Unido: 14.mar.2021 Última actividad: 02.oct.2024 iNaturalist
I have been studying the native cacti of Nicaragua since 2009. In am usually in the seasonally dry, premontane, and oak/pine forests.
A couple years ago I realized I had found most of the cacti species in the northern mountains so I expanded my project to include peperomias, agaves, and bromeliads.
Recently I adopted a Study Area on Hwy 35B between the Panamerican Hwy and the Rio Esteli. I walked the area on both sides of the road and photographed everything I found of interest. That was in late wet season in Dec. of 2023. I need to repeat the process in the dry season.
I also visit NW Arizona/ far Southern Nevada every year where I do some field study.
Some online resources:
https://www.bromeliad.org.au/
Has botanical descriptions in English.
https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/964
Guide to Belize tillandsia
https://www.caftadr-environment.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/guia-de-Reconocimiento-de-Tillandsia-2.pdf
Has botanical descriptions in Spanish.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333393412_Las_Cactaceas_de_Guatemala
There is heavy overlap between the species of Guatemala and Nicaragua.
https://www.bsi.org/new/
A helpful resourse for native bromeliands.
Tropicos.org. The most complete source on info for Nicaraguan plants. It is a long term project of MOBOT and the University of Leon.