The research group was comprised of faculty, students and staff from la Universidad de Magallanas, the University of Connecticut, the University of North Carolina and the University of Washington. Research activities involved bird pollination behavior, pollination biology and regional floristics.
Randall Hitchin contributed to the floristics portion of the project, collecting seed, spore and herbarium specimens from a diverse array of vascular plants. A number of these are exciting introductions that show considerable horticultural potential. Plants raised from these collections will be evaluated at the Washington Park Arboretum and become part of the permanent living collection. The herbarium collection has been housed at the Otis Douglas Hyde Herbarium, part of the University of Washington Herbarium (WTU). Duplicate herbarium sets are deposited at the University of Connecticut and Universidad de Magallanas herbaria.
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loading the boat in the driving rain |
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the illusive white Fuchsia magellanica |
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Chris and Ezio banding birds |
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Myrteola nummularia |
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Philesia magellanica |
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Gunnera tinctoria |
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Lomatia ferruginea |
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Codonorchis lessonii |
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Ezio & Randall enroute back to Puerto Natales |
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along the waterfront in Puerto Natales |
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the City of Punta Arenas and the Straight of Magellan |
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traveling southward aboard the Crux Australis |
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Home, sweet home on Navarino Island |
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David & Randall take a break from collecting herbarium specimens |
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Perezia recurvata |
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Drimys winteri |
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the Maroba under full steam |
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boarding the Maroba at Bahia Inutil |
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the abandoned mission at Wulaia |
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Ezio 'the best' Firmani, and a lunch guest |
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Berberis ilicifolia |
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Luzuriaga marginata |
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Randall collecting herbarium specimens |
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farewell to Bahia Inutil & Tierra del Fuego |