Tag: San Isidro de Grecia

All Categories•Costa Rica•Flora•Nature| by Carlos Morales • 07/26/2026 • No comments

Coleus

🔍 Coleus | Coleus scutellarioides 🍁 📍 San Isidro de Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Its jaw-dropping color comes from leaf pigments, not flowers — a Southeast Asian native now grown as a garden staple worldwide, with thousands of cultivated varieties.

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All Categories•Costa Rica•Flora•Nature| by Carlos Morales • 07/25/2026 • No comments

Goldfish Plant

🔍 Goldfish Plant | Columnea sp. 🌺 📍 San Isidro de Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Shaped like a curled goldfish, this epiphyte dangles from mossy branches, luring in hummingbirds with its fiery, speckled throat.

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All Categories•Costa Rica•Landscape•Nature•Viewpoints| by Carlos Morales • 06/27/2026 • No comments

Rainbow over San Isidro

🔍 Rainbow over San Isidro 🌈 📍 San Isidro de Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Rainbows form when sunlight refracts through water droplets at a precise 42° angle — and at over 1,300 meters on the volcanic slopes above Grecia, the misty highland air…

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All Categories•Costa Rica•Flora•Landscape•Nature| by Carlos Morales • 06/14/2026 • No comments

Yellow Alder

🔍 Yellow Alder | Turnera ulmifolia 🌼 📍 San Isidro de Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Despite being treated as a roadside weed in many tropical countries, Turnera ulmifolia has been used in traditional medicine for centuries — and each flower only lasts a…

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