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Heliconia rostrata cv. Standleyi.
Photo: Yuquiyu Resort.
See the heliconias
We began to purchase our first heliconia rhizomes in January of 2010 and nurtured 122 of them in pots. The last 66 of that group is shown in the photo below, after being taken out of the greenhouse and being readied for planting in November of 2010. To those, we added others that were placed directly into the ground. Altogether, 280 large heliconias comprising 28 species and 80 varieties were planted in November of 2010 through January of 2011.
The last of the potted heliconias on the way to be planted.
Civilization, ho!
Heliconia stricta cv. Orange/Yellow Peru, our first heliconia variety to bloom.
Anthurium cv. Otazu.
A white bird of paradise (strelitzia nicolai).
A natural rock formation.
Augusto, Alberto, Iván and Luke starting the Heliconia Trail.
The team at work.
Not a chain gang, just looks like one!
The trail after the application of crushed rock.
A giant tree fern (Cyathea arborea), native to the Puerto Rican rainforest.
The trail down to Maya Island, named for the champneiana cv. Maya Gold and cv. Maya Blood heliconias.
A view of El Yunque Peak under a cloud cover.
A distant view of the river as seen from the rim of the canyon.
A view of the trail and its water channel.
The trail coming down to El Mirador rock.
The trail down to El Mirador rock (left) and the Heliconia Forest (background).
A small side trail to the Cara de Indio rock (left).
Stairs leading up to El Mirador rock.
The stairway leading down to the Heliconia Forest and the river.
The Heliconia Forest before trail building and heliconia planting.
The trail down to the river with a heliconia and awhite anthurium beside it.
The Cara de Indio rock (right) as seen looking down the trail.
The Cara de Indio rock as seen looking up the trail.
The trail down the canyon to the river.
Looking up at an old mango tree with multiple trunks.
The terrain about midway down to the river.
The trail to the river before the application of crushed rock.
Continuing down to the river.
A view of the river from the trail.
The trail before the application of crushed rock.
Another view of the trail before the application of crushed rock.
A view of the river from the trail.
Another view of the river from the trail.
The descent to the river.
A view downriver from the hill above.
A view upriver from the same hill.
A Corozo palm (Acrocomia media), native to Puerto Rico.
The end of the trail.
Arrival at the river. At right are two Traveler's Palms (Ravenala madagascariensis).
A view of the river looking downstream.
Crushed rock, which was applied to the surface of the trail.
Beginning a trail to the Banana Grove.
Working on the stairway \from the Banana Grove down to the Heliconia Forest.
Crushed rock recently applied to the trail.
Applying crushed rock to the trail.
Closer view of applying crushed rock to the trail.
The trail to the Banana Grove as seen from above.
Looking down the trail to the Banana Grove.
Building steps from the Banana Grove down to the Heliconia Forest.
A view of the newly-constructed steps.
Luke building steps with rocks collected on the property.
The finished stairway.
Iván, the contractor.
Augusto, a farmer and the salt of the Earth.
The stairway in the distance.
A second, smaller stairway leading down into the Heliconia Forest, view looking south.
The same stairway, view looking north.
The view looking north from further along the same trail.
The view looking north from even further along the same trail.
The view looking south on the same trail.
Arriving again at El Mirador rock. The trail to the river descends at left.
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