Bromeliads in habitat - Photos from Ecuador
Finally I have put some of my bromeliad pictures online, which I took during my 2001/2002 journey to Ecuador. Some identification issues still require clarification (with your help I hope!), so please use any informations at your own risk! If you find any errors on this page, please inform me and I will correct them. In addition to bromeliads, there are some cacti as well as a Brassia orchid.
Some of the plants like Vriesea andreettae are pretty rare and pictures are not otherwise available on the Internet, to my knowledge.
The pictures are scans made from paper prints of slides. Therefore the quality is often disappointing. I apoligize for that.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
South of Cuenca
The following grow in the valley of the Rio Jubones, at an elevation
of about 1000m. There is a big, grey tank Tillandsia all over the
place, which is probably either T. lymanii, T. marnier-lapostollei
or T. macrodactylon. In the decriptions below it is labelled as
UNIDENDIFIED.
Tillandsia
mima
Tillandsia
UNIDENDIFIED
Tillandsia
UNIDENDIFIED
Tillandsia
tectorum
Tillandsia tectorum
+ disticha
landscape
Espostoa cactus +
gringo
Tillandsia
disticha
Tillandsia
mima
Tillandsia
UNIDENDIFIED
Tillandsia
UNIDENDIFIED
Tillandsia
mima
Tillandsia
mima
Tillandsia tectorum
+ secunda?
Tillandsia tectorum
(ring!)
Puya
Opuntia cactus
(most probably O. pubescens?)
Tillandsia
tectorum
Espostoa
cactus
Higher up in the mountains (much moister habitat)
This is a cloud forest. It was hard to take pictures due to the
clouds,
particularly for Vr. andreettae, where I could not get close enough
as they
are growing high on a rock. Due to the clouds even a telephoto lens
didn't
help much...
Vriesea andreettae (for uncle
Derek!)
Vriesea
andreettae
Tillandsia latifolia var
divaricata
Tillandsia latifolia var
divaricata
same, plus T.
caerulea
TWO UNKNOWN
T.'s
What are these two unknowns? One could be within the variability of
T.
latifoloa though the leaves appear to be different. The other could
be Vr.
cylindrica.
Near Milagro:
Passiflora
foetida
Near Oņa:
Tillandsia-covered
canyon
Tillandsia latifolia,
tectorum
Tillandsia tectorum
and a big, grey tank Tillandsia, which is probably either T.
lymanii, T. marnier-lapostollei or T. macrodactylon
Pitcairnia + UNKNOWN Till. or
Vriesea
Along road from Zamora to Loja, 1600 m
Guzmania
conifera
UNKNOWN
Guzmania?
UNKNOWN
Guzmania?
Same road, near summit (2800 m)
UNKNOWN
Guzmania
UNKNOWN Tillandsia
(confinis?), orchid
UNKNOWN Tillandsia
(confinis?)
UNKNOWN Tillandsia (confinis?)
close-up
Along Guayaquil-Riobamba highway, near Pallatanga 1200-1500m
Tillandsia
cyanea
Guzmania
sanguinea
Vriesea
appenii
Tillandsia
fendleri
**** UNKNOWN AECHMEA
****
Same road, elevation 800 m
Brassia
orchid
Tillandsia
complanata
Vriesea
varclayana var. minor
Racinea
fraseri
Guzmania
monostachya
G. monostachya +
Tillandsia complanata
There where also a few what I believe was G. angustifolia though
they never formed long stems. They did form clumps, however.
Unfortunately I have no picture.
Near Jipijapa, Manabi province:
Vriesea
espinosae
