Trumpet flowers near Otavalo, Ecuador
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- 1991
- Location
- Otavalo, Ecuador
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2006. Terms of use
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Three trumpet flowers bloom on a plant. Numerous buds appear ready to bloom.
The trumpet flower is a hardy plant that grows at high elevations. It is poisonous, but the indigenous inhabitants of Ecuador have learned to harness its hallucinogenic and curative properties.
