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Spotted on Mar 5, 2011
Submitted on Jun 4, 2011
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Hermosa orquidea por favor agregala ala mission Orchids of the World Gracias
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9525...
I thought so ceherzog, its just hard to give a correct ID sometimes with nothing to go on but a photo. Marta says in a national park, but maybe it was in a cultivated garden near the entrance or something. A few notes about where it was taken would help a lot.
It's a Nun's Orchid...it is not in the wild but planted in a mulched bed, I think. They're pretty commonly grown as garden plants.
O.K.
I'm not saying you didn't photograph it in Costa Rica. I believe, it was just the orchid I thought it might be doesn't seem native to Costa Rica. But either way, I think Susan is right with a more specific name than my suggestion. It really looks like nun's orchid, take a look
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaius_tank...
nun's orchid?
Was in the National Park of Braulio Carrillo.
Sorry I`m shore that I did photographed that flower in Costa Rica!!
its an orchid, looks like Phaius but they aren't found in Costa Rica. Maybe Cattleya