I have a whole gallery of flowers from the Cristal Ballena trip but here’s just five favorites to help brighten your day! 🙂
Flowers to Brighten the Day!
Flowers & Other Plants at Corcovado-Drake Bay
A little sample of the beauty of the rainforest:
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| A short street in the village of Drake Bay called “Hibiscus Way” Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
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| Red Hibiscus Drake Bay, Costa Rica |
Sorry, but I do not know the name of most of these flowers and other plants.
See also my Photo Gallery called Flora & Forests
My TRIPS Photo Gallery on this Drake Bay Trip
About Corcovado National Park (Wikipedia) and About Drake Bay (Wikipedia)
Jungle Flowers at Sarapiquí
See also my photo gallery Flora & Forests or go straight to My Garden
Flowers, birds and butterflies! What beautiful expressions of God’s colors I get to enjoy!
And today my gardener planted a new kind of butterfly bush that will bring many more butterflies he promises!
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A Nation of Immigrants, an interesting article on how Costa Rica accepts the fact that it is made up totally of immigrants (much like the States) with fewer indigenous people (Indians) than the states. Read how Costa Rica still welcomes immigrants and thrives because of them. And we are regularly listed as one of the top happiest countries in the world! Interesting!
Tortuguero Fruits & Flowers
Just a few of the hundreds of fruits and flowers found in this rainforest:
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| Large Heliconia growing wild along the river banks, same as in my garden. Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica |
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| Small Heliconia also growing wild in forest and here in the lodge garden, similar to my garden! |
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| Cashew Nut is usually a surprise to people when first seen growing! One nut per flower! |
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| Hooker’s Lips or Hot Lips is another surprising plant. |
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| I can’t find the name of this blue berried plant in the rainforest. |
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| Achiote (bixa orellana) is used for food coloring red and sometimes lips |
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| Robert holds an open pod of the above Achiote flower showing the seeds It is those red seeds that have the red coloring for food or lips. A couple of children let him put red dots on their skin to show how it works. |
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| Papaya tree with a very popular fruit This is same one with the Collared Aracari Toucans I photographed Tortuguero Village, Costa Rica |
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| Torch Ginger flower |
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| Neat vine I just had to photograph! 🙂 |