Medellin – Wet and humid
Arrived today in Medellin after a long flight from Sweden with Alexandre Antonelli via Paris and Bogota. Tomorrow we are going to the Choco region north of Bahia Solano – Colombia.
No idea if they have a internet connection there. But I will try to update as soon as I can! Now a few hour sleep.
First view of Colombia. Mountains east of the Santa Marta mountains. Border to Venezuela.
Colombia 2013
Tomorrow I am off to Colombia. I will go with some researchers from the Botanical gardens in Gothenburg. My job there will be to take photos/film the trip and field work collecting DNA samples, plants etc. We will start with Choco and then go to higher altitudes north and south of Medellin.
Hopefully I will be able to update this blog and my “orchid hunting” blog.
See you soon!
Me in search for orchids
Looking for orchids in Costa Rica – A short film
Just a short film from my trip to Costa Rica in 2010.
Stelis species – Costa Rica
Unknown Stelis species – Costa Rica.
This is a nice little hairy Stelis species that is found in humid rainforests in Costa Rica. It´s pitty that all Stelis sp have been neglected for a long time. So many nice little species but not much effort is done to describe them all.
I have many species in my vivaria but not many of them have a name. Sad. I hope this will be different in the future.
This sp is 3,5 – 4 mm in size. Flowers a lot and it flowers for several months. Like many other Stelis sp thay prefer very humid conditions to open up it´s flowers. So no fog, no flowers.
Temperatures in my vivaria now in winter is: Min temp +10°C to Max temp +19°C. Good air circulation and lot´s of humidity.
Stelis species – Costa Rica
Stelis species – Costa Rica
Stelis species – Costa Rica
This page will be in Swedish as it´s info for my photo exhibition at the Botanical Garden in Gothenburg/Sweden.
Miniorkidéer – Molnskogens juveler.
Min utställning på Botaniska trädgården i Göteborg pågår 2 -24 mars. Jag kommer finnas på plats alla helgerna plus ett par vardagar i veckan.
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Vill du köpa en eller flera av dessa bilder, kontakta mig så hör jag av mig med priser etc.(adressen finns längst ner på den här sidan).
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My “Orchid Photo” -exhibition at the Botanical Gardens – Gothenburg, Sweden.
My “Orchid Photo” -exhibition at the Botanical Gardens – Gothenburg, Sweden.
My “Orchid Photo” -exhibition at the Botanical Gardens – Gothenburg, Sweden.
Unknown Lepanthes species
This is a tiny Lepanthes species comes from Cerro de la Muerte in Costa Rica. It grows at about 2700 meters.
The ID is unknown. It looks like L acostae, L blepharistes, L mentosa but there are some details that don´t match those species. Would like to show this species to Luer.
The flowers are 4-5 mm. It needs a lot of humidity and cool nights. I grow this on Xaxim.
Lepanthes sp
Lepanthes sp
Unknown Acronia species
At first we thaught this plant was Acronia homalantha, but Mark Wilson think it could be something else. I will continue to seek info about the ID of this species. It´s a lovely species that grows fast. I grow this sp in my vivaria. So it gets the same temperatures as all the other plants there.
Also here you can see a picture how I grow this species and some other orchids etc. The Xaxim branch is covered with Lepanthes sp, Stelis sp, Masdevallia sp, Pleurothallis sp, moss and ferns…and some other unknown plants.
Now in winter: Min temp +10°C to Max temp +19°C. Lot´s of humidity.
Pleurothallis(Acronia) sp
Pleurothallis(Acronia) sp
Pleurothallis(Acronia) sp
