as Denver's (and the West's) foremost landscape architect and city planner.</div><div><br /></div><div>I can only imagine what he would think of the deliberations about his namesake park. His fellow Dutchman, and one time partner, M. Walter Pesman, however, would not have been the least bit surprised. He ran a gauntlet similar to the Oppenheimer treatment and ultimately survived (and triumphed) thanks to his many friends and his fighting spirit. I wrote a blog post about what transpired with Pesman that is perhaps worth re-reading today: </div><div><a href="http://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-different-kind-of-russian-tragedy.html" target="_blank">http://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-different-kind-of-russian-tragedy.html</a></div>Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.com10