Frailejon flowers from Ocetá's Paramo

Camilo Arias Ruiz

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This flowers are from an endemic plant, Espeletia sp. or "frailejon", commonly named by local people.
Frailejon lives in the high Andes mountains in an ecosystem called Páramo.
In Colombia, the Paramo is threated by climate change, extensive agriculture and raising cattle.

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Type Image Format JPG Size 4.1 MB Width 3648 px Height 2736 px Aspect 4:3 Brand Panasonic Model DMC-FS5 Exposure 5 mm f/4 1/250 s ISO 100 Taken 26 May 2013 Coordinates 5.7369, -72.8293 Tint Brownish black Submitted 22 February 2017