Ant on Costus bloom

Downhill

Downhill to the woods.

Pupunha

Pupunha (Bactris gasipaes)

Butterfly

Termite art

Bannister caapi

The ayahuasca connection, Bannister caapi.

Stone house

A stone house, composed of sand crystals and small stone. Probably a wasp nest. The sting of the dweller is equivalent to grabbing a live electric wire.

Calliandra

Calliandra flowers.

Passionfruit bud

A wild passionfruit bud.

Flowers

Unidentified flowering plant given to me by a neighbor.

Cecropia

Cecropia leaves

Piririma seeds

Piririma seeds (Syagrus pseudococos)

Wild passion fruit

Wild passion fruit and leaf of the vine.

Visitors at Bosque

Visitors from Sweden, 2006.

Brazil nut

Brazil nut (Bertholetia excelsa) blossom.

Ceiba

Sumaúma
Ceiba pentanda

Wasp

Wasp on Myrciaria jaboticaba.

Peperomia

This peperomia is so new, it hasn't had time to gather dust from the nearby road. I'm really not certain as to the name of the vine. I've seen it listed as "peperomia" in some books, but then I've heard that it may be incorrect.

Lilies

Somewhat depressed by the intense heat, lack of rain and an overload of dust from the nearby road, these Amarillo lilies brought relief to my eyes.

Stellar architects

Stellar architects. A string of nests welded to a single metal chime above, less than the diameter of a pencil.

Chamecrista negrensis

Flowers from a Chamecrista negrensis tree.

Caught in a web

Flowers from a Jacaranda copaia tree caught in a spider web.

Fungus

Spider on fungus.

Wild passionfruit flower

Wild passionfruit flower.

Bosque Santa Lúcia

Walkway at Bosque Santa Lúcia.

Bambusa orchid

Arundina bambusifolia

Yellow on wine - Assassin Bug

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Tambaqui fish

Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum)

Paricá

Paricá (Schizolobium sp.)

Seedling

Unidentified seedling.

Muiratinga

Muiratinga, the "penis" tree. (Maquira sp.)

Astrocaryum

Mumbaca (Astrocaryum gynacanthum)

International Day of the Tree

Pajurá de Óbidos (Pouteria speciosa)

Coffee

Café beirão (Coffea sp.)

Jack fruit

Jack fruit (Artocarpus communis)

Lacre, slight of hand

A slight flip of the hand presents two versions of lacre leaves (Vismia sp.). The top side, green, as in most leaves. On the bottom side, the prize color.

Visitors at Bosque

Even volunteer dentists deserve a day off. Dr. Ross Stooksberry and Dr. Mindy Price posing next to one of our favorite trees, the Ceiba pentanda (Sumaúma).

Herrania mariae

Cacauí quadrado (Herrania mariae)

Flora

Fruit from unidentified tree in the forest.

Dragonfly

Green dragonfly.