Quito Area

  • Hilton View
    Hilton View
    At 9,350 feet on the Equator, the weather is pleasant year round.
    Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mexican Bush Sage
    Mexican Bush Sage
    Salvia leucantha - we hired a local guide to take us around for a couple of days.
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chinchin
    Chinchin
    Senna multiglandulosa
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brazilian Giant-rhubarb
    Brazilian Giant-rhubarb
    Gunnera manicata
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Protea Flower
    Protea Flower
    Leucospermum species - I can't find the species name for this one.
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red Angel's Trumpet
    Red Angel's Trumpet
    Brugmansia sanguinea
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pond
    Pond
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid
    Orchid
    Coilostylis parkinsonianum - no common name that I can find.
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid
    Orchid
    In the Cattleya family.
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bromeliads
    Bromeliads
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid
    Orchid
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Begonia 'Escargot'
    Begonia 'Escargot'
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid
    Orchid
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid
    Orchid
    Stanhopea embreei
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bromeliad
    Bromeliad
    Aechmea fasciata
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hydrangia
    Hydrangia
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rose
    Rose
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pitcher Plant
    Pitcher Plant
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pitcher Plant
    Pitcher Plant
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pitcher Plant
    Pitcher Plant
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Princess Flower
    Princess Flower
    Tibouchina urvilleana
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Flower
    Unknown Flower
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Peruvian Fuschia
    Peruvian Fuschia
    Fuchsia corymbiflora
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Calla Lily
    Calla Lily
    Zantedeschia aethiopica
    Botanical Garden, Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Indigenous Lady
    Indigenous Lady
    Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • La Basilica
    La Basilica
    Construction began in 1883 and is still incomplete.
    Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • La Basilica
    La Basilica
    The largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas.
    Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • La Basilica
    La Basilica
    Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • La Basilica
    La Basilica
    Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • La Basilica
    La Basilica
    Quito, Ecuador, March 3, 2009
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    Larry L. Jackson