Quito Area

Hilton View

At 9,350 feet on the Equator, the weather is pleasant year round.

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Mexican Bush Sage

Salvia leucantha - we hired a local guide to take us around for a couple of days.

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Chinchin

Senna multiglandulosa

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Brazilian Giant-rhubarb

Gunnera manicata

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Protea Flower

Leucospermum species - I can't find the species name for this one.

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Red Angel's Trumpet

Brugmansia sanguinea

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Pond

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Orchid

Coilostylis parkinsonianum - no common name that I can find.

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Orchid

In the Cattleya family.

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Bromeliads

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Orchid

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Begonia 'Escargot'

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Orchid

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Orchid

Stanhopea embreei

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Bromeliad

Aechmea fasciata

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Hydrangia

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Rose

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Pitcher Plant

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Pitcher Plant

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Pitcher Plant

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Princess Flower

Tibouchina urvilleana

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Unknown Flower

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Peruvian Fuschia

Fuchsia corymbiflora

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Calla Lily

Zantedeschia aethiopica

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Indigenous Lady

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La Basilica

Construction began in 1883 and is still incomplete.

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La Basilica

The largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas.

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La Basilica

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La Basilica

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La Basilica

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La Basilica

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Inca Grain Storage

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Mary

A 7,000 piece aluminum statue.

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Mision Geodesica

Unfortunately, the structure was being cleaned when we visited.

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Malay Apple Flowers

Syzygium malaccense

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Volcano Crater

Back on the mainland after the Galapagos part of the trip.

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Unknown Flower

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Unknown Flower

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Columbian Blue Ivy Sage

Salvia scutellarioides

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Banana Passion Flower

Passiflora mollisima

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Trailing Lantana

Lantana montevidensis

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Debbie and Cable Basket

Our ride across the valley into the reserve.

Mindo Reserve, Ecuador, March 12, 2009

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Cable Basket Engine

4 cylinder automobile engine and transmission used to power the cable car.

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Cable Basket View

Cloud Forest.

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Emerging Leaf

Philodendron verrucosum

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Trail

We should have realized that the trail was hard when our guide didn't come along.

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Fern Leaves

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Nambillo Falls

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Flowering Plant

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Bridge

Nambillo Falls, Mindo Reserve, Ecuador, March 12, 2009

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