Dunstan 2020 (Article) Colombia

North-West Colombia – Chocó Revisited

Author(s):—B. Dunstan

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 69(3): 26-46. (2020)

Abstract:—In late July-early August 2019, Carla Black and I returned to Colombia to visit a number of areas we have travelled to previously, but this time we were planning on having a closer look and spend some more time getting off the road and into the forest. The primary goal was to get back into the Chocó region and Cordillera Occidental (or Western Range) and get into the pluvial forests where rainfall can average between 8 and 13 metres per year. We met in Medellin, Carla after a 1.5-hour flight from Panama City, while I had 23 hours flying with three stops and one cancelled flight from Bogota to Medellin - and a night in an airport hotel to contend with. Such are the joys of travelling to South America from Australia!