Hi It is a tropical plant lovers paradise lol I particularly enjoyed the high altitude mist forests and tree fern forests .Not a prayer of keeping any of that stuff in florida though (sigh) lol. Almost moved there about 15 years ago sure regret that i didn't !! Thanks for the pix Many of mine are on color slides and have never converted them . gary

You need to get "just a little" fabric while you're in Costa Rica. Then, keep the fabric in a bag set apart labeled "Costa Rican fabric" so you will know which is which. I've got 2 pieces of silk from Kuching, Malaysia (on the Island of Borneo) set aside from that trip in 1999. I made some shorts for my boys from the cotton batiks that I bought then.

I politely disagree with Mtn. Staying at the Four Seasons isn't my idea of Costa Rica. We love Costa Rica and have been many times. We like to go in January. My youngest daughter did her semester abroad in San Jose and I think that started our interest. We have traveled throughout the country. We usually don't stay in one place, even when we took our two daughters for a one week stay. I highly recommend you look at AnywhereCostaRica. I use them for bookings for private transportation, local plane reservations, hotel bookings. Yes, you can do all this all yourself. But, having the backup of a travel agency can come in handy. And, planning then becomes mindless! My youngest wanted us to see Costa Rica, so for my husbands special birthday, I planned a trip for the four of us. That year we did Hotel Corin in Arenal for a few days, then flew over to Manuel Antonio and stayed at Tulemar Bungalows. (Very hilly, but the views are amazing.) Hotel Corin has 3 pools directly fed from the volcano. While at Hotel Corin, I arranged for side trips to the volcano, the Tobacan Springs (commercial, but fun park with man made waterfalls from the hot springs) And of course Sky Trek, an amazing zip line tour. Another trip was a guided hanging bridge tour. All trips and transportation was arranged with Anywhere. When they say they are coming at 10:00AM they are there, always on time.) Tulemar Bungalows has it's own private beach, with an outdoor restaurant steps away. Monkeys, birds, iguanas. My two DD's went for surfing lessons which we arranged at the hotel. The only thing that was not prearranged. Perhaps our favorite place and one we have returned to a number of times, is Ylang, Ylang. It is a boutique hotel in Montezuma. It has gourmet meals and a yoga retreat. And of course, a wonderful spa. Exotic animal sighting along with the usual monkey tribes. Horseback riding is right on the beach, you can rent ATV in town, drive over to the local waterfall, or butterfly farm. As much as I love Costa Rica, I would not recommend the Caribbean side. Again, go to AnywhereCostaRica.com and if you have any questions, feel free.

All the more so when it is something growing in the tropics, where there are so many plant species that new ones continue to be found you're just not going to hit on the same kind doing a web search unless you are using search terms sufficiently unique to the subject that it pops up. However there are about 6 different visual recognition services in operation now, where users present their own pictures of mystery plants to software and it is actually able to identify them in many instances. Of course, this time somebody here was able to tell you what your plant was.