guatemalan plants

Strange-looking plants seen at the nursery

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Guatemala is certainly rich when it comes to flora and fauna. Here’s a really strange-looking plant that I found at Vivero La Escalonia recently. Does anyone know what it is? Update: Andrée Laganière added the following on Facebook — It’s an aristolochia, also known as Dutch pipe. I have some of those malevolent-looking flowers in … Read more

Guateflora: Orejas de Elefante

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These mammoth green leaves are known as Quequeshque or Orejas de Elefante, Elephant Ears, in Guatemala because of its gigantic size. The quequeshque leaves size, of course, is not apparently obvious if they are presented like in the image above, without a point of reference. So, if you want to have an idea of the … Read more