Casa Orquideas, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
Wow! Today we finally slept late, what a treat - 6:30am! After traveling all night, we arrived at the beautiful bay of Bahia Rincon in the Golfo Dulce. After breakfast, some of us kayaked up the Rio Rincon, while others joined a birdwatching walk, or cruised in Zodiacs to explore the shoreline.
Later that afternoon we arrived at Casa Orquideas. During a leisurely stroll through the lovely gardens, we encountered all kinds of plants and animals. But one root structure caught everyone’s attention. It’s called a “buttress” or dorsal fin root system. All the trees in the tropical rain forests that grow to the emergent or canopy level, create a root system that gives them better support on the ground since their roots are so shallow -- only 10 to 20 cm deep. At the same time, other plant life grows or attaches itself to the roots in search of sunlight, which in a tropical rain forest is always hard to come by and there is always a constant battle to get to the top.
Wow! Today we finally slept late, what a treat - 6:30am! After traveling all night, we arrived at the beautiful bay of Bahia Rincon in the Golfo Dulce. After breakfast, some of us kayaked up the Rio Rincon, while others joined a birdwatching walk, or cruised in Zodiacs to explore the shoreline.
Later that afternoon we arrived at Casa Orquideas. