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Costa Rica = wonderland

Nico971
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Hello ! Was lucky enough to explore the forests of Costa Rica : from altitude cloudy forest to dry savanes. They have it all, with amazing species. A special thanks to Jeff who gave me great advices and IDs. Some of you might know him. 

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    Wowowowo thank you very much :Dfor these amazing pictures 

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    Amazing pictures , thank you for sharing. Harry

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    Good golly omg, what a palm habitat, great pics. 
    Not every day you get to see that in habitat! 

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    Those are some stunning photos. Amazing variety of palms, no wonder it’s the most biodiverse country. Love those tall Attalea, and the little ones too.

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    Looks like it's time to move...

    Lakeland, FL: USDA Zone 2023: 10a  2012: 9b  1990: 9a | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962)

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    On 1/16/2026 at 5:09 PM, happypalms said:

    Good golly omg, what a palm habitat, great pics. 
    Not every day you get to see that in habitat! 

    Of course i managed to collect some seeds 😇. Sadly the iriartea deltoida got fugus rapidly. But I hope to get some calyptrogyne and asterogyne 

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    Thanks for the very cool pics.  Where in Costa Rica is this?

    Wow!!!

    Now can you please go back through the pics and label everything, lol.

    Particularly wondering what the species is in the 8th pic from the bottom...the monoculture with finely divided pinnate leaves??

    South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

    Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

     

    Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

     

    Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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    5 hours ago, Jonathan said:

    Wow!!!

    Now can you please go back through the pics and label everything, lol.

    Particularly wondering what the species is in the 8th pic from the bottom...the monoculture with finely divided pinnate leaves??

    it is some sort of Bactris. Picture doesnt show but mega spiny. I will try to add the Ids.

     

    9 hours ago, Frond-friend42 said:

    Thanks for the very cool pics.  Where in Costa Rica is this?

    Many différents places : braullio carillo, around arenal volcano, around tenorio volcano, guanacaste, monteverde, and around manuel Antonio 

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    So I can’t edit the original post :

    in the tropical rainforest
    Calyptrogyne, Asterogyne, welfia regia, euterpe precatoria, socratea exorhiza, iriartea deltoida, crysophilia sp, many Chamaedorea, geonomas
     

    in the dry or costal part : attalea butyracea, Bactris, accrocomia, astrocarium standelanyum, Neonicholsonia watsonii

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    Thank you for sharing, sir. You are very fortunate, like some others here on this great forum. Thank you, sir.

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    Absolutely magnificent, thanks so much for sharing your amazing journey. 

     

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