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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Maggi Young on December 16, 2017, 02:40:44 PM
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Ger van den Bauken and his wife Mariet have lead a number of tours in South America - some of which have been
advertised in the forum or reported in the SRGC Journal etc. Ger, well-connected with the Dutch RGC -the NRV - is a popular speaker in the UK as well, and is also known for the plants he propagates and sells - mostly tricky little cushions!
A number of SRGC members and forumists have just enjoyed a tremendous trip with Ger and Mariet . Trond Hoy was also on this trip and shares his memories in this thread : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15912.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15912.0)
Elisabeth Zander has kindly allowed me to post a selection of her photos to the forum.
This trip began a little before the AGS trip that Richard Green and Martin Sheader have just been on and which is shown in this thread by Richard: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15889.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15889.0)
There may be some photos without identification of the plants - which I hope others will "fill in" !
The photos may not always appear in correct time order for the trip , so do not get too caught up in the "where and when " of the pictures :)
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An auspicious start of the Patagonian adventure — with Ger van den Beuken on 21st November
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Arjona patagonica
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Junellia tridactylites
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large clump of Pterocactus australis
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Pterocactus australis
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Alstroemeria patagonica
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Olsynium junceum
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Adesmia boronioides
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Phacelia secunda
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Adesmia villosa
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Polygala santacruzensis
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the search party at work
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pinker form of Junellia tridactylites
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El Calafate sign
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Wall art
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view to distant mountains
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dessert - remember, these are mostly SRGC members - food is VERY important!!
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The Group aligned
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Roadside/pavement planting
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City scape
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calafate - Adesmia boronioides
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Polygala santacruzensis- buds opening
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Schinus patagonicus
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Vicia magellanica
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Alstroemeria patagonica
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In the city
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The pterocactus near the roadbank of Baya Redonda
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another dessert!
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the glacier - November 23rd
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Saxifraga magellanica
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The Perito Moreno glacier - named in honour of the surveyor Francisco P.Moreno who worked for the binational Chile Argentina commission laying out the border between the countries.
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Alstroemeria everywhere
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Calceolaria look good in Patagonia
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Primula magellanica - small and delicious
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Oxalis enneaphylla
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Adesmia aphanantha, a wonderful tiny flowered adesmia.
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Resting tonight in the shadow of Fitzroy, 24th Nov.
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Pterocactus australis 24th nov
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Austrocactus bertinii
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Scutellaria nummulariifolia
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Mulguraea ligustrina
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group searching roadside
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cameras in action
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Mulguraea ligustrina - this plant used to be known as a Junellia
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small hairy native
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Astragalus - probably A.cruckshanksii
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Moschopsis rosulata - a member of the Calyceraceae. Often mistaken for a rosulate viola when not in flower.
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Leucheri leontopodioides, usually opens December.
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Oxalis loricata, a scree specialist.
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Nassauvia lagascae globosa
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Tristagma nivala f. australe, the southernmost true bulb.
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Nassauvia pygmaea in bud, opens to white flowers.
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long scree slope - Elisabeth reports "I did not get all the way to the top for the view. There were too many plants to find hidden in the rockery."
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orchid - Chloraea alpina
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a nice Bacharis.... maybe B. patagonica
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On the riverbank we were stunned by a crowd of Calceolaria uniflora
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Nassauvia magellanica
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Holding back the glacier field - Fitzroy
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Another view of Fitzroy
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Ourisia ruelloides
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goodbye Fitzroy - with Elisabeth
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red gorse Anarthrophyllum desideratum
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strange plants - Fabiana clump?
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Petunia patagonica
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Marcela Ferreyra was really happy to find this petunia
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A small oxalis growing near the petunias
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petunias came in all colours from light to dark
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more petunias!
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Petunia colours yellow inside, purple out
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Elisabeth says " My personal favorite was Junellia patagonia. Hard cushions with flowers that turn hot pink."
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Adesmia aphanantha, steppe roadside plant.
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work session - what have we seen?
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Sue Booker and Anne Speigel - with photographically broken legs! Elisabeth herself twisted an ankle early in the trip - it didn't slow her down much though!!
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Patagonian clouds through bus window
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line dancing guanacos
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Oxalis - great colour perhaps O. laciniata
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Calceolaria uniflora growing in the grass - with Elisabeth
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C. uniflora hybrid
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Leucheria hahnii
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oxalis day 28th nov
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Oxalis enneaphylla dark pink
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oxalis, white
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Condor cliffs
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Three of the intrepid 4 who braved the glacial stream incl. Trond and Elisabeth
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and the other three!
