Costa Rica

Our Costa Rica Trip 2006

SERENITY FOUND IN THE FLORA

ORCHIDS ABOUND

Isn't nature amazing?

simple and beautiful

...just happened upon these orchids while trekking.

"Will you look at the size of these leaves!"

Shape, texture, color and symmetry

Cocoa pods (No, I didn't say Cocoa Puffs!)

Dainty little bells and branches

Knarly lookin'

Fuzzy and soft to the touchA beautiful heliconia

...and they just hang from dead-looking twigs

Alien space fruit

Fragile mushrooms sitting on a bed of moss

...and this is just the bottom of the tree

Even rocks by the water hide special delights!

I'm a hobbit.

Waiting for little bees to come ring our little bells

Pathway into the jungle

EPIPHYTES ARE WAY COOL

Look at all the bees on this lovely ginger!

See what I mean about all the textures!

Check out the root system!

...and white flowers emerge from yellow flowers

EPIPHYTES

Flowers of the Ylang Ylang - what a fragrance the leaves have!!

Gonna run through the jungle!

What are these strange little pods?

...and now a white flower bursts forth from a red

OUR VIEW FROM THE RESTAURANT

"I WANT ONE OF THOSE IN MY YARD!" exclaims Christine.