Travel highlights 2010 to 2020

In this post I will look back at some of my plant travel highlights from the past decade. Whilst we can’t go where we want to, whilst this awful pandemic continues, we can dream of future travels during lockdown. I have been very lucky to have travelled to some amazing places from 2010 to 2020,…

Puya clava-herculis and the Parque Nacional Cajas.

The Cajas National Park is located just outside the UNESCO world Heritage Site, the city of Cuenca in Ecuador. Although no llamas were seen, many Puya clava-herculis, arguably one of the most impressive plants in the park, were spotted. The foliage of this bromeliad (member of the pineapple family Bromeliaceae), are covered in razor sharp barbs.  The flower…