Friday, October 9, 2015

Some days in the Cerrado Highlands

01 - Alto Paraiso

Arriving in Alto Paraiso…

02 - Alto Paraiso - São Jorge

03 - Peroba do Cerrado

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NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE

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15 Eugenia sp

Unknown Eugenia sp.

u16 Pedra da Baleia

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MAROLO DO CERRADO – Annona coriacea

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22 Sucupira

SUCUPIRA TREE

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25 Vale da Lua

MOON VALLEY. Amazing place of volcanic lava rocks.

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Unknown

28 Lippia sp.

Lippia sp.

30 Ocotea sp may be

Lauraceae family, may be;

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45 Pavonia sp

Pavonia sp.

31 Grama Cristal32

“Crystal Grass”

33 Vale da Lua

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Carlo´s sculpture.

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Unknown

51 Orquidea

Terrestrial orchid.

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Secondary road

55 Almecegas

Almecegas Falls.

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Sandy trail

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Buriti Palms

59 Canela de Ema - Velloozia substipulata

Canela de Ema, Vellozia sp

60 Pinherinho - Lippia sp

Unknown

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65 Bromelia

Bromeliaceae sp.

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Malpighiaceae sp.

68 Marmelo do Cerrado - Alibertia edulis

Marmelo do cerrado, Alibertia edulis.

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72 Unknown

Unknown.

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Unknown

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Caju do Cerrado, Anacardium humilis

77 Almecegas 1 a

Almecegas I Falls, 70 meters tall

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See the people at the top to have an idea of this magnificent place!

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Top of the falls

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Unknown

92 Mimosa regina

I felt in love with this one: Mimosa regina

93 Mimosa regina

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Amazing to see so many flowers, fruits and green at the end of the dry season, 4 months without a drop of rain, as we can see in this lake

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Beautiful Malpighiaceas sp.

104 Melastomataceae sp.

Melastomatacea sp.

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Sandy Rd.

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Myrtaceae sp.

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Unknown

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Unknown, beautiful star alike flowers

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Unknown

139 Unknwon

Unknown

140 Melastomataceae

Unknown

116 Mimosa regina

Mimosa regina again

119 Marmelo do Cerrado - Alibertia edulis

Marmelo do Cerrado, again

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Going to the Poço Encantado waterfall.

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Amazing 3 meters tall Basil with huge floral spikes!

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Beautifil unknown fruits. I found some similar in Panamá in the past.

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Marcela, Achyrocline satureioides, a medicinal plant;

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Jatobá do Cerrado, Hymenaea stilbocarpa

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157 Caju do Cerrado

Caju do Cerrado, Anacardium humilis

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169 Baru

BARÚ, Dipteryx alata

170 Baru

Barú, Dipteryx alata

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Sunset at  Paralel 14 (same as Machu Pichu)

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185 Mimosa regina

Yes, Mimosa regina again!

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Manacá da Serra, Tibouchina mutabilis

228 sandy Road

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CALLIANDRA DO CERRADO, Calliandra dysantha

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There is no sandy road that will stop me looking for plants!!

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Sunset in Alto Paraiso

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Moon eclipse

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Alto Paraiso

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Jacarandá Caroba

 

276 Fruta de Lobo

Wolf Fruit tree resisting the fire.

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Giant Wolf Fruit, half cooked by the fire!

283 Araucarias near Brasilia

WEIRD ARAUCARIA TREES NEAR THE BORDER OF GOAIS STATE AND BRASILIA!

284 DF-GO Border

State border

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BRASILIA, DF.  CAPITOLIO

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THE END, CARLOS, CALANGOS AND PLANALTO (PRESIDENTIAL) PALACE.