Orchid
Habitat Loss
Bolivia
deforestation Tablas Montes area in Chapare
photos
and text by Stig Dalstrom
The picture is of the Tablas Montes area in Chapare, Bolivia, where deforestation goes on unhindered. This particular area was severly cut ten years ago, and in some remaining patches we found the second ever plant of Masdevallia vasquezii, the only site for Masdevallia burianii, and also the only known locality for Odontoglossum dracoceps.
Odontoglossum dracoceps
Masdevallia vasquezii
Masdevallia burianii