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SRGC Exploration Grant recipient - photo report

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Mike Kintgen:
 Still in the Nequen region


Argylia robusta just north of the Mendoza-Nequen border


Field of Stipa speciosa and Stipa sp.   near Riscos Bayos


Cascada de Rio Agria near Cero Copahue

Mike Kintgen:
We continued north to Volcan Domuyo and went to the end of the road where we saw the Chaetanthera villosa.  Yellow forms are found here.


Chaetanthera villosa[/i ]  in bud near Volcan Domuyo


Chaetanthera villosa


Chaetanthera villosa- yellow form near Volcan Domuyo

Mike Kintgen:
We continued northeast toward  Volcan Tromen before passing into Mendoza province.  Here we saw Argylia robusta.


Argylia robusta


Volcan Tromen with Maiheunia  patagonica  with ice crystals


  Volcan Tromen with Azorella monantha

Mike Kintgen:

Parrots in a tree near Volcan Tromen


Junellia sp.


Looking north from Cerro Gloria west of Mendoza


Cerro Anconaugua  - Aconcagua, at 6960.8m  is the highest mountain in the Western and Southern Hemispheres. It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, 112km northwest of the city of Mendoza

Mike Kintgen:
In Mendoza we stayed at the famous Las Lenas ski area here we saw Rhodophiala rhodolrion.


Rhodophiala rhodolrion near Las Lenas


Argylia bustillosii below Las Lenas


Schizanthus grahamii near Las Lenas

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