And this Lord Howe wedding lily (Dietes robinsoniana)
As we were driving from San Jose to where we were going to go ziplining we went past fields of ti plants.
Because they are understory plants they are raised under nets to avoid "sunburn".
They will be sold in Europe and North America as decorations for fancy homes and company lobbies.
Lots of common names including blue porterweed, blue snake weed, bastard vervain, Brazilian tea, and Jamaica vervain (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
Impatiens, I'm not sure the variety. I couldn't find one with the serrated edges on the leaves.
Garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
Another flower with lots of common names , some that overlap with one of the flowers above.
Te names of this one include blue snakeweed, Cayenne snakeweed, dark-blue snakeweed, bluetop, nettle-leaf porterweed (Stachytarpheta cayennensis)
Pink snakeweed, porterweed (Stachytarpheta mutabilis)
Another with several common names: Elfin Herb, False Heather, Hawaiian Heather, Mexican Heather (Cuphea hyssopifolia)
Common Impatiens (Impatiens walleriana)
We saw these bunches of bananas (Musa × paradisiaca) on the coffee plantation we visited as well as the following flowers.
```Red palulu (Heliconia bihai)
Coffee (Coffea canephora) blooms on trees in the plantation..
The last one with an unripe bean.
This is one of the trees on the steep field.
This one has several common names: minnieroot, fever root, snapdragon root and sheep potato (Ruellia tuberosa)
kaffir lime, Thai lime, or makrut lime (Citrus hystrix)
Soursop (Annona muricata) covered with a plastic bag to limit insect problems.
The Yellow Walking Iris (Trimezia steyermarkii)
Red ginger (Alpinia purpurata)
The last picture was from near our hotel at Arenel
Nettleleaf velvetberry (Stachytarpheta urticifolia) is a species of lavender plant in the verbena family.
Despite being a lavender it is also available in red.
Mexican petunia (Ruellia simplex)
Lemon (Citrus limon)
Various searches for this flower yielded: Rosa 'Louis de Funès' an orange hybrid tea rose, or Rhododendron molle ssp. japonicum, or one of several Azaleas.
I don't think it is any of them so for now it is unknown.
Now off to the Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center where we saw these plants, fruits, and flowers.
Pink banana (Musa velutina)
Bananas (Musa × paradisiaca)with a flower bud at the end of the stem.
Looking straight up in a stand of bamboo
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
Golden Shrimp Plant (Pachystachys lutea) AKA lolypop plant
We saw the second one at the tram ride.
Night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum)
Te name explains why we didn't see these buds open.
Sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis) was one of the unusual fruits we enjoyed at our hotel.
We took an aerial tram through the rain forest.
Outbound low in the forest and back.high in the canopy.
Orange Plume Justicia (Justicia amplifolia)
Orchids far below
Mosses, ferns vines and trees that I won't try to identify.
A (Sciodaphyllum chartaceum) bloom, apparently this plant doesn't have a common name.
I wasn't able to pin down exactly what this one is.
There are just too many flower/leaf combinations that resemble it.
The flower of the Mexican flame vine (Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides)
Singapore Gold (Sanchezia nobilis)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora) gets its name because it changes color from deep violet to lighter violet to white over three days.
Fire fingers or white vein(Sanchezia speciosa)
The (Centropogon costaricae) doesn't seem to have a comon name but that's OK since since its technical name seems to be "Central beard/regon Costa Rica"
False Heather (Cuphea hyssopifolia)
Firespike (Odontonema tubaeforme)
A palm fruit, I don't know what kind.
Orchids possibly (Sobralia powellii)
Ferns with fiddleheads
Another one tat has too many lookalikes for me to identify.
Hot lips (Palicourea elata) is reported to be endangered because of climate change and deforestation.
(Cavendishia complectens) an epiphite that apparently doesn't have a common name.
Red porterweed, red snakeweed (Stachytarpheta urticifolia)
Blue porterweed, blue snake weed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
The edible nuts of the (Astrocaryum alatum) palm
A slightly wilted Angel's trumpets a (Brugmansia variety) in the nightshade family Solanaceae a near relative of Datura.
Devil's Tobacco (Lobelia tupa)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora)
This picture shows today (purple) and tomorrow (white).
Yesterday (dark purple) changes color completely over three days.
We took the best pineapple tour, that's what the sign said where we came in.
Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
A few plants we saw at the hot springs near the Arenel volcano.
bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia) is a terrestrial orchid with foliage that resembles a bamboo
An Anthurium. There are about 1000 varieties so I will just cal it an Anthurium.
Lots of common names: Edible Canna, Indian Shot, Purple Arrowroot,Wild Canna Lily (Canna indica)
Red Cecropia (Cecropia glaziovii)
Thornless Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia geroldii)
Spiked spiralflag ginger or Indian head ginger (Costus spicatus).
Jungle geranium, flame of the woods, jungle flame, or pendkuli (Ixora coccinea)
Behind the hotel we fond this large and very showy flower, a Pagoda Flower (Clerodendrum paniculatum)
Pink Flamingo Heliconia, 'Sexy Pink' (Heliconia chartacea )
This is a Bougainvillea.
We have seen them all over the Caribbean, Central and South America
Laurel clockvine or blue trumpet vine (Thunbergia laurifolia)
On the Sierpe River we saw great floating mats of Water hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes)
Thai Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia loudonii) originated in southeast Asia but we found it along the river here
Another southeast Asia native we found this one near the Diquis museum a Pomelo (Citrus maxima)
