Haito, Dean 2010 Journal Desengano and Taj Chinel, Dept. El Quiche, Guatemala (cont) Jan. 16 ... out of bromeliads, as well as a B. cuchumatana. All the bromeliads were really big and most of the habitat was quite nice. We stopped searching to get down with daylight and met Ted and Carlos at the car. We drove back to Taj Chinel, arriving after dark, and surprised Dona Maria, a woman who let us stay in her house and helped us make dinner. Although we were totally exhausted, we went up above Taj Chinel on the high point to find Pablo El Baldio, where the road became impassable due to mud. A beautiful cloud forest covers this area, which Laura told us is one of the largest in Guatemala. The trees (broadleaf, probably oaks) are very large and everything is covered with moss. It was misty, almost raining outside the forest, and lightly raining inside the forest. Ted got lost and ended up not searching, but the rest of us searched from 21:45-23:00. I got a juvenile B. cuchumatana about 2m off the ground on a leaf, and later a big female B. hartwegi on a fern. The B. hartwegi had a really striking white ventor with black spotting, and is only the second one known from Quiche as far as I know. I got a Chaugator along the road, and Carlos found a B. lindenii on the road bank. This forest was spectacular; we saw howler monkeys and got a Chaugator when we came to look at it yesterday. We spent the night in Dona Maria's house in Taj Chinel; she is an impressive woman and was extremely welcoming to us. I think the forest in this area deserves much more exploration.