Please help ID these flowers

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    We took these pictures in a garden in Costa Rica. I can't seem to ID the flowers in these last 6 pics. I would appreciate any help very much! Thanks.
     

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    The first flower is an orchid. Don't know what kind.
    The next one is Pentas lanceolata.
    The third is Justicia brandegeana.
    Number four looks like some kind of Forget-me-not.
    I think the next is a bromeliad, again I don't know what kind.
    The last looks like red ginger, Alpinia purpurata.
    Hope this is some help.
     
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    Thanks!

    I really appreciate the help. I suspected that the purple one is an orchid and the red spiky one a bromeliad but have been unable to determine which ones. Thanks for the IDs--I enjoy learning about this even though I am just beginning. If anyone knows any more specifics about the orchid, bromeliad, or forget-me-nots let me know.
     
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    Thanks and further ID

    Again, thanks for the IDs--they helped me figure out some more specifics:

    The orchid is a "bamboo orchid" and the bromeliad is probably "Hohenbergia Stellata" in case inquiring minds want to know. Still haven't quite figured out the Forget-me-Not thing.
     

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