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Among the most exotic limestone specialists is the tropical ladyslipper orchid, Phragmipedium pearcei. It grows close to the water's edge on bare or moss-covered limestone.
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Phragmipedium pearcei forms enormous colonies along the Rio Anzu, where many plants are periodically submerged by floodwaters. The plants are not damnaged by these immersions.
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This Costus species is a striking member of the forest understory flora.
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Another member of the understory flora. Maybe Zinziberaceae or Marantaceae.
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A spectacular Heliconia species. |
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We need you to help us buy the tracts connecting the Rio Anzu canyon to the nearby Los Llanganates National Park, while these tracts are still available and forested. Donations for this purpose are urgently needed. Our partners in the US and UK are the Orchid Conservation Alliance, the World Land Trust (US) and World Land Trust (UK). All are registered charities in their respective countries and donations made to them for EcoMinga are tax-deductible. We are also now participants in the Orchid Conservation Coalition's "1% for Conservation" program. Write these foundations directly to make donations, and write me for more information:
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