Patagonia, a oneness concept. We all know what we mean when we define those 800,000 km2. The first images that come to mind are snowy mountains, deep blue lakes, forests, and the endless steppe delineated by an infinite horizon But many unknown images await us in Patagonia. Its flowers await those photographs that still did…
RIVERS FROM NORTH PATAGONIA | photo of the day
this spring, a rainy spring. El niño is favored to start by year’s end and last into spring 2015. . And our river, called Quillahue, is full of water.
NOTHOFAGUS & SPRING SNOW | new greens + BW
Spring in north patagonia seem the half way to greens All Nothofagus that turn in reds are with a new green. A brilliant, intense new green. The monochromes seem to be so far. Seems araucarias turn darker against the whites of winter. So, this year, El Niño rain and snow was expected. Seem was a…
COMUNICATION | just a forest wifi
internet didn’t work for a month, anyway we have the conection with the forest .
PATAGONIA IN MACRO | frozen reds
Berberis, Escallonias, Nothofagus in the dryest area of the valley. the forest is less than a kilometre, but here autumn is not just about red in patagonia forests.
LEGUMINOSAE | Adesmia parvifolia
Prostrate perennial herb formin a low mat to 40cm across (usually much less).Leaves to 10mm long, very variable, glabrous to pubescent, with 3-4 pairs of leafleats, 1.5-2.5mm long.Flowers 9-15mm, white, rose,blue or yellowwith violet lines, axilary, held just above the foliage; calyx variable, glabrous to pubescent, with teeth along and acute, equal to longer than…
STAGES FOR PLANTS | last lights over patagonia volcanoes
Travel to patagonia is not just to see and enjoy its incredible flora To think in our flora is to think in the mountains where they grow. Seems, as part of an indivisible system, our volcanos from patagonia, and our flora, evolved together. So, was neccesary to share these horizons, made of the inner fire…
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS | time for wilderness, time for technology
Analogic information about sun, mountains, snow, wind, plants, efforts, joy, turns into pixels, html, kml, Winter time is for indoors digital work Winter time is for fixing photographs. study, write here. To learn about technology apps, software. Try one, other, and other till you find the one that works in the way you need when…
ASTERACEAE | Mutisias !
M. decurrens | Rhizomatous, scandent subshrub with branched stems. Leaves 55-100 x 8-20, alternate, sessile, lanceolate, terminating in a large bifid tendril, glabrous on both surfaces or tomentose on the under surface. Capitula large, solitary, apical, with well-developed peduncles; involucre campanulate, 25-38 long, 12-20 ,, wide with numerous bracts in 4-5 series, 10-15 marginal flowers,…
COMPOSITAE | Leucheria candidissima
Small, acaulous, rosetted, rhizomatous perennial herb. Leaves 2.5 – 6.5 long including petiole, densely tormentose, deeply pinnasect with 5-7 pairs of linear-lanceolate segments, entire or with a few teeth, terminal segment linear or lanceolate. Capitula solitary, involucra hemispherical, 8-9 mm long, 12-14 mm wide with bract in 2 series, lanceolate, acute, densely tomentose, flowers white…
PATAGONIA WILDFLOWERS SOCIAL MEDIA | names & links to enjoy patagonia and its flora
Google+ recomend to create a new page, cause my activities changed. During these years my work as trekking guide, as you can see in www.amulei.blogspot.com.ar but all grow in other interesting activity … botanical tours Very similar in some way, cause during the trekking we intend to understand that perfect system which is our landscape, North patagonia mountains……
SEEDS | maturing in spring light
these photographs, are one of the favs. Was a sunny day, plus the light the snow reflected. so, araucarias details were so clear. Belong to my previous blog, but i like them so much that decided to share them again. Was the year we had extraordinary masting. The more important in 30 years, sayed the experts…
RANUNCULACEAE | Ranunculus semiverticillatus, la Flor de Seda
Rizomatous herbaceous perennial with reddish-purple stems, 5- 20 cm high. Leaves to 7 cm across, fleshy, glabrous, divided, forming many, narrow, acute lobes. glaucous-green to reddish-purple. Flowers silky white, occasionally pink,usually solitary, large, 3-5 cm across on short peduncles, 3 cm long; 5 sepals;10-20 tepals; 50-65 stamens;50-65 pistils.* Flowering in september, to January, are one…
CHENQUE CO FOREST | just turn green
In Chenque co, one of our mountains sorrounding Moquehue. Guess the one i like most. Awaterfall in the heavily wooded dark side of that mountain. Nothofagus pumilio, N. dombeyii and Araucarias desing the canopy in this green gallery.
SOUTHERN LINES | mythical walls, circles on the ground
Searching for some circles a friend told me, had a lucky moment. Fitz roy. These walls were visible for the firts time in several days. we know where we are so, feel lucky. Finally find the circles. also you can see themfrom google earth.
IRIDACEAE | olsynium & sisirynchium against you
May be you have a wrong idea about botanical guides May be something like.. incredible, elegant, full of glamour and style, funny, gorgeous and exceptionally amazing image , envied by the mountain guides (also the birdwatching guides)… true. but just one simple thing can to it knocked down… the southern winds. Any guide as I did, can stay more…
PATAGONIA DETAILS | wildflowers photography
some macros of this last spring in patagonia.
INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDENER | great to read about our botanical trip!
Today had a really great surprise,The Scottish Rock Garden Club shared a link about their e-mag, and pics of Araucarias & Violas @patagonia_flora SA pix from emag International Rock Gardener March21014 http://t.co/nX8hSK5xRG to download #alpine pic.twitter.com/aL3icB9bVM — The Scottish Rock (@ScottishRockGC) julio 8, 2014 I cant belive when i read: it contained two reports of…
ARAUCARIACEAE | canopy design for our north patagonia forests
Our mixed forests or pure, near the steppe areas. in Moquehue you can see Nothofagus ( N. pumilio, N. dombeyii, N. antarctica and N. obliqua)sharing the areas from the bottom of the valleys to the timberline in 1700m in the mountains that sorround the valleys. must come to see them
EARLY DUSK | few hours when you live in a deep valley
in autumn. one thing i miss when i came here to live was to live into an open place, with long dawnings. in five minutes you are in t-shirt but quicky must to search for something else, and head lamp also. but anyway we have some minutes like these. when the sun sets behind El…
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