Costa Rica is home to more than 500,000 plant & animal species, nearly 4% of the total species estimated worldwide, making Costa Rica one of the 20 countries with the highest biodiversity in the world. Of these 500,000 species, a little more than 300,000 are insects. And oh yes, the above flower I shot at Rancho Naturalista Lodge is commonly known as anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, and laceleaf. |
And all of my photo galleries show off this biological diversity: