Nevado Veronica

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... from Cerro Machu Picchu.

10 June 2011.

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Love the... THING... left foreground!

Voted 10/10

What an unusual-looking plant! Reminds me of the old sci-fi movie, "Day of the Triffids".

Thanks for sharing,

Big Lew

Posted Jan 14, 2012 6:31 pm


	rgg	Re: Love the... THING... left foreground!
	Hasn't voted	And it was a big plant too, taller than me. I'm not all that good at determining plants, I'm afraid. It was on top of Cerro Machu Picchu (in case you want to have a look for yourself ;-)). On a serious note, this is at just over 3000m, which means that the vegetation is already a lot thinner than way down in the valley. Perhaps there a botanist around who can tell us what it is.
		Posted Jan 15, 2012 4:13 pm


	nartreb	Re: Love the... THING... left foreground!
	Hasn't voted	That's (the flower spike of) a bromeliad ... distantly related to agave. This one is in genus Puya, but I don't know the species. I took these photos inside the ruins of Machu Picchu, only a few strides from the main entrance:
		Posted Jan 17, 2012 10:13 pm


	rgg	Re: Love the... THING... left foreground!
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for the name. It's obviously the same genus, and, from the looks of it, quite likely the same species. I don't recall seeing it near the entrance though, only on Cerro Machu Picchu.
		Posted Jan 18, 2012 1:16 am