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Frailejon

Espeletia

Description:

These high altitude plants are typical of the "paramo", a cold humid environment found in South American andean regions. I shot these specimens at around 4400 m in the Los Nevados National Park, Colombia

Habitat:

paramo, cold and humid slopes in the Andes, above 3500 m

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3 Comments

IvanRaga
IvanRaga 11 years ago

SO CUTE!!

MicheleDibitetto
MicheleDibitetto 11 years ago

gracias ! me agregue' a la mision ...
Saludos

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Precioso frailejon te recomiendo agregarlo al amission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9510...

MicheleDibitetto
Spotted by
MicheleDibitetto

Tolima, Colombia

Spotted on Aug 27, 2010
Submitted on May 6, 2012

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