Blakea grandiflora / Melastomataceae Monteverde, Costa Rica Feb. 26, 2011 This was a strikingly beautiful flower growing on an epiphytic shrub, I took this photo from one of the hangng bridges at Selvatura.

Begonia convallariodora Monteverde, Costa Rica Feb. 26, 2011 It was amazing to see so many different species of Begonias growing wild in the cloud forests.