Part One

View at Santa Elena

Descending into the cloud/rain forest.

Quito to Mashpi, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Mainstreet

Pacto, Quito to Mashpi, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Raw Sugar

Pacto Loma, Quito to Mashpi, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Dining

This shockingly beautiful dining room was the first of many surprises at this wonderful accommodation in the rain forest.

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Library

Ownership bought the property to preserve a large piece of rainforest.  Unfortunately, other areas of the rainforest are being lost to commercial use.

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Room #24

Very comfortable, private room with a view of the rain forest.

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Bathroom

Room #24, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Room #24

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Yellow Walking Iris

Neomarica longifolia

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Tayra

Eira barbara

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Tayra

Eira barbara

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Tayra

Eira barbara

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View

Feeding perch loaded with ripe bananas is just a small part of the life center activity.

Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022

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Crimson-rumped Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus haematopygus

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Black-cheeked Woodpecker female

Melanerpes pucherani

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Pale-mandibled Aracari

Pteroglossus erythropygius

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Choco Toucan

Ramphastos brevis

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Long-wattled Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus penduliger - young male with a short wattle.

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Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

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Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

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Flame-rumped Tanager

Ramphocelus flammigerus

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Purple Quail-Dove

Geotrygon purpurata

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Estuardo & Orchids

Telling us about how an orchid collection is preserved here.

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Orchid

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Orchid

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Owl Butterfly Caterpillar

Caligo eurilochus

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Owl Butterfly Caterpillar

Caligo eurilochus

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Owl Butterfly Caterpillar juveniles

Caligo eurilochus

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Orange Tiger Chrysalis

Tithorea harmonia

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Caterpillar

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Caterpillars

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False Zebra Longwing

Heliconius atthis

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Rusty-tipped Page Butterfly

Siproeta epaphus

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Rusty-tipped Page Butterfly

Siproeta epaphus

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Spotted Glass Wing Butterfly

Metona grandiosa

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Menapis Tigerwing

Mechanitis menapis

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Owl Butterfly

Caligo eurilochus

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Choco Toucans

Ramphastos brevis

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Cachabi Robber Frog

Pristimantis achatinus

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Derby's Wooly Opossum

Caluromys derbianus

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Labiated Treefrog

Pristimantis labiosus

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Spiny Dwarf-Iguana

Enyalioides heterolepis

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Birdeater Tarantula juvenile

Pamphbeteus species

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Spider

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Armored Harvestman

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Armored Harvestman

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Parrot Anole

Anolis chloris

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Millipede

Barydesmus species

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Choco Rainfrog

Pristimantis latidiscus

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Choco Rainfrog

Pristimantis latidiscus - another coloration.

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Weevil

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Whip Scorpion

Amblypygi

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Grasshopper

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Dead Leaf Katydid

Orophus tessellatus

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Stick Insect

Pseudophasma bispinosa

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Walking Stick

Phasmatodea

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Popelair's Megasnail

Megalobulimus popelairianus

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Boot Rack

A necessity for walks and trails.

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Peace Lily

Spathiphyllum cannifolium

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Trumpet Tree Leaf

Cecropia obtusifolia

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Trumpet Tree Leaf

Cecropia obtusifolia

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Orchid Station

There are only 4 baskets on the gondola line with the ability to stop along the way for viewing.  What a treat and a surprise to find such an elaborate way to see the rainforest.

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Basket

Orchid Station, Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Basket View

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Basket View

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Basket View

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Glass Frog Trail

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False Coffee

Faramea multiflora

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Fern Crook

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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False Coffee Flowers

Faramea multiflora

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Froggy Umbrella

Selaginella species

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Monkey's Tail

Anthurium species

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Bromeliad

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Eschweilera rimachii

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Unknown Flower

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Glass Frog Falls

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Trail Ladder

Surprising, but needed to get from the trail down to the stream and waterfall.  It would have been interesting to see how the ladder got here.

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Glass Frog Falls

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Glass Frog Falls

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Estuardo, Boe & Ryan

Taking a dip is supposed to take 20 years off your age.

Glass Frog Falls, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Unknown Flower

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Unknown Flower

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Leaf Beetle

Euryceraea wagneri - Estuardo has an app on his phone that identifies a lot of what we were seeing, very handy.

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Andean Tiger Beetle

Pseudoxycheila chaudoiri - fast moving little predator.

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Froggy Hand Clubmoss

Selaginella species

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Froggy Hand Clubmoss

Selaginella species - another patch of the moss.

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Bromeliad

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Hispid Leaf Beetle

Alurnus costalis

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Fungus

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Unknown Toad

Very small.

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Laguna River tributary

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Elephant Ear

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Gesneriad

Tower 4, Dragonfly Gondola Line, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Bromeliad

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Unknown Flower

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Bromeliad

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Purple-throated Fruitcrow female

Querula purpurata

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Trumpet Tree

Cecropia species

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Trumpet Tree

Cecropia species

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Magnolia

Magnolia mashpi

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Unknown Flower

Our guides suggested that this flowering plant is a parasite.

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Elephant Ear

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

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Brazilian Red Cloak

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys

Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Psammisia aberrans

I can find no common name.

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Climbing Vine & Moss

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Unknown Flower

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Unknown Flower

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Viewing Platform

Just another feature that shows the depth of planning.

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Unknown Plant

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Orchid

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Scarlet Star Bromeliad

Guzmania dissitifflora

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Scarlet Star Bromeliad

Guzmania dissitifflora

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Beautiful Sobralia

Sobralia decora

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Big Leaves

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Unknown

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Unknown

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Tree Fern

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Mashpi Columnea

Columnea floribunda

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Big Leaves

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Impatiens

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Tower View

Sky Bike, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Judy & Jim

The person in the back peddles one direction, then the chairs rotate and the other person peddles on the return.

Sky Bike, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022

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Scarlet Star Bromeliad

Guzmania dissitifflora

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Creek

We walked the shallow creek looking for frogs and other interesting night life.

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Mashpi Glassfrog

Hyloscirtus mashpi - very recently identified.

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Mashpi Glassfrog

Hyloscirtus mashpi

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Mashpi Glassfrog

Hyloscirtus mashpi

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Stick Insect

Phasmid - possibly Pseudophasma bispinosa.

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Waterfall Frog

Sachatamia orejuela - looks like the frog is regrowing a toe.

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Waterfall Frog

Sachatamia orejuela

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Labiated Treefrog

Pristimantis labiosus

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Emerald Glassfrog

Espadarana prosoblepon

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Stick Insect

Phasmids mating.

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Cricket

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Wasp Nest

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