David Haelterman:
Anthurium sp. with an almost black flower in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Magnificent new leave of Philodendron sp. in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
My name is "don't touch me"... Stinging caterpillar of the moth Leucanella sp. (Saturniidae family), apparently adults are toxic too. Seen during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
As simple as efficient, the beauty of Andesanthus lepidotus (synonym Tibouchina lepidota, Melastomataceae family). Locally called "Siete Cueros" (seven skins) for its bark often renews. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. Distribution: Panama to Peru.
David Haelterman:
A very strange insect. Chrysopidae larvae disguised with trash of mealybugs to be discrete among them, like that the ants who "grow" and protect the mealybugs to get benefit from alimentary exudates don't notice them. Therefore a biological control agent.
David Haelterman:
A very strange insect. Chrysopidae larvae disguised with trash of mealybugs to be discrete among them, like that the ants who "grow" and protect the mealybugs to get benefit from alimentary exudates don't notice them. Therefore a biological control agent.
David Haelterman:
Twig epiphytes like Psygmorchis pumilio generally hang from small branches by just 1 or 2 roots or grow on guava tree bark which often peels. being able to produce flowers, then seeds, much quicker than other orchids. Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Kohleria affinis (Gesneriaceae family). Extraordinary plant in well conserved cloud forest during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ in Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Kohleria affinis (Gesneriaceae family). Extraordinary plant in well conserved cloud forest during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ in Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Kohleria affinis (Gesneriaceae family). Extraordinary plant, so elegant and proliferous old specimen in well conserved cloud forest ! Seen during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons in Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia
David Haelterman:
Macleania smithiana in situ (Ericaceae family, as Rhododendron and the Common Heather). During a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ in Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
It seems we have here Guzmana rauhiana (Bromeliaceae family) that I found in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Tropical expression in all its exuberance ! Passiflora antioquensis in situ, endemic species from Colombia, observed during a 17 days orchids, bromeliads and nature observation tour I guided. Here in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
This nice and delicate Sobralia Virginalis arrived alone some years ago in the future garden of an orchidologist that will protect her. Today she opened its one day flower for the 21st of March official date for spring... What more to ask but enjoy ?
David Haelterman:
A rarer Pleurothallis perijaensis variety, paler pinkish rather than red, in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
A species I dreamt to see in situ when I made my first trip to Colombia! Schlimia jasmnodora during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia
David Haelterman:
Happy to see plants I relocated 5 years ago bloomed and prosper very well instead of dying on their fallen log further away. Here one of the few Xylobium variegatum I have found during my explorations in Farallones de Cali. Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Huge Dracula chimaera, size around 70 cm from tip to tip of its sepals ! Endemic species from Colombia seen during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ.
David Haelterman:
A beautiful and astounding living being ! Philodendron verrucosum exposing its contrasts in a dreamed cloud forest of Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia. If you try to get aroids to grow, make sure they are not poached as this is big business since some years
David Haelterman:
Pitcairnia kniphofioides (Bromeliaceae family), endemic from Colombia, in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Pitcairnia kniphofioides (Bromeliaceae family), endemic from Colombia, in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Vriesea (ex Tillandsia) incurva (Bromeliaceae family) in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Vriesea (ex Tillandsia) incurva (Bromeliaceae family) in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Vriesea (ex Tillandsia) incurva (Bromeliaceae family) in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Pristine places impact and impregnate by their purity and perfection; where every living being seems to be at its place, few people go and nature still can live quietly, more or less far from actual environmental problems. Valle del Cauca dept, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Jaime and Mike picturing plants in situ in the cloud forest during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for them. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Otoglossum gobuilferum in situ during during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
Jaime picturing a Dracula chestertonii in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
The miniature Stelis purpurea in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
David Haelterman:
The recently described miniature Lepanthes gloriagaleanoana in situ during a 5 days orchids, botany and nature observation tour I just guided for 2 persons living in USA. We saw 73 orchid species blooming in situ. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
