Tour Group arrived safely on 29 December.

Alstroemeria ligtu ssp simsii

Alstroemeria palllida

Alstroemeria pallida

Going well. Lots of flowers, hot sun.
First day hard work as we went to the ski centre, took a chairlift to 10400 and walked on up to 11480 feet.
We had to walk all the way down as the lift stopped at noon for New Year.

Rhodophiala rhodolirion

Oxalis compacta

Oxalis compacta

Caiophora coronata

Viola atropurpurea

Nototriche compacta

Calandrinia affinis

La Parva
Walked to 11500 feet and saw some good plants.

Viola montagnei

Tropaeolum nubigenum

Alstroemeria pallida

Lagunillas
Some shots of the next walk and plants seen on the way.

Cruikshankia hymenodon

Oenothera acaulis

Argylia adscendens

Argylia adscendens

Rhodophiala rhodolirion

Pachyleana atriplicifolia

San Francisco Valley
Long hard walk up San Francisco valley. Took 6 hours.

Rhodophiala rhodolirion

Alstroemeria exerens

Tropaeolum polyphyllum

Alstroemeria umbellata

Mutisia acerosa

Tropaeolum polyphyllum

Alstroemeria umbellata

Alstroemeria pallida

Montiopsis sp.

El Planchon
Steep road in 4x4. Has been a dry early year so saw less than hoped.

Viola congesta

Viola congesta

Calceolaria arachnoidea

Travelling, not many plants. Note smoke coming out the top of Volcano Chillan.

Rhodophiala advena

Alstroemeria presleyana

Alstroemeria ligtu ligtu

Rhodophiala sp.

Chillan volcano, Chile
Chillan volcano erupting.

Mimulus cupreus

Loasa lateritea

Viola cotyledon

Chloraea nudilabia

Chloraea viridiflora

Shangri-La, Chile
Shangri-La behind a huge black lava flow. Viola rosulata grows there.

Viola rosulata

Chloraea nudilabia

Alstroemeria aurea

Antuco
Next stop on the tour: Antuco

Obviously internet bandwidth has deteriorated as the pictures are smaller!

Lapageria rosea

Ourisia microphylla

Mutisia oligodon

Fuchsia magellanica

Viola congesta

LLiama
The tour group.

Around Lliama
View from the hotel

Mutisia subulata

Chloraea alpina

Mutisia linnearifolia

Mimulus cupreus

Maule
'Broadband' improving again

Oxalis squamata

Empetrum rubrum

Mimulus cupreus

Chloraea magellanica

Chloraea alpina

Asteranthera ovata

Mitraria coccinea

Tropaeolum speciosum

Laguna del Maule

Viola glacialis

Calandrinia colchaguensis