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Peru plants most at Machu Picchu. Need to know what they are.

comments (5) December 30th, 2009 in gallery

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Orange plant at Machu Picchu in Peru
This plant in Lima, Peru
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Orange plant at Machu Picchu in Peru

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Hello. I went to Peru and took lots of photos of plants but I have no idea what they are and really need to to be able to submit them to a stock photo site. any help is greatly appricieated.

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RT_Scapes writes: Hi Sharkamonkey,
No idea on the first; the second is commonly known as a croton; I agree that the third is a fern; the fourth is an orchid, some species of Sobralia; and I agree that the fifth is a begonia. Peru sounds like a great place to do some botanical hunting (of the photographic kind, of course). Posted: 11:51 pm on January 4th
RT_Scapes writes: Hi Sharkamonkey,
No idea on the first; the second is commonly known as a croton; I agree that the third is a fern; the fourth is an orchid, some species of Sobralia; and I agree that the fifth is a begonia. Peru sounds like a great place to do some botanical hunting (of the photographic kind, of course). Posted: 11:50 pm on January 4th
DuHamel writes: The last one is definitely in the Begonia family, but I couldn't tell ya which specific name or variety. Posted: 3:09 pm on January 4th
lonelyfirefly writes: The long leaf with the dots looks like a (very) large hart's tongue or bird's nest type of fern...I'm not familiar with South American plants, but those dots look like fern spores to me. The latin name might be Asplenium nidus - apparently, in its tropical habitat, its fronds (which are not divided like most ferns) can reach up to four feet in length... But there must be many more ferns that I've never heard of there, so this is just a guess on my part. Posted: 9:54 pm on December 31st
sharkamonkey writes: I think the thin leaves with yellow, orange, red and black on them is a Dracaena Marginata (Dracaena marginata). But I am not sure. Posted: 6:33 pm on December 30th
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