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Espeletia hartwegiana
Spectacular plant only found in paramo in South America, above 3500m
The paramo ecosystem or high altitude plateau, is only found in Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Costa Rica, with Colombia having the most, over 40% of the world's total.
I spotted this on the way up to the summit of Volcan Purace in the Volcan Purace National Park. An extremely beautiful yet harsh and threatened landscape.
Spotted on Jan 15, 2013
Submitted on Mar 30, 2013
4 Comments
Thanks Luis, harsuame and Mona.
Nice series Dan..
Bellos frailejones considerarlo agregar ala mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9510...
Wow! Great series Dan!