Flowers from the Bellavista Reserve, July 2014

unidentified – please leave any suggestions in the comments.

unidentified – please leave any suggestions in the comments.

This wild orchid is related to the plant that produces vanilla. Crytochilum serratum

Flor de Cristo is the common name for orchids of the same shape but in a myriad of colors.

unidentified – please leave any suggestions in the comments.

The original potato can be found many places in the wilds of the Andes Mountains.

A fuschia – most likely a variety that was introduced but has now taken off in the wild.

unidentified – please leave any suggestions in the comments.

unidentified – please leave any suggestions in the comments.

A spray of orchids in the afternoon gloom of cloud forest.

A hydrangea in the wild.

This orchid isn’t in my book though that shouldn’t be surprising as Ecuador has over 4000 varieties.

A spray of Cyrtochilum serratum.

This is one of several varieties of flowers called Flor de Cristo – an orchid belonging to the Epidendrum family.

This one of several varieties of Chine de Caballo. Birds with specialized beaks remove nectar by piercing the back end of the flower.

Floripondio – a large bell shaped flower that has an hallucinogenic effect similar to Datura.

Campanita (Little Bells)

Wild chytochilum seratum, often called the Saw Toothed Flower in English.

Wild Asters – from the ASTERACEAE family.

Do you recognize salvia in the wild?

unidentified – please leave any suggestions in the comments.

A variety of Elderberry – possibly Sambucus peruaviana or Sumbucus nigra