<p>I took my wife, sister-in-law, niece, & son to this recreational park. Behind the park is natural jungle that is constantly trying to retake the park. I went walking with my wife in this area, & collected quite a few plants to bring home. Here is the entrance to Chilvi!<br /><br />
<br /><br />Here are some of the planted flowers on the site.<br /><br />
<br /><br />Chilvi is located about a half hour east of Tumaco on the continent. My wife says it is about 28 KM from Tumaco.<br /><br />
<br /><br />Welcome to the jungle!<br /><br />
<br /><br />My wife & I took a walk behind the recreation center called Chilvi. There we observed many plants as we walked on the small walking trail they are currently building in Chilvi. Here is the first "interesting" plant that we found, & subsequently collected. <br /><br />
<br /><br />We did not find any more "interesting" plants on the trail, but took photos of this flower that seems to grow all over in Tumaco. My wife & I both adore it, & will be planting it on our property once we find some land. Bird of paradise I think, but I am not sure.<br /><br />
<br /><br />I also saw another plant I was curious about, but I did not collect it. It was infested with ants which were eating the leaves. Here are the photos of it, but I do not expect much.<br /><br />
<br /><br />My wife & I left the short trail, & went to the other side of the park where a fence surrounds the outer edge. We followed the fence where the park crew tries to keep the lane clear of the fence. As we walked, we encountered this plant which I thought was Monstera adansonii until inspected closer. The leaves are more papery instead of leathery, they do not have the holes that most monstera have, & none of the leaves have the odd elbow like joint on the petioles like all monsteras have. I forget what that is called.<br />I think it is some sort of philodendron, but I would like an ID to be sure.<br /><br />
<br /><br />We encountered many different plants including some miniature angel wing begonias which I do not know the scientific name of, & two versions of this plant which I have no clue about. There is one with stripes, & one without stripes on the oval shaped leaves.<br />
<br /><br />I nearly got swarmed by ants getting these pictures of some philodendron or antharium that I already have in my home. I will be coming back once I have more space for mature specimens. </p>
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<br /><br />This plant was awesome. I believe it is Monstera pinnatipartita Schott. It was about 4 meters up in this tree among all those air roots you see. Those are actually air roots of the tree itself ,& of the plant that I took pictures of. I climbed about 3 meters up the tree on slicked up bark due to the rain earlier this day, pulled the plant free, & almost fell out of the tree as I slid down about to the ground. The plant has two ripening fruit on it, & about 8 mature leaves. The vine did not reach the ground at this point, & the air roots were attached to the tree. They did not reach the ground either. I scraped up my right arm pretty bad as I slid down the tree, but I got my plant.</p>
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<br /><br />The last plant I found of note that I have photos of is this odd philodendron. I have seen something like it before in Philodendron geoldii, but this does not match that plant from what I can tell.<br /><br />
<br /><br />My wife & I are planning to go back to this area tomorrow to find out about buying my land there. If I am lucky, I will be able to strike a deal for 4 to 6 acres of land for payments over the next two years. Wish me luck!<br /><br />More to come later this week, & possibly photos of frogs that I found in the same location.</p>
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