Inírida (Colombia) (AFP) – When Ruben Dario Carianil began cultivating the unusual, pointy Inirida flower in the Colombian Amazon ten years ago, his relatives made fun of him for growing "weeds." ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. INÍRIDA, Colombia –– Carolina Mora Gaitan takes one of the striking-looking flowers from the blue bucket lying at her feet and shakes off the ...
A potential gold rush is awaiting in the surroundings of the Mavicure Hill and the Fluvial Star of Inírida, two of Colombia’s particular ecosystems. Authorities approved 13 proposals for mining ...
Colombia's Inirida flower has been chosen as the emblem of a UN biodiversity conference to be held in Cali from October 21 to November 1 - Copyright AFP Luis ACOSTA ...
Today, the 63-year-old Carianil, of the Curripako tribe, grows tons of the curious blooms on a plot outside Inirida the jungle city of 30,000 people from which the flower took its name. Carianil ...
COLOMBIA — When Ruben Dario Carianil began cultivating the unusual, pointy Inirida flower in the Colombian Amazon 10 years ago, his relatives made fun of him for growing “weeds.” Today, the ...
Inirida flowers once grew abundantly in the wild in the region. Over-picking led to a dramatic reduction and the government in 1989 prohibited harvesting. The ban remained in place until 2005, when ...
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