Hello again Everyone,
I made my own luck with this move to Colombia. Not everyone will have this kind of life changing opportunity, so I am totally with you on the sharing of photos & stories. Let me start with the story that brought me here in the first place. This is rather long winded, & has very little to do with plants, but bear with me.
I ended up marrying a woman in the United States in 2008, but that marriage was a nightmare. I spent most of the time I was married to her defending the United States in Iraq. After ending that relationship, I did a couple years of soul-searching to figure out what I really want out of life. I found that I wanted a simple life with a wife who shares my passion for a simple life with old fashioned values, & my passion for nature. At 35 years old, I figured I had searched the United States for this type of woman for long enough, so I began another search.
I have always adored Latin women, & I have always wanted to live in the rainforest. I performed a search for Latin women on the internet, & everything I saw made me gravitate towards Colombia. The women are incredible in many ways even beyond beauty. I joined a site called Colombiancupids (not recommended), & began my search. After about 3 months I encountered a woman whom I thought was perfect, & went to see her after another 3 months of communication. We ended up dating for about 2 years altogether with me coming to Bogota to visit 3 times for about 3 months total. I will not go into all the things that went wrong with that relationship, but I still loved Colombia.
After a little more searching on a free site , I encountered Jessy (my wife pictured in my profile photo with me), & we began communicating. I took a little more caution with her. After about 3 months, I moved to Tumaco Colombia, & lived here with her since then. We got married on November 2nd. So now I have 2 of the 4 things on my lifetime dream list. I live on a tropical island within a few miles of the tropical jungle, & I have a devoted, beautiful, intelligent, Latin woman who is my partner in life. This is the end to this story, & the beginning of an even more beautiful story!
Hello everyone,
Since the site population seems to be interested in my collecting & growing efforts of aroids & other plants in Colombia, I thought I would start a Blog to post my collection in a static spot. This way I can post ongoing photos & identify each plant as I get a clear ID of the new additions.
I will also be adding photographs of collected location, & descriptions of the conditions at collection.
Note that I will also be making efforts to breed & hybridize my collection, & I will be posting my efforts in this area as well.
This is my collection so far. More photos to come.
Unless noted by the name of the plant, these were all collected in the wild. If they were traded for, or bought, it is noted by the plant name, or space for name.
EDIT : 1/3/2013 added plant ID's & new plants.
Monstera adansonii
Anthurium clarinervium (traded to me)
Philodendron verrucosum
Caladiums (none local that I know of. All collected growing wild or traded to me.)
Monstera deliciosa Liebm (Naturalized plant)
Xanthosoma Antrivirens Variegata (Died of plant disease)
Calathea makoyana (bought at local plant store)
Monstera pinnatipartita Schott
