- Waxpalm Ceroxylon quindiuense slope
Waxpalm (Ceroxylon quindiuense) slope. The forest around the palms has been logged so cows can graze. - Waxpalm Ceroxylon quindiuense pair
Waxpalm Ceroxylon quindiuense, the tallest palm in the world growing in Cocora-valley! - Tibouchina tree Valle de Cocora
Tibouchina tree growing in Valle de Cocora - Suillus Medellin 2015
Suillus subluteus / salmonicolor (locally known as “S. luteus”) growing with pines above Medellin - Pycnoporus Trametes sanguineus
Pycnoporus (=Trametes) sanguineus, which is used by indigenous people as a antipyretic. - Pycnoporus Trametes sanguineus
We always appreciate seeing this colorful Pycnoporus sanguineus (= Trametes s.) - Plectania melastoma
Plectania melastoma growing on a cypress above Medellin - Ornithidium aureum - Giant Maxillaria plant
Ornithidium aureum - Giant Maxillaria plant - Ornithidium aureum - Giant Maxillaria orchid
Ornithidium aureum - Giant Maxillaria orchid. - orchid Valle de Cocorra plant
An orchid in Valle de Cocorra - orchid Valle de Cocorra
An orchid flower in Valle de Cocorra - Macrolepiota colombiana Tatiana
Macrolepiota colombiana with Tatiana holding three fungal drumsticks - Macrolepiota colombiana Medellin
The first Macrolepiota colombiana I found above Medellin, while driving in dusk. Definitely worth calling a stop! - Lepista nuda Medellin
Lepista nuda Medellin 2015 DW Ms - Guzmania creek
The epiphytic Guzmania on a tree aboce a creek - Guzmania above creek
A Guzmania flowering above a creek in Cocora valley. - Epidendron pink Medellin
A pink Epidendron orchid above Medellin - Eccremis coarctata
Eccremis coarctata, Xanthorrhoeaceae, Hemerocallidoideae, Asparagales - Cows grazing Valle de Cocora
Cows grazing in Valle de Cocora - Coprinus comatus Medellin 2015
Coprinus comatus, the Shaggy mane, a choice edible growing in Medellin