Jaguar E-Types
🔍 Jaguar E-Types 🐆 📍 Escazú, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 When Enzo Ferrari first saw the E-Type at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show, he called it “the most beautiful car ever made” — and nearly six decades later, it’s still hard to argue…
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Pink Trumpet Tree
🔍 Pink Trumpet Tree | Tabebuia rosea 🌸 📍 Sabana, San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Despite its delicate pink blooms, the Rosy Trumpet Tree is remarkably tough — it can survive drought, poor soils, and urban pollution, making it a favorite street tree across…
Multi-Colored Asian Ladybug
🔍 Multi-Colored Asian Ladybug | Harmonia axyridis 🐞 📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 When threatened, they release a yellowish fluid from their leg joints (called reflex bleeding). It smells bad, tastes worse to predators, and can even stain walls or fabrics.
Pink Trumpet Tree
🔍 Pink Trumpet Tree | Tabebuia rosea 🌸 📍 Seen in Heredia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Apart from its ornamental appeal, pink trumpet tree is utilized for its wood since it´s weight is light, easy to work with and resistant to decay. This is a…
Pink Trumpet Tree
🔍 Pink Trumpet Tree | Tabebuia rosea 🌸 📍 Seen in Heredia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Apart from its ornamental appeal, pink trumpet tree is utilized for its wood since it´s weight is light, easy to work with and resistant to decay. This is a…
Multi-Colored Asian Ladybug
🔍 Multi-Colored Asian Ladybug | Harmonia axyridis 🐞 📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This is one of the most variable species in the world, with an exceptionally wide range of colour forms. It is native to eastern Asia, but has been artificially…
Garden Geranium
🔍 Garden Geranium | Pelargonium hortorum 🌺 📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Geraniums are among the most popular ornamental plants of all – they can be admired everywhere in the UK. But they are also extremely popular in many other European countries:…
Lily of the Nile
🔍 Lily of the Nile | Agapanthus praecox 🌿 📍 Seen in Heredia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Did you know that, based on its scientific name, this plant is also called ¨Flower of Love¨? Agapanthus is a compounded name that comes from two Greek words:…
Pink Trumpet Tree
🔍 Pink Trumpet Tree | Tabebuia rosea 🌸 📍 Seen in San José, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This beautiful tree is very tall and leafy, and particularly popular in a city 15 kilometers away from San Jose called Santa Ana. A few years ago, this…
Bird of Paradise
🔍 Bird of Paradise | Strelitzia reginae 🌱 📍 Seen in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 This is a very attractive plant originally from South Africa, highly visited by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Most of the people like this plant due to the vivid colors and…