Psiguria pictures - Costa Rica

"Molecular Systematics and Taxonomic Revision of Neotropical Psiguria (Cucurbitaceae)"

Photographs of Psiguria in the UT greenhouses, photos from my plant-collecting trip to Costa Rica (2005), and a few photos from my trip in 2003

Eduardo Malavassi, a secondary school teacher in San Isidro de Coronado, 10 Km NE of San José, graciously corrected my label on the ceremonial rock of Toyopán. Thanks so much! (02/2009)

Thanks to Piero Protti, I have filled in a few more of the "unknown" plant names (09/2005)

Michael Nee provided me with some additional species determinations (6/2008) - Thanks!


Psiguria triphylla - leaf (UT greenhouse)	Psiguria triphylla - flower (UT greenhouse)	*Roxi preparing Psiguria warscewiczii* for the dryer at UT**

Caligo sp. - Owl Butterfly - when the wings are apart, it looks like an owl face (Museo Nacional de Costa Rica)	Caligo sp. - Owl Butterfly larvae (Museo Nacional de Costa Rica)	*the only Psiguria triphylla* that I found in Costa Rica (no flowers)**

Orchidaceae, probably Sobralia	unknown vine with interesting aerial roots shown at right	detail of the aerial roots attaching to the post

Anhinga sp. - Snake Bird - sunning by the river	Spider Monkey watching the humans	the Spider Monkey takes a leap

Psiguria warscewiczii - the first species I found in Costa Rica and the only one with flowers	Psiguria warscewiczii - inflorescence with flower buds	Psiguria warscewiczii - typical leaf

Slaty-sided Hawk	Ctenosaur	Peccary

mama Sloth descending to the forest floor for her weekly bathroom break	students photographing the Sloths	mama Sloth with baby

inflorescence of Gurania costaricensis - a sister species of Psiguria	Gurania costaricensis - (AKA G. coccinea) - leaf	Gurania costaricensis - individual flower

that's me in front of a large rainforest tree	fossilized sea shell	fossilized sea shell

vine in the Apocynaceae family (det. by Michael Nee)	milky sap	individual flower

Screech Owl babies	Atta sp. - Leaf-cutter ants	Atta sp. - Leaf-cutter ants

Elateriopsis sp. from Costa Rica -female flowers	Elateriopsis sp. from Costa Rica - leaf	Elateriopsis sp. from Costa Rica - fruit


Datura sp. - grows like trees in Costa Rica in several colors (here pink)	Datura sp. - white	by a creek in Costa Rica

*Rocio and I at Monumento Nacional Guayabo in Costa Rica (this is where I found the P. triphylla)*	Guayaba (Guava) fruits from which they make the delicious Guayabitas (chocolate-covered guava jelly . . . yum!)	Pineapple farm

Psiguria umbrosa (UT greenhouse) - flower	P. umbrosa - leaves - I hope to find this species on another trip to Central America	P. umbrosa - inflorescence

Hog-nose Viper	Hog-nose Viper	Hog-nose Viper

Peanut Bug	?? bug	?? moth

Piero (Costa Rican ecology student) collecting Passiflora sp.	Passiflora sp. - tricked me into thinking is was Psiguria :( - now I know about the tendrils!	Bougainvillea sp. - grows like trees in Costa Rica in many beautiful colors

Lily	Orchidaceae Oncidium klotzchianum	Thunbergia sp. - with insect inside

Baby Armadillo on the Costa Rican rainforest floor	Baby Armadillo on the Costa Rican rainforest floor	White Tent Bats sleeping beneath a banana leaf

*Rothschildia sp.*	Eyelash Viper - yellow morph	the dreaded Bullet Ant - 1-1/4" long!!

Rytidostylis sp. from Costa Rica - flower	Rytidostylis sp. from Costa Rica - fruit	my hotel room at Hotel Ritmo del Caribe in San Jose, Costa Rica

Rocio	Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica	ceremonial rock of Toyopán displayed at the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica

Ericaceae (det. Michael Nee)	Caesalpinia pulcherrima - flowers	Cyperaceae Rynchospora colorata


*Psychotria poeppigiana*	Papaya farm	*Butterfly ginger - Hedychium coronarium* (Zingiberaceae) - thanks Doug!**

Bushmaster - a bite results in only 25% chance of survival (coil diameter 12")	Bushmaster - what a nasty guy!!	*non-native Iridaceae Crocosmia* x crocosmiiflora (det. Michael Nee)**

unknown frog	*unknown frog in a Heliconia* leaf**	*Caiman sp.*

Psiguria triphylla - flower (UT greenhouse)	Psiguria triphylla - leaves (UT greenhouse) - I hope to find this species on another trip to Central America	Psiguria triphylla - inflorescence (UT)

*Lantana camara*	*Fabaceae Arachis pintoi* - in Costa Rica they call it "manicillo" which means "little peanut"**	Epidendrum radicans - orchid

Howler Monkey	Basilisk sp. walks on water	Basilisk sp. - Jesus Christ lizard

*Euphorbiaceae Jatropha multifida* - Patricia Nethercote sent me this identification - Thanks!**	spiky caterpillar - 5" long	Acacia sp. - showing THORNS!!

Heliconius sp. - they feed on Psiguria pollen	can you see the pollen on his proboscis?	that's me again

Crocodile	Dendrobates pumilio - with two tadpoles on her back	Dendrobates pumilio - Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (called "frog in blue jeans" in Spanish)
Momordica charantia - fruit - Bitter Gourd - Plant ID from around the world (Thanks Mahendra from India!)
	Momordica charantia - leaves	Rocio in the rainforest

beach at Dominical, Costa Rica	beach at Dominical, Costa Rica	*Asclepias curassavica*

Tamandua sp. - Southern anteater	unknown Fabaceae	unknown Fabaceae

Tree Boa	Tree Boa (held by Matt, the herpetologist)	Bare-throated Tiger Heron

Red-eyed Tree Frog	Red-eyed Tree Frog	Red-eyed Tree Frogs in amplexus

Howler Monkey	Green Iguana - orange during the mating season	Iguana sp. - Green Iguana

Rat Tree snake face	Matt, the herpetologist, with a Rat Tree snake	Praying Mantis

Costa Rica	the Continental Divide through Costa Rica	White-faced Capuchin monkey

Arenal Volcano - no, I didn't take these pictures, they sell them in the gift shop	Arenal Volcano - I've been to Costa Rica 4 times and I've never seen this volcano because of fog	Arenal Volcano at night