Hi all I have added close to 30 Lepanthes species new to IOSPE from Colombia. Check them out on the "L" page. Anyone who has any ideas as to what species they may be please contact me offlist. Please copy the number as well as the descriptive line so we can ID the right one. Please include any references that may apply. I will have photos of my recent Colombia trip up soon which will include many upclose condor photos. The Colombian park service employees were nice enough to put viscera out to bring them down close so we could photograph them. The giant birds were less than 30 feet away from us and it was incredible to watch them pick away at their food. It was interesting and damn cold to spend the 2 days at 12,000' [3900 m], encounterring hundreds of miniature cold growing orchids in the Pleurothallidinae at every turn. We were in the Paramo the entire time and the sun only made one short-lived early morning appearance. The rest of the time we were inside the cloud, getting wet and cold. The average temperature in the day was about 45 degrees and at night about 35. We were wet the entire time as just walking around got you wet even though it was not raining directly most of the time. I will have the trip photos worked out soon! Happy growing! Jay _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