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Bolax hummocks
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another Oxalis variation
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Meanwhile down at the ranch, Criocho breed horses are enjoying spring
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Our first closeup of a gaucho
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Stag River gates
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Calceolaria lawn
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more calceolaria lawn!
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Saxifraga magellanica was present on the east ridge as well
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Oxalis enneaphylla
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We have landed. Torres del Paine - the blue towers
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A beautiful thing. Gavilea littoralis
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Drosera uniflora
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The drosera habitat includes Pilgerodendron uviferum the southernmost cypress
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Myrtiolum... "New to me" in the drosera bog
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Near the sloth cave - Chloraea magellanica
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The clump of Chloraea magellanica
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The Sloth Cave - where remains of ancient Giant Sloths were found
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caravan
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Saxifraga magellanica massing on the rock
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"Saxifraga magellanica, but on some weird diet. Might it be the radiation or the lean composite diet"
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Yarn bombs in Puerto Natale
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"Waiting and waiting for customs to let us go" 29th nov
Marcela, Elan, Cliff and Anne
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Do we look like tourists?
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Ger van den Beuken checking out the grill
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Patagonian woodpecker
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View
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A wonderful composite.
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And another daisy- Leucheria
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A 360 degree view after the climb ...
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Guide Carlos, with Elisabeth
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deep pink daisy
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The cautionary tale- visitors started fires here in the park in 2004 and 2011. Fires are not part of the local ecology. There is no lightning. So now all visitors must have a guide.
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Friends getting the shot
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Anarthrophyllum desideratum
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Perezia recurvata
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? Adesmia salicornioides in the Sierra Baguales
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" Torres del Paine with Mulguraea. What a name for such a sweet smelling plant!"
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herd of guanaco
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The Gang at Torres del Paine ..... looking for all the world as though they are in front of a painted backdrop in a studio!!
Names - from Cliff -
From left to right; Standing:- Cliff Booker; Sue Booker; Tony Reznicek; Mariet van den Beuken; Trond Hoy; Lilian Maksymowicz; Alex Maksymowicz (hidden); Susann Nilsson; Joe Spiegel; Anne Spiegel; Elisabeth Zander; Elena Dobrzhanskaya; Maggie Sharp; John Ingham; Sue Ingham; Terry Laskiwicz; Davie Sharp; Maria Nikonova. Kneeling:- Yakhoub Ebrahimi; Christine EbrahimI; Claire Cockcroft; Ger van den Beuken; Marcela Ferreyra (botanist) and Hector (our driver on stage one).
More SRGC members than you could imagine in that lot!
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What does one call a female gaucho?
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Leaving town, but not without a wave from Calceolaria tenella
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Benthamiella nordenskjoeldii
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mats of Benthamiella skottsbergii
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Yet another Junellia. This one probably J. silvestrii
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At the same spot, Calandrinia ranunculina 2nd December
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Customs only took 3 hours to get back into Argentina
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Bun
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more grey buns !
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Araucaria arucana tree - in a garden
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planted cans on tree
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Town garden
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little square
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sleeping dog and pollarded tree - let sleeping dogs lie!
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Park sign - it's a long way to pretty much everywhere!
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The magic gaucho memorial of Calafate
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view over the lake
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another view from on high!
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Another acid yellow orchid
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giant green and white orchid Chloraea cylindrostachya
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Chloraea cylindrostachya - close-up
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Bookers with cameras !
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another orchid
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rich yellow orchid Chloraea alpina
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Chloraea magellania
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Happy Elisabeth with Ranunculus semiverticillatus
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Ranunculus semiverticillatus close
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a group of these gems
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close up of a flower centre
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an emerging form, showing delightfully pink
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Very chubby Ranunculus semiverticillatus - the snowmelt ranunculus
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" There were other things to see on C. Cathedral but I wasn't convinced it was worth the climb to see this alpine petunia in full flower. " Combera paradoxa
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Maria Nikonova after the exhausting adoration of the snowmelt ranunculus
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Oxalis erythrorhiza
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At Parador 1600m on Cerro Catedral.
Not sure what this is .... ?? Valeriana macrorhiza - Trond to the rescue!
Maggi:
I'm about half-way through the pictures now , so I'm off for something to eat - all this mountain air is making me peckish!
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The last one is Valeriana macrorhiza.
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Thank you, Trond - it's really exciting to see plants from South America - especially for those of us who will never travel there, So thanks again for your posts too!
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Not sure of these either.....
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Nassauvia ?
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pale Tristagma
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oxalis
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rosulate viola 1
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rosulate viola 2
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rosulate viola 3
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Viola volcanica 1
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Viola volcanica2
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Viola volcanica - little rosettes in the ground
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Cleverly disguised Viola volcanica
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Rocky outcrop
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Assorted Oxalis ....
