I struggle with identifying some of the plants I saw and photographed in March in Costa Rica. Can anybody help ID these species? 1. ? San Jose garden 2. ? San Jose garden 3. A morning glory? Tortuguero 4. Tree orchid, but is it possible to ID family/species? La Selva 5. ? Pacific coast
Do you have photos of the whole plants to go with these? The first is a hibiscus relative, sort of looks like Hibiscus syriacus, but the leaves may be too shiny. We can't tell if this is a shrub or tree or what. I think the third is Asystasia gangetica. The leaves that belong to it would be the ones at the upper left. It's a vine, creeps around onto anything.
Thank you both for the suggestions. I have attached two more images of #1 and #5. Unfortunately, I have no better photos of the others. I was considering Hibiscus for #1, but the leaves do not seem to fit? Schaueria seems like a good proposal for #2, and Asystasia gangetica for #3.
paalo....THANK YOU! I still have a few pics which I have never id'd. When I saw 2..I thought I know that...one of my mystery plants...I had 2 average pics.. Now I have the answer. Schaueria. Singapore 2014...at the excellent Botanical gardens........at last an id!!!! THANK YOU Tyrlych . Schaueria - Wikipedia
Well how fun is that, Silver surfer! @paalo, that's essentially the same photo of the hibiscus - doesn't really even show the leaf shape, not to mention the plant or tree shape. I'm out.
1. Were the flowers on a shrub or tree? The veins on the leaves reminds me of a tree.....Thespesia grandiflora...Malvaceaea. Thespesia grandiflora leaf - Google Search thespesia grandiflora - Google Search Thespesia grandiflora - Wikipedia
Well, here is something called Talipariti elatum, a Caribbean Malvaceae, but you said in a garden, so would not have had to be native to Costa Rica. Talipariti elatum - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia Look at the photo around 2/3 of the way down.
Thanks anyway for trying to ID the plant, Wendy! I know we should always take photos of the whole plant, but sometimes I tend to forget and be back in the old days with film roll limitations. Then we both have learnt something today, Silver surfer :) I would say it was more like a small tree, but I am not 100% sure my memory is correct.
@Silver surfer, wouldn't the white column on the photo here not match to the Thespesia photos? I can't tell if the calyx is right for Talipariti elatum, but I was struck by the similar appearance of the photo on the page I mentioned: Talipariti elatum - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia