fivebrowncats - repeatedly posting the same question will not get you an answer any quicker - it just causes confusion. If you have not had a response to your original post it is because nobody has managed to id your plant yet, not because we are ignoring you. Several people here will have been looking at your picture carefully and trying their best to help but most of us are not based in tropical countries so we are not so familiar with your flora. Do you know the local name for this plant? Sometimes that helps. There are now 4 versions of your question on the forums.

Carol- that's it!!! Wow, thank you so much- thrilled to find out what it is!!!! Yay GardenWeb!!! :)

Calia secundiflora

This is in a town in the South American Andes. I thought it might be Pinus radiata or maybe Pinus wallichiana. If it is radiata then pretty much all the trees around are also infected, because they all look pretty much alike. Does anyone know of any large tree (conifer or otherwise) that grows well at high altitude (3500+m)in a dry climate (rain in the summer), and on somewhat clay soils? Tough question, I know. ;) I've been researching this for months... The only thing that seems to thrive is Eucalyptus globulus, but I'm looking for something that will let other plants and grass grow under it. So this pine (if we can determine what it is)seemed like a good choice, but if it is susceptible to this infection then maybe not so much. Any ideas? FxBeast