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Oxalis adenophora - good form
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yellow
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oxalis and tree stump
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Oxalis
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Deep pink Oxalis
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Davie getting the shot
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more cactus
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first Tropaeolum seen - only foliage , no flowers
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The Finger of God
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Trond Høy getting the picture and cooling down at the same time.
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Mutisia
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Lakeside cliff
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more cliffs
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Cliff and yellow Buddleja
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Buddleja
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photo session at lunchtime
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violas in rock
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no shortage of flowers
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more violas and Senecio poeppigii
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viola close
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another viola close -up
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natural garden with violas
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more snowmelt ranuncs
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3 large Ranunculus flowers together
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Susann Nilsson
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not sure on this one
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Menonvillea - greener foliage ?
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whole plant Menonvillea rigida
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again Menonvillea rigida
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Menonvillea rigida at the top on 6th Dec — in San Martín de los Andes.
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Traveling near the volcano, Lanin
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carpets of plants
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Azorella monantha mat close up
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Solenomelus segethii, a bonus
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more Azorella monantha mats
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Cactus x 3 ... and a yellow amaryllid - Rhodophiala ?
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Another cautionary tale California poppies taking over Argentina — in Alumine
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Ice cream time — with Ger van den Beuken and Trond Hoy
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refreshment stop
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Araucaria with female cone
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more monkey puzzle trees
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Rocks
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"To the top with the help of my friends! Dec. 8th.
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Marcela Ferreyra Susann Nilsson and Elisabeth B. Zander
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viola
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large, white-flowered Calandrinia
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Variations on Viola cotyledon and habit
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Note it's growing in pumice mixed with ash. Re-evaluated from V. columnaris- oddly shaped flowers
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bearded and striped Viola cotyledon variations
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Batea Mahuido park includes an Araucaria forest.
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Araucaria trees
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a set of araucaria - monkey puzzle tree pix
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Quinchamelium chilense
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Quinchamelium chilense whole plant
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Tristagma nivalis on our way up the volcano
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small fuzzy Chaetanthera villosa
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more Chaetanthera villosa
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choice find Valeriana philippiana.
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Valeriana philippiana.
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Valeriana philippiana, growing sideways
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Senecio subdiscoideus in bud
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Ourisia fragrans x 3
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Dark pink Rhodophiala x 2
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From one volcano top looking at another
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resting on the top
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who, me?
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rest and enjoy the view
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Pozoa coriacea
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More Nassauvia lagascae, always a favourite
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not in bloom but nifty is Gamocarpha
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gauchos from the bus window
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gaucho and herd
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The real tropaolum incisum
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yellow Argyllia bustillosii 1
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Argyllia bustillosii 2
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Argyllia bustillosii 3
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now a selection of the annual rosulate viola, Viola tectiflora
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still with Viola tectiflora
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see how tiny these violas actually are
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among the Anarthrophyllum strigulipetalum
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Anarthrophyllum strigulipetalum
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Anarthrophyllum strigulipetalum
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thick furry leaves of Oxalis compacta
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Oxalis compacta
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a set with the bright, white Calandrinia affinis
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little lilac coloured mat of Junellia micrantha.
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Junellia micrantha
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view with mat plants
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Junellia tridactylatis is what these mats may be.
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Viola coronifera - but it had finished blooming
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Jabarosa volkmannii 1
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Jabarosa volkmannii 2
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another viola
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Jabarosa volkmannii - close
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more rosulate violas!
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Viola columnaris var copahue.
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Viola columnaris var copahue.
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Viola cotyledon seen in a variety of colours
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viola patch
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still with those violas!
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The hybrid Viola x Blaxlandiae nearby on the road
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Viola trochlearis
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Viola trochlearis close
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old monkey puzzles
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dirty snow
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Copahue, smoking
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lake view
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an exultant Elisabeth
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a fine ending......
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Thanks, Elisabeth, for these great photos!
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Sitting inside and looking in a dull and wet garden these pictures are a fabulous present!
Many, many thanks!
Gerd
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Absolutely stunning!
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Every time the AGS planned a trip to Patagonia, it was sold out
before I could sign up, so it is wonderful to see the pictures.
Chileflora has seeds for sale of a number of the plants shown,
including Quinchamalium chilense, which I had never heard of.
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What's not to love about Patagonia? Those violas are amazing. Much thanks for yet another extraordinary travelogue.
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a set with the bright, white Calandrinia affinis
Is Calandrinia affinis in cultivation anywhere? Some years ago I tried to germinate a large amount of seeds without receiving a single plant.
Gerd
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I don’t know how many times I have scrolled over these pictures. Just amazing . Thanks for making me so jealous.
