Botanist Álvaro Pérez didn’t expect to discover a new species of magnolia while hiking through Ecuador’s Canandé Reserve. He said it was the enormous, unique fruit that tipped him off. “For me, it was the first time that I saw a fruit this size. The weight is around 7 pounds [3.2 kilograms] each fruit,” Pérez, … Continue reading Sixty of one, half a dozen of the other: Rare magnolias get a new start in Ecuador’s Chocó