RE: South American Botanical Spots
- Subject: RE: South American Botanical Spots
- From: Jason D j*@yahoo.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:08:42 -0800 (PST)
Fray Jorge National Park in Chile has always appealed
to me for that fantasy of a trip I would like to take.
It's a kind of medit-climate cloud forest where
rainfall is limited to 113mm/year, but fog drip ups
the moisture to more like 800-1000mm/year.
http://www.gochile.cl/eng/Guide/ChileNationalParks/BosqueFrayJorge/Bosque-Fray-Jorge-1.asp
Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Hi Glenn,
>
> On BIRDCHAT recently, Wim Vader of Norway has been
> recounting his recent trip to
> South America. Although the focus is on birds, he
> does talk about places and
> plants and perhaps an email to him might generate
> some leads.
>
> The archives can be found at
> http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html.
> Select 'November 2003, week 2' for his messages
> called 'S. America glimpses'.
> His email address is in the messages.
>
> Cheers,
> Bracey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Breayley [v*@iafrica.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 10:14 PM
> To: medit-plants
> Subject: South American Botanical Spots
>
>
> Hi All
> I'm doing a South American trip next southern
> autumn. Going hiking in the
> Torres del Paines Park in Patagonia first then
> starting in Ushuaia at the
> bottom end of Tierra del Fuego & travelling up the
> line of the Andes
> through Chile to Peru & Bolivia. If anyone has any
> recommendations for any
> interesting parks or botanical spots in this region
> I'd be very interested
> in hearing about them.
>
> Regards
>
> Glenn Breayley. Valhalla Bromeliads.
> Box 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown.
> South Africa. 021 7904253
> valhalla@iafrica.com
>
