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Keywords: Asteraceae | Espeletiopsis corymbosa (Humb. & Bonpl.) Cuatrec. | Cerro de Usaquén, Bogotá, Colombia
Another thank you to Andreas of Bogotá (aka Quimbaya@Flickr) for sharing images of plants from Colombia (original). This photograph is part of a set that Andreas has assembled on Cerro de Usaquén. Much appreciated!
I had a difficult time discovering any information about this genus of plants until I broadened my search a little bit and learned that the genus Espeletiopsis (and 7 other related genera) were all once lumped under the genus name Espeletia. That led to discovering this site by Dr. Jason Rauscher, The Espeletia Page. Dr. Rauscher has written a brilliant introduction to this fascinating group of plants. Some tidbits: most of these plants grow in tropical montane regions with the growth form of a giant rosette. The height of plants in these genera range from small rosettes measuring only 5 cm high to the tallest plants in the local landscape at over 5 m. Photographs of some of these giant relatives of today's Espeletiopsis corymbosa can also be found on Dr. Rauscher's site in this gallery of images.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at January 21, 2007 12:00 AM
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Posted by: dale hinton at January 21, 2007 1:19 AM
Love the poetry! thanks.
Posted by: Behty Harrison at January 21, 2007 5:32 AM
Any idea where I can get seeds/ small Esepletia plants in USA? Thanks, David Lyman
Posted by: David Lyman at November 8, 2007 7:16 PM
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Espeletia
Found in south Australia
And Sonoria?