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Wilfrid Laurier Herbarium (Biology)
Peru 2007
Sep 7/07
street in San Blas, Cusco
Cantua buxifolia, the national flower of Peru
Puya sp. & terases at Tipon
Cuscuta grandiflora growing on Schinus molle
Efficient fence protection against intruders
One of the national delicacies: roasted cuy (guinea pig)
Best cake ever! Made from "aguaymanto" (Physalis peruviana)
undergrad students working really hard on their individual projects in the CUZ herbarium
Cytisus scoparius at dawn
Girl that I sneaked a picture off while she was showing me her woven bracelets
Ausangate in the distance
1st day on Inca Trail: Tillandsia usneoides
Brugmansia spp. - halluciongenic or natural pesticide
the easy-to-remember-orchid - Aa rosei
part of the Veronica Nevado seen from the trail
La Cochinilla (Dactylopius spp.) on Opuntia lvs- gives one of the oldest known dyes (purple)
stone walls with bromelias
night coming in the mountains
on the road again - forests of Polylepis
mountains shining in the night
first touch of sun: Sayaqmarka
Under-the- water-like: lichens, Sphagnum sp., little ferns
baked by Chapulin at 3 am on a gas stove!
food served on the top of the mountain
Llama Path team: Celso, Chapulin, Santos, Sexto, Valvino, Florencio, Timoteo
spadix detail previous araceae
Inca terases at Yunkapata
Winaywayna lost in the mist
Escher-like but Inca made (Macchu Picchu)
smoldering mountains & Sobralia seen from Macchu Picchu
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