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Ecuagenera has founded a private school located just outside of the town of Gualaceo. The school is called the Liceo Particular Bilingüe Nuevo Mundo, which roughly translates to The New World Institute. The name was chosen because a new world of challenges has been brought to us in the second millennium. Within Ecuador, there is a great need for the expansion and improvement of available educational services. Sadly, public education for the youth of the country has been substandard for a long time. We at Ecuagenera have children of our own and felt that we needed to do something to change this situation. As such, The New World Institute was born. We have taken it upon ourselves to provide this education for able and gifted young Ecuadorians in a modern, high level facility, staffed by professionals. Some examples of service improvement include having a licensed dietician to manage the kitchen and cafeteria and state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment for language labs and computer instruction. A further goal of The Institute and one of the driving reasons for its founding, is to offer a high quality education to everyone, regardless of the affluence or cultural ?status? of their parents. Children from all walks of life attend The Institute. Those from families with limited resources - who are selected for their ability, not their income or social standing - receive scholarships in proportion to their family?s financial resources. Classes are given to students ranging from pre-school (about age four), through the completion of high school, or collegio, as it is known here (about age seventeen). Instruction takes place in 21 classrooms, each with the capacity for 30 students. That means when full, we?re teaching 630 students. The Institute is accessed by a private drive from the main two-lane highway between Gualaceo and Cuenca. We are hoping to construct a pedestrian bridge to further ensure safe crossing, but speed bumps installed by the city have helped in the mean time. We are different from other schools in a variety of ways, but there are a few that stand out. First, students may work for the school or the orchid nursery if they would like to gain practical work experience, or to earn a wage and/or reduction in their tuition. The participation in our plantation teaches them first-hand, the principles of horticulture, botany, biology, and other agricultural areas, as well as the value of honest work, apart from class and lab. We have a computer lab with one computer terminal for each student in class. The teachers are in charge of their own internet, local area network, or LAN, library and will soon have the ability to deliver all of their lessons via LAN. The curriculum consists of a full range of classes including the arts (music, drawing, chorus), mathematics, computer science, geography and geology, social sciences, health, family economics, athletics, physical and life sciences, economics and politics, history (world, national, and local), and of course language ? English and Spanish. Because our staff is professional and quite exceptional teachers, The Institute has gained accreditation into Ecuador?s nationally recognized, licensed educational system. Our Orchid ReservesWhat's an orchid reserve?
The nice thing is that what you see and photograph in the wild in the reserves you can purchase in our nursery and take home with you, fully documented, packaged for travel, all legal and easy. These two private jungle orchid reserves provide us with protected property which we also include as part of our "orchid tours". Why protected? Before we owned the two reserves, we'd transplant orchids back into the wild from our nursery to enrich the species count for all to enjoy. But when we'd return we'd find the sites stripped of our transplants by unscrupulous orchid vendors who steal from nature, then sell the same plants. So now our transplants are guarded and are there for the world to enjoy. ![]() Orchid tours here!
How is the species count in the reserves?
What's this about transplanting? On our two reserves our staff and volunteers, like you, transplant orchids every week. As time goes on, the reserve complex will be a living botanical garden of most if not all of Ecuador's orchid species. As it is now, Ecuagenera's reserves are indeed the largest orchid reserves in the entire world. They are 100% private and you can enter them! You can volunteer to help us transplant, that way you get a hands on experience in real jungle under the expert guidance of our staff. Also you can feel proud in the fact you helped preserve for future generations to enjoy, this incredible family of flowering plants, the orchid. ![]() Tell me more about the reserves! Can I sleep there maybe?
As it stands now, we base our orchid tours out of our complex at the orchid ranch and offices in Gualaceo. The tours come complete with restaurant and lodging. Now we have the addition of our jungle complex described above. To view photos and more information on each of the reserves please click on the links below. We will be adding to this page profusely, it's an honor to now offer this "pride and joy" asset to the world. Hybrids GallerySome of the species may not be flowered Our History
Tropical PlantsWelcome to the tropical plants section of the Ecuagenera webpage. We are working hard to get this page up to date and correctly identify and organize the beautiful non-orchid tropicals we have available. We appreciate your patience as we continue updating this section. Please note that we have several plants named followed by a number. This is to indicate that we believe the plant to be similar to the name given, but are not sure if it is in fact that plant. For example you will see Anthurium marmoranthum 1-7. We know there are not 7 different marmoranthums, but we're not sure which of these is in fact marmoranthum, and if not, what in fact they are. All about Ecuador
In this space you will find picture that show to you the beauty of the country, during our tours you can see mostly of them Volcano Tungurahua
Volcano Chimborazo
Equator
Ingapirca
Ecuadorian market
Orchids Habitad Cattleya maxima
Epidendrum purum
Maxillaria pseudorechenheimiana
Epidendrum medusa
Rodriguezia lanceolata
Schomburgkia splendida
Trichocentrum nanum
Animals Barn Owl tyto alba
Hummingbird
Bothrops
Frog
Epipitabates tricolor
Lizzart
Butterfly
Download Price List 2010DOWNLOAD ECUAGENERA PRICE LIST Be sure to check out all the phrags we have available. This pricelist is meant to supercede previous pricelists. If there is a conflict between a price listed on the species pages and the pricelist, please send an email to sales@ecuagenera.com |
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