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Las Orquidea Locos (Those Crazy Orchid People in Costa Rica)

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by: Mary Jo
A fun and fantastic adventure searching for and finding orchids in Costa Rica's central volcanic valley and beaches.

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La Orquidea Locos (Those Crazy Orchid People in Costa Rica)

Want to go? Orchids of Costa Rica - December 28, 2011

I went to: Costa Rica, San Jose, Turrialba, Guayabo Lodge, Bosque de Paz, Arenal, Lomas del Volcan, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Monteverde Lodge, Quepos, Casa Conde, Manuel Antonio, Hotel Montana Monteverde
Pluerothallis costaricanensis - with fellow traveler for size!Robert Dressler with a Sobralia at Lankaster GardensLepanthes sightings at the water's edge.Its a jungle out there! Tapanti National Forest trailside.Betty modeling the lipstick berry shade: Bixa orellena (achioto or annoti tree)A breakfast repast for those Locos.Marco explaining Caoco beans (that's chocolate!)Bixa orellena seeds used for lipstick.Orchid seedling hiding on a coffee branch.The trees ...oh my goodness, the trees!Strangler fig at Bosque de Paz. One of the many "Ents" in the forest.Phragipedium hedge on path to Orchid Garden at Bosque de PazTrogon that posed for us in the Orchid GardenEpidendrum on tree along driveway to Guayabo LodgeOrchid on the forest floor. ArenalThermal pool at Rio CelesteBridge on Rio Celeste TrailSurvivors of the Rio Celeste TrailThe Tree of Peace near Rio Celeste"Mist"-ical Morning at Guayabo LodgeMiltonia Powellii at Bosque de PazOrchid Garden at Bosque de PazEpidendrum (Oerstedella) endresii at ClLoudforest LodgeScaphosepalum microdactylum at Monteverde Orchid GardenAcinthera at Monteverde Orchid GardenSobraliaCattleya hybrid at Monteverde Orchid GardenIguana on the way to Bosque de PazMary Jo in CATIECrocodiles on the way to CararaPreening Macaw at CararaFinishing the trail at CararaOn a canopy bridge, Selvature Hanging Bridge WalkClouds in the canopy of San Elena Cloudforest; Selvatura Hanging Bridge Canopy WalkSunset at QueposCone Shell in tidal pool at QueposCynoches warscewiczii along Arenal 1968 Lava Flow TrailOrchid hunting Capuchin monkeys at Manuel Antonio National ParkSloth at Manuel Antonio National ParkPlaya Manuel Antionio

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