ecuagenera - orquideas del ecuador
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ecuagenera - orquideas del ecuador印象
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We are plant lovers. And we found the tour to be very interesting and the plants to be beautiful. The bus from Cuenca was 60 cents. The entrance fee was $3 each, which included an English speaking guide for our group. The hours posted were M-F 7-6, Sat. 8-6, and Sun. 9:30-6:30.
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Wow, this is a beautiful place from an experience viewpoint. We spent time learning how they are taking the seed pods and then growing the orchids. It is a super educational experience. To top it off you see amazing orchids.
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Located in the nearby town of Gualacea, this is not to be missed whether you love orchids or not. About 1500 varieties are grown here for shipping around the world. English speaking guides are available.
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Still, Ecuagenera is worth seeing since it is the largest producer and exporter of orchids in Ecuador. Catch a bus at Terminal Terrestre in Cuenca that is heading toward Gualeceo for 60 cents and tell the driver you want off at Ecuagenera. It´s about a 45 minute bus ride, and very pretty. It costs $3 to enter Ecuagenera. The tour is only in Spanish, and the tour guide rushes you through and really doesn´t say all that much. But they have a nice fenced in yard where there are probably 100 different species of orchids that you can see up close and even touch. Even if you´re not an orchid lover and know no Spanish, it´s still worth seeing. After about 20 to 30 minutes, you´ll be ready to leave. Catch a bus at the side of the road and continue on to Gualeceo, which is only another 4 kilometers father up the road. If you catch the smaller red buseta (25 cents) it will take you up the hill in Gualeceo to the large food market, which is full of indigenous people selling their crops. It´s a beautiful site! You can catch a taxi for less than a dollar back down into the main town of Gualeceo, which is full of stores and also has a pretty park with a river that runs through it. Then go to the bus terminal and for another 60 cents catch a bus back to Cuenca.
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Over 400 varieties of orchids available in Ecuador. It is totally amazing to tour the genesis of over 200 seeds in a little jar. They incubate for 2 years. The guided tour explains the growth of orchids with a wonderfully interesting visual example. You can buy seeds that are inspected and you can take them home with you and grow your own fabulous orchids.
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They have a large selection of orchids, many of them exclusive hybrids. The prices range from $12 and up. They give tours of the facility as well.
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So Ecuagenera is a major orchid producer -- it doesn't do the ordinary tourist much pood. The $5 "tour" takes you to 2 small gardens. 10 minutes, tops. Yes, lots of wonderful orchids in one of those 2 small gardens, but, if you think you're getting a tour of their vast facilities, you are not. Strictly Spanish-speaking only. Lovely assortment of orchids in the store. Had I known how little they are willing to show you here, I would not have gone out of my way so far to get here.
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This is an orchid farm and store outside of Gualaceo. It is family-owned and one of the family members--a young woman who speaks English--takes you around for about 30 minutes. She explains how they develop new orchids, how it takes a couple of years to be certain the new orchid has developed as they hoped, how they ship them, etc. There are lots of mature orchids around, especially in the shop on the higher level.How to get there is a bit of a problem. Someone told me I could ask the driver to stop on the bus from Cuenca to Gualaceo. But the bus was jammed with people in the aisle and I was unsure how I'd get a bus back to Cuenca, so I didn't try.City Tours, which has the double-decker tour buses at Parque Calderon, offers an Arqueologico Artesanal tour for $30 which goes to Ingapirca, Gualaceo and Chordeleg. "Tour" is really a misnomer. There is a van with a Spanish-only speaking driver who takes you to the locations and lets you off. We 3 friends were the only ones on our "tour" so we asked the driver if we could skip Gualaceo and visit the orchid place instead. He agreed. I believe there are other tour companies in the area who offer stops at the orchid farm.
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This is a beautiful city. The city tour is well worth taking and the shopping is inexpensive with a wonderful selection. Be sure and tour the museums. My favorite was the Aboriginal museum. Also the orchids in a nearly city should be view as the different types of flowers are many and beautiful.
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Growing orchids is one of my hobbies therefore I could not hold myself from visiting Ecuagenera’s headquarter in Gulaceo, 35 kilometers east of Cuenca. We had our own rented car, therefore we drove there, but a bus ride from Cuenca is 0.60 and the admission to the garden and nursery is $3.00. Language was not a barrier since we both speak Spanish but they do have English speaking staff that will explain the process of growing and taking care of these spectacular plants. And, if you are really into orchids they offer tours that will take you through the jungle in search of wild orchids. A must visit if you like orchids!!!