The new park will lie near Chile’s northern coast ... Desierto Florido National Park will safeguard nearly 200 flower species, including endemic super blooms such as the star-shaped añañucas ...

The central valley is characterized by several species of cacti, the hardy espinos, the Chilean pine, the southern beeches and the copihue, a red bell-shaped flower that is Chile’s national flower.

In a world where wonder never ceases, Chile ... These flowers do not survive outside of their environment. As per media reports, Alejandro Martin, the regional head of the national tourism ...

That's because heavy rains in mid-August have caused thousands of flowers to bloom. This periodic phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert is known locally as desierto florido (flowering desert).

Chile's Atacama Desert has turned into a mauve-coloured carpet of flowers following a downpour ... Rodrigo Ruiz, acting regional director of Chile's National Tourism Service, Sernatur, said ...