Sue Erickson wrote:
For as long as people have lived/explored in S. America -- Suddenly
there are new species that are THAT beautiful. Were we blind for
years?

If you've seen pics of the habitats of besseae and some others, it's
easy to see how. A three-day hike to a remote area not served by roads
just to 'see' and photograph plants fgrowing on an almost sheer cliff
there's no way to climb or access makes it pretty clear there could be
many, many more in those thousands of valleys and river gorges,
mountains and jungles.