Musssaenda Erythrophylla at Bosque Santa Lúcia

Mussaenda erythrophlla

Orchid roots

Piririma palm and fruit

Spatoglotis orchid at Bosque Santa Lúcia

Brazilian Fruits - new Publication

                                                        Marco Túlio Côrtes de Lacerda

It was a pleasure to receive Marco Lacerda at Bosque Santa Lúcia this past Sunday morning.  Marco is co-author of a new publication on fruits of Brazil, FRUTAS NO BRASIL - NATIVAS E
EXÓTICAS.  He is also co-auther of BRAZILIAN FRUITS & CULTIVATED EXOTICS, the book to the left.  I'll be providing more information about publications in an upcoming post.

Latania commersonii

Palm, Latania commersonii

Brazil nut tree at Bosque Santa Lúcia

Caladiums

Caladiums at Bosque Santa Lúcia - Santarém

Mussaenda erythrophylla

Dry Forest

Spider Lily

Bosque Santa Lúcia

Mandioca plant loaded with galls

Chacrona (Psicotria viridis)

Sapucaia pod

Another flower from the Planalto.

Flowers of the Planalto - Dona Cecilia

Croton

It's a good thing that croton likes sun because we have a lot of it.

Yellow blast

Something on green

Ixora yellow

Bougainvillea

Orange Bellied Trogon - Costa Rica

Orange Bellied Trogon, photographed in Monteverde, Costa Rica by Kory Garrelson. Forwarded to me by mutual friend, Paul Smith.

Tecoma stans - Alter do Chão

Bougainvillea

I love your smell

Desert Rose - first flowers

Amazon and Tapajós Rivers in an affair

Frog hanging out in a palm

Heliconia butterfly

Coroa de Cristo

Verbena

Pajurá de Óbidos

Pajurá de Óbidos, a very rare fruit tree in the Amazon.  Picture taken at Bosque Santa Lúcia in recent days.

Caférana flowers

Tiny flower from a vine in the backyard.

Spider Lilly flower

Trumpet flower

Flowers looking for a dream

Alamanda bud

Couture hexandra (a tree at Bosque Sant Lúcia)

Fruit of a Marajá da mata palm. Bactris maraja

Inflorescence of the Marajá da Mata palm. Bacteria maraja

Butterfly - Pouso Alto - Planalto

Mussaenda erythrophylla -Pouso Alto - Planalto

Brazil nut tree - Bertholetia excelsa - resin

Entrance to Bees nest in Brazil nut tree