Program Presenter: Scott Sandel
Presentation: Northern Ecuador Field Notes – Cloud Forest & Lowland Habitats
In January of this year, Scott and husband Jim spent two weeks in Ecuador. This is their second trip to Ecuador. This trip was broken into two areas – one in lowland rain forest on the Napo River, and the other part of the trip was spent in mid to lower cloud forest a couple of hours north of Quito. Of course there were surprise plant sightings! Scott will give a travelogue slide show of what was in bloom. There were a few plants, such as Guzmania sanguinea, that are well-known species and fun to see in habitat. Some other rarities were encountered, too.
The Sky Bridge in rainforest canopy in the Sucumbíos Province, one of the six provinces in the Amazon Region of Ecuador.
Brief Bio: Scott’s first meetings of any bromeliad society were in Herman Park where BSH used to meet. He and dad Joe starting attending meetings in the mid-70’s when Scott was around 11 or 12, when John Anderson and Don Beadle would come from Corpus to give fantastic slide show presentations. Scott grew up in Dickinson and in the summer before his high school senior year, he experienced Tropical Storm Claudette in 1979, which holds the rainfall record for a 24-hour period with 42 inches falling in Alvin and 39” in Dickinson. Scott got his landscape architecture degree from A & M and moved to San Diego in 1985. Scott had a landscape architecture practice in San Diego before taking his current position at the City Planning Department in San Diego as a Parks Planner. Scott and Jim have traveled through many states of Mexico, all of the Central American countries, and most of the countries in South America.
Scott’s dad Joe just turned 102 this August and still maintains his BSH membership! Scott grows most of the popular bromeliad genera, with a special interest in Alcantarea, mesic Tillandsias, and especially the foliage Vrieseas.
Meeting Date:
Third Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 7:00pm (ZOOM login/social time at 6:30 p.m.)
Meeting Place: Metropolitan Multi-Service Center., 1475 West Gray St., Houston, TX 77019 and on zoom.
As per usual:
- Refreshment duties reserved for last names M-Z!
- MEMBER PLANT SALE!
- For members: Please make sure your plants are tagged correctly.
- Visitors are welcome to purchase plants 🙂
- THERE WILL BE NO RAFFLE DUE TO MEMBER PLANT SALE
- Bring a plant for show & tell
- Just come and hang out!