Pictures from Pereira, Colombia

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All images are the property of Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.com, copyright 2007. Contact me regarding use and reproduction.

These " Pictures from Pereira, Colombia " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.

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Vine growing up a moss-covered tree trunk Umbrella leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya Bromeliads blanketing a canopy tree in the Andean montane forest Rainforest vegetation Young heliconia plant Young heliconia plant Purple flowers Bromeliad in the Andean montane forest of Colombia Nephila spider in the Colombia Andes Agricultural burning near Pereira Yellow bird Canopy tree laden with hundreds of epiphytes American Bison (Bison bison) Forest fragment near Santuario Otún Quimbaya / Parque Ucumarí / Refugio La Pastora Palm leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya Large leaf Flowers in Santuario Otún Quimbaya White moth Santuario Otún Quimbaya forest Big leaf in Santuario Otún Quimbaya Heliconius butterfly in Santuario Otún Quimbaya

Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings Red and yellow Heliconia Bromeliad in a Colombian cloud forest Cloud forest in Colombia Red and yellow bromeliad in Colombia Red and yellow bromeliads Leaf of a rainforest shrub The shallow root structure of a canopy tree Forest of Santuario Otún Quimbaya Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) in Colombia Otún river Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach Creek leading to a waterfall at Santuario Otún Quimbaya Fuschia-colored flowers in Colombia Black and orange butterfly White fungi on a rainforest tree trunk Umbrella leaf Creek in Santuario Otún Quimbaya Canopy trees with white leaves Otún river Daddy longlegs in the Colombian rainforest Purple and yellow flowers Yellow beetle climbing a blade of grass Yellow and purple orchid Giant bamboo at the botanical gardens in Pereira Bamboo sprouting from the forest floor Orange palm fruit Orange Heliconia Black, blue, and orange butterfly Orange palm fruit Colombian montane forest Large green umbrella leaf purple-pink banana flower Red epiphytic plants growing out of a rotting log Giant bamboo in Colombia Bamboo thicket in Colombia Light yellow mushrooms in Colombia Orange Heliconia