Nature at the Belmond

Right outside of our door is an orchid walk. It was most enjoyable! At the beginning was a couple of hummingbird feeders. Of course they were being swarmed with hummingbirds, the most difficult bird to photograph in the world. We saw half a dozen or more different orchids along our walk from big and showy ones to little teeny tiny ones. There was also the outdoor massage area with a little grotto. A couple was having a ritual with a shaman. We searched in vain for the hot tub. It exists only in the hotel brochure, it does not exist on the hotel grounds. It was probably too cold to get into it anyway, we just thanked our lucky stars we were not out there in flip-flops and robes looking for it in vain.

The start

A lady slipper orchid

There's a hummingbird hiding in here

Several Orchids native only to Peru

Flowering trees

A ruddy red

A large bouquet perhaps for a ceremony later

Three big petals

Leslie demonstrating how large the dendrobium plant was

Finally a semi-decent picture

He is still hiding

The size of a medium sized chicken

Orchid leaves

A cool little waterfall

An orange orchid

Better shot

Hmmmmmm

Tiny strawberries

A string of funky seed pods

Getting ready to bloom

Spores on the back of a fern

Not even sure what this is

Double phallic

Gauze like lichen 

A micro bromeliad 

More Spores 

Lichen moss?