Sunday, January 30, 2022
frailejón: frailejón (mountain sunflower?!)
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I have always before seen frailejón just imported into the English - so it stood out to me that this article in CNN did so but then followed it with the description "mountain sunflowers 6 feet tall that capture water vapor from clouds and release it to the ground creating water springs." I've never thought of them as sunflowers, but now I see it. You could also of course use the latin name, espeletia. But mountain sunflower isn't bad. Relevant for social justice because these grow in the fragile páramo in Colombia which is at serious risk from both the climate catastrophe and extractivism.
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4 comments:
Seems more like a Raincloud Flower to me...
Remember: Espeletia for the Andes; and Giant Lobelia for Afroalpine
They look the same!
Did not know this! But just googled images of the African one and they're certainly similar but not exactly the same. Still, very cool. Thanks for drawing that connection. And yes, way more rain cloud than Sun!
What a coincidence. I was just writing about the paramo this week and frailejones always come as a vivid representation of the paramo. Whenever I see pictures of the paramo I always see frailejones and yes I prefer the idea of mountain sunflowers rather than "Big Monks." The one Nico mentioned on an earlier comment is more like a cold-climate agave, although the hairy leaves do resemble a little frailejones. On a positive note, over the last five years travelling to Sumapaz and Cruz Verde Paramo in Colombia (one of the biggest paramo complex in the world) I have seen thousands and thousands of new frailejones growing on previous pastures and potato crops. Nonetheless, threats as the ones you mentioned are still present.
Oooh, Thank you for this lovely hopeful Image of new growth! What a gift.
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