Angie :)
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I hope that I can contribute many hundreds of images to these pages in the fullness of time (over 7000 taken during the three plus weeks), but I have a digital presentation to create first. :)
Just a couple to whet the appetite ... a very pretty little adesmia sp. and a shot of Ger, Trond and Susann in such a beautiful habitat.
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The wonderful botanist on our Patagonian adventure - the delightful Marcela Ferreyra.
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The delightful Marcela Ferreyra.
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Marcela Ferreyra and Ger van den Beuken enjoying the absolute beauty and abundance of a high Patagonian habitat ... this wonderful tour was (supposedly) Ger and Mariet's final organised tour to Argentina and Chile ... perhaps time and surgery on his terrible knee may change his mind ... hopefully. LOL. Look at the fantastic flora, Ger and enjoy.
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A thirty year dream achieved in Patagonia. I finally encountered a scree full of the truly magnificent Ranunculus semiverticillatus in full and abundant flower. I dutifully dropped to my knees, shed a discreet tear or two behind my shades and everything was right with the world. So please accept this card as a token of my very high regard for alpine folk the world over ... Sue and I hope to make and renew friendships in the months to come. Be healthy, be happy, be at peace in your world. x
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Last one for now ... the gorgeous Oreopolus glacialis on a high Patagonian peak.
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Dear plant friends,
Just a few words after a week of rest and reflection after one of the most spectacular Patagonia trips ever.
During three weeks in the most fantastic regions of S. Patagonia I have come to some conclusions.
This was the 9th trip I organized to S. America and this last trip was certainly one of the most beautiful of all. Not only in terms of natural beauty and vegetation, but as well 22 personal good friends who were part of our group have made this trip for Mariet and me the most unforgettable ever.
Together with our personal girlfriend Marcela Ferreyra I have chosen a trip full of highlights that were etched in my memory from previous trips.
The preparations together with the guidance of this trip were very intensive but certainly worthwhile. However, due to serious knee problems and high sense of responsibility, I have concluded that this is most likely the last trip I have organized to Chile and Argentina.
This is a decision I made after a long consultation with Mariet and was rather emotional for us, but being honestly I have to admit that health is the most important part of our lives.
Positive, however, is that we can look back on all our beautiful memories.
Therefore dear plant friends and travel companions ,,,,,, thank you very much for all the trust in us during all our travels with you.
We will never forget you!!!
We wish you also a wonderful Christmas time and very good health for 2018!!!
Ger & Mariet
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The wonderful Davie Sharp enjoyed the tour greatly ...
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We had a great group, with lots of laughter. Here are Sue Booker, Ann Spiegel, and Sussann Nilsson at Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. The second picture is Terry Laskiwiez on a very windy plateau below Copahue.
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Is Calandrinia affinis in cultivation anywhere? Some years ago I tried to germinate a large amount of seeds without receiving a single plant.
Gerd
- Nowhere? I can't imagine that there was no attempt to grow this showy Calandrinia species.
Gerd
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- Nowhere? I can't imagine that there was no attempt to grow this showy Calandrinia species.
Gerd
Chileflora list seeds, although are currently out of stock;
http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/PHP4181/drawitem.php?G_FG=0754&G_LANG=E&G_NF=&INCLUDESHOPLINK=YES (http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/PHP4181/drawitem.php?G_FG=0754&G_LANG=E&G_NF=&INCLUDESHOPLINK=YES)
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Room with a view ... and a view with a room or three.
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We had a great group, with lots of laughter. Here are Sue Booker, Ann Spiegel, and Sussann Nilsson at Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. The second picture is Terry Laskiwiez on a very windy plateau below Copahue.
Claire, where is the other half of my body?
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Half way up the nearest mountain, Trond ... Claire (like everyone else) could never keep up with you!
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Terry managed to capture all of you, Trond!
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Chileflora list seeds, although are currently out of stock;
http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/PHP4181/drawitem.php?G_FG=0754&G_LANG=E&G_NF=&INCLUDESHOPLINK=YES (http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/PHP4181/drawitem.php?G_FG=0754&G_LANG=E&G_NF=&INCLUDESHOPLINK=YES)
Thank you Gail -maybe there will be another chance next year.
Gerd
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Half way up the nearest mountain, Trond ... Claire (like everyone else) could never keep up with you!
Cliff, you all had too much gear and needed a long time to get out of the bus ;D
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Terry managed to capture all of you, Trond!
Thanks. I was afraid I had lost it ???
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Thanks to all contributors to this thread; I will have to return many times to enjoy all the amazing sceneries and species!
Of course, I wish I was there...
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Perfect Patagonia ...