Here are some of the flowers in my Costa Rican yard.

[sinkingfeeling]

[pandr32]

1. Beautiful!

Also, exactly like here. Hawaii.

[usonian]

2. Thanks, I needed that.

[FalloutShelter]

3. Very beautiful.

[Brainstormy]

4. Did you know

that there are more species of butterflies in Costa Rica than on the entire continent of Africa? I adore Costa Rica.

[Conjuay]

11. I think I read that it has

Zones from tropical rain forests to alpine meadows. That's quite a range.
My niece did some field work there a while back, the poor thing!
She has to spend an ENTIRE summer on a beach on the Gulf side ofCostaRica,studying sea turtles.
That must have been awful!

[WhiteTara]

5. what a paradise

abundant nature and the thrill (?) of the new.

[LoisB]

6. Beautiful. The colors are grand.

[livetohike]

7. All are so beautiful! Thanks for posting this. n/t

[Walleye]

8. Very lovely and exotic. Not at all like my garden here in a mid Atlantic region.

I read there are 16 species of hummingbirds in Costa Rica

[Botany]

9. I.D. Please

Royal Catch Fly. Blooming right now in Ohio

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks for sharing all these wonderful photos, my dear sinkingfeeling!

[Diamond_Dog]

12. Gorgeous, thank you for sharing!

The red and yellow one looks like rows of swans!

[Cha]

13. Wow.. Beautiful Exotic Flowers!

Mahalo!

[Gato Moteado]

14. nice shots......where in Costa Rica are you?

I'm down on the southern pacific coast near golfito. I've got about 100 acres of rain forest and I live up on top of the mountain with the forest below me.

have you seen my photos of my "back yard" in this group?

[sinkingfeeling]

15. I've viewed your photos. I'm at Lake Arenal on about 2 1/2 acres.

[Gato Moteado]

16. nice area....

...did you used to post with a different name?

[sinkingfeeling]

18. No, always been Sinkingfeelng. There is another DUer here.

[Gato Moteado]

19. yes, that's why I was confused

so, do you get the red eyed tree frog up there? I've seen photos of them from the Arenal area but I don't know if they are naturally occurring there or if they are at a tourist place. I have them here at my place but they are not as beautifully colorful as the ones on the Caribbean slope:

[surfered]

17. Helliconia, one of our favorites! Lucky you.