I'll have to break up the fotos of our weekend in a small part of the Sierra Norte (one of 8 regions of Oaxaca). Starting with the fotos of plants, flowers, árboles...because soy Daniela in case you don't even know me... any of my friends with better botanical skills than me (not hard), feel free to comment on any identifications!!! Some of the foto are courtesy of Leigh because I was on a horse or my version of the foto did not come out, I'll note this in the captions. Otherwise all the fotos are mine. Que distruten!!
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| the orange flowers are that of Kniphofia uvaria ("torcha" or "bandera española") in front of three pines- the lower ramas (branches) of the pinos have been cut so that the corn fields are not too shaded. |
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on a road side on the way to a granja. I think it is escaped cielo azul (Vinca major) |
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| La flor de alcatraz or cartuche (Zantedeschia aethiopica; cala lily), a lot of these are farmed here, destined for mercados. I saw at least one field of them growing but my foto was rather crap of that field....this one was escaped and growing on the side of the path |
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| These utterly massive magueys are planted at the edges of terrenos (fields) to demarcate one neighbor's land from the next and to keep farm animals from crossing from one field to the next. |
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| foto by Leigh Needleman! We're not quite sure what the species of agave is-- maybe Agave salmiana |
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| They have these enormously tall and beautiful quiotes (flowering stalks), with yellow to red flowers-- utterly brilliant |
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| Locally, they call these margarton-- like margaritas but BIG |
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| Hierba de golpe (’oo li’ loo tii, Oenothera rosea)-- this is a medicinally used plant. Also just a really striking wildflower |
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| Hierba de golpe is used externally (as a plaster) and internally as a tea for any and all kinds of skin wounds as well as internal issues like stomach aches, heartburn, sore throat, etc. It's also called yerba cólico... |
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| I was super excited to see this-- Lobelia laxiflora (Chilpanxochitl)! I was like ooh!oh!oh! This is a lobelia!! And native to Mexico! |
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| At first I thought this was a penstemon but the leaves were all wrong, so instead now I think it is Salvia species (stolonifera? coccinea?) (mirto rojo, also flor de colibrí or flor de Jericó). Such a brilliant red!! |
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| No idea whatsoever about what this cheerful asteraceae is... |
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| bromeliad epiphytes - "magueyitos" in local terms although they are not at all maguey - in an encino (oak); photo by Leigh Needleman. There were soooo many bromeliads in this tree and they are so brightly colored that it looked like a decorated christmas tree! |
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| Leigh also took this foto because I was up on the horse-- "Leigh! This blue flower!!!" I think this is a species of Sisyrinchium, blue eyed grass (that's not a grass) but I don't know what spp |
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foto by Leigh Needleman
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| Foto by Leigh. The rosett |
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| Simply called "espina" by our guide, I have no idea what this is. Silver flowerheads though. Super cool. EDITED TO SAY: I think this is a Eryngium spp., a hierba del sapo |
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| have no idea what this is, but it's such a great color!!! |
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| thistle with maguey in the background |
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| it took us awhile but eventually we realized these were the flowers of an orchid in the tree! Photo by Leigh Needleman |
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| this and the next are fotos of a succulent in someone's front yard, couldn't resist these colores |
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| uuuufff .... la luz! los colores! succulent flowers |
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| tuna!!! that is, the fruit of a nopal cactus! |
Now some plants with evening light/sunset in the background- ja! not too shabby...
This post ended up being longer than I thought! uuuuuuuuppppsss! Buenas noches!!
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