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Heliconia caribaea cv. Pagoda, one of our first heliconias to bloom.
Photo: Yuquiyu Resort.
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During April through August of 2011, the Heliconia Trail was completed with a total of 637 large heliconias of 36 species comprising 112 varieties. As well, thousands of small heliconias, called psittacorums, were planted. In addition to the heliconias, the two-acre botanical garden at Yuquiyu features gingers, birds of paradise, bromeliads, bananas, fruit trees a collection of Puerto Rico's native palms, a forest of giant tree ferns and an organic farm.
Planting psittacorums, a small species of heliconia.
El Yunque rainforest after a rain shower.
Planting heirloom tomatos in our organic garden.
An ode to Rafael Tufiño, a Puerto Rican artist who depicted the daily life of the people.
An avocado tree.
El Yunque Peak.
Walkway to the beginning of the Heliconia Trail.
Christmas palm (Adonidia merrillii) flowers.
All kinds of lizards here.
Heliconia bourgaeana x collinsiana cv. Perdro Ortiz.
Shogun Island and, below it, Paradise Island.
Shogun Island is named for its xanthovillosa cv. Shogun Jade heliconias.
Heliconia caribaea x bihai cv. Criswick.
Heliconia psittacorum x spathocircinata cv. Golden Torch.
Heliconia caribaea x bihai cv. Hot Rio Nites.
Musa Zebrina, an ornamental banana.
The view looking north.
The view looking east.
The view looking south.
A white bird of paradise (strelitzia nicolai).
An orange bird of paradise (strelitzia reginae).
The trail past a Puerto Rican Royal Palm (Roystonea borinquena) in the Heliconia Forest.
The same trail as seen from just below that Royal Palm.
The trail up from the Heliconia Forest.
The stairway up to the Banana Grove.
Musa cv. Dwarf Red banana plant.
This 18-month-old musa cv. Mona Lisa is the first plant to produce bananas on our property.
Sunset Island on the right.
Weathered shell of a land snail.
A view of Sunset Island looking south with lantana in the foreground.
Sunset Island is named for the bihai cv. Caribbean Sunset heliconias.
South of Sunset Island is the entrance to the Heliconia Trail.
A Moralon tree (Cocoloba pubescens).
The Heliconia Trail begins with a collection of bromeliads.
A variety of bromeliads paints a colorful picture.
The centers of bromeliads often contain small pools of water inhabited by Puerto Rico's beloved singing frogs, called "coquis".
Descending into Bromeliad Island.
Bromeliad Island looking south.
Heliconia latispatha cv. Mexican Gold.
Bromeliad Island.
A view of El Yunque rainforest as seen from the botanical garden, Yuquiyu Resort.
Another view of El Yunque rainforest.
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The heart of Bromeliad Island.
Bromeliads growing among a natural rock outcropping.
A bromeliad in bloom.
View from Bromeliad Island looking west.
Bromeliads come in an amazing array of colors.
Another view looking west.
A tree fern and bromeliads.
A bromeliad with tiny purple flowers.
A distant view of the river through the mango grove.
Heliconia caribaea x bihai cv. Jacquinii.
Left to the Heliconia Forest or right to the river.
Looking up and south toward El Mirador rock.
To the north is a new side trail in the Heliconia Forest.
The Cara de Indio rock.
Stairs on the trail down to the river.
An old mango tree with multiple trunks.
A walk in the woods.
Native Tabebulia heterophylla (white cedar) trees.
The river as seen from above.
The first bloom on a newly-planted heliconia rostrata.
Approaching the river.
The end of the trail.
Giant tree ferns (Cyathea arborea).
A view of the river.
A fond farewell to Yuquiyu.
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