Neuquen and Mendoza, Argentina

[Maggi Young]

Thanks for the information Paul. My retirement causes still a strange feeling. I am waiting for spring.
Kees Jan, thanks for the beautiful pictures.

Jef, your retirement causes good feelings, especially when you have time to get involved in this :
http://www.nature-museum.net/album/showalbum.aspx?albumid=96238a94-ce4a-418f-81f2-d8c3a990c7f8

[gervandenbeuken]

As organizer of this very spectacular Mendoza 2012 tour I think it my duty also to post some pictures. Some of the highlights are,
Calandrinia caespitosa, Rhodophiala rhodolirion, Viola aff. purpurea, Azorella monantha, Nassauvia pinnigera.
Hopefully you all enjoy the pictures.

[gervandenbeuken]

Some more are,
Caiophora coronata, Calceolaria pinnifolia, Chaetanthera spathulifolia 2x, Perezia pilifera and Viola philippii.

[TheOnionMan]

Truly exquisite, every one of them!  Chaetanthera spathulata is surely the most remarkable alpine daisy ever.  My eyes are stinging looking at the lethal loveliness of Caiophora coronata

[Maren]

Mark, I agree with you.

Ger, is it possible to obtain seed from this exquisite plant?

[gervandenbeuken]

I'm sorry Mark, as you could see the plants were in flower and we had no chance to collect any seeds of this sp.
It would be great if we could grow such a species in our climate.

[Martin Tversted]

I'm sorry Mark, as you could see the plants were in flower and we had no chance to collect any seeds of this sp.
It would be great if we could grow such a species in our climate.

As mentioned I grow some of the cacti species in the unheated greenhouse and they are perfectly hardy when kept dry during the winter months. Many other species from down there should be equally hardy. But they most likely will fail outside.

Martin

[Natalia]

Magnificent photos!
Thank you very much!

[Kees Jan]

My Neuquen photogallery is complete now: http://keesjan.smugmug.com/Botanical-trips/North-and-South-America/Neuquen-January-2012-Argentina/

Here are some of the highlights of our last excursion, near Domuyo Volcano

Astragalus vesiculosus
Senecio crithmoides?
Caltha sagittata
Discaria nana
Hypochaeris incana in a yellow form
Hypochaeris incana in a cream form
Montiopsis andicola
Nassauvia planifolia
Olsynium phillippii

[Lori S.]

What absolutely amazing plants!  Thank you very much for posting them, Kees Jan and Ger.

[Kees Jan]

I just finished uploading the pics from our first full day plant excursion in Mendoza at

http://keesjan.smugmug.com/Botanical-trips/North-and-South-America/Mendoza-Argentina-January-2012/

All these pics are from what I call the Las Lenas area, an excursion from Los Molles.

Here are some of the highlights, plant names are in the file names... The Gentianella is my favourite... I'm nearly half way our trip now. Selecting and labelling pics seems to be more time-consuming than taking the actual pictures!'

I'm not quite sure about the Hypochaeris, perhaps it is H. incana...


Adesmia aff. corymbosa.jpg
Anagallis alternifolia.jpg
Astragalus aff. chubutensis.jpg
Azorella trifurcata.jpg
Chimango caracara (Milvaga chimango).jpg
Cortaderia araucana.jpg
Gentianella otonnis.jpg
Gentianella otonnis 2.jpg
Habitat of Mulinum valentinii.jpg
Hypochaeris montana.jpg

[Kees Jan]

Here are some more. The Laretia seems to be quite local, during our three days in the Las Lenas area I only found two plants...


Junellia aff. ulicina.jpg
Junellia spathulata.jpg
Laretia acaulis.jpg
Laretia acaulis1.jpg
Laretia acaulis 2.jpg
Laretia acaulis and hairy form of Azorella monantha.jpg
Loasa aff. ilicifolia.jpg
Malesherbia liriana var. subglabrifolia.jpg
Rhodophiala rhodolirion.jpg
Rhodophiala rhodoliron 1.jpg

[Lesley Cox]

What an amazing Flora South America has, and especially the alpine flora of the more southerly countries. I really love the Anagallis, as I do Anagallis tenella, the UK native which likes me, I'm happy to say.

[Kees Jan]

This is Senecio subdiscoides, photographed on January 12th 2012. I'm uploading the final pics from this particular day to my website now.

[ranunculus]

This is a truly magnificent topic with some brilliant photographs.  Many thanks to you all.