Heather and Ruth prepare for a day of collecting (or a night on the town??).
The cathedral in Tequisquapan and a blue sky indicative of good fern hunting.
Streets decorated for independence day (16 de Septiembre) - VIVA MEXICO.
THE Habitat... rocks, cacti, and ...
...FERNS! Ruth digs one out from the clutches of a Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae).
Ruth and Heather pass off a collection of Astrolepis interregima.
Tequila!! The maguey plant, or Agave, in cultivation.
Agaves and corn.
A comp that makes comp-lovers proud.
...and another.
And now... for monocots! Milla sp.
Milla from her back side.
Heather and Ruth prepare to bag a fern.
Lookie! Its Astrolepis!
Not the typical fern habitat, but the Cheilanthoids love it.
Ruth and Klaus climb a roadcut while an Ocotillo looks on from above. Can you spot the ferns?
Klaus and Jose Luis found one! (behind the opuntia)
Ruth pries a rock off a fern, or a fern off a rock?
The shade of abundant Cacti and Mesquite make a nice habitat for dessication tolerant ferns.
Note the ferns in the cracks. There are 3 different species in this photo.
Heather examines the scales and farina on new collection.
Astrolepis integerrima sneaks into my photo album.
The monolith of Bernal.
Heather and Ruth rest in a cave and find... Pellaea cordifolia!
Yuccas do the wave...
The remains of fern collectors who came before us...
yes, its a monocot, but its BIIIIG!
yeah, ok, we were supposed to be collecting ferns. But i have a soft spot for monocots...
as you can tell... (look at those fruits!)