Flora

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Gardenia.		 dcp_1291.jpg (700199 bytes) dcp_1302.jpg (1199456 bytes)
These shy plants were everywhere (along with a non-active look-alike).  This is the before picture. dcp_1305.jpg (1088770 bytes) dcp_1306.jpg (1152780 bytes) After Molly touched some of them.  They visually disappeared!  Imagine all the action when this lawn gets mowed!
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Unretouched.  Maybe the overcast day fooled the camera.		 dcp_1293.jpg (594306 bytes)
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Well, she seemed colorful enough!		 dcp_1307.jpg (746338 bytes) dcp_1319.jpg (918880 bytes)
This was a soft plant which evolved to look like a fern.		 dcp_1320.jpg (854475 bytes)
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Haliconia		 dcp_1322.jpg (746013 bytes)
Subtle orchid.  William in background.		 dcp_1351.jpg (657461 bytes)
Note the ants.  You were never far from ants anywhere in Costa Rica.		 dcp_1350.jpg (684058 bytes)
Perspective: looking up the trunk of a thorny palm tree.  The spikes were about 6cm in length.
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I know the feeling.		 dcp_1329.jpg (685284 bytes)
Lips?		 dcp_1330.jpg (801782 bytes)
So ugly it's beautiful.		 dcp_1352.jpg (752543 bytes)
Bird catches water; small ecosystem follows.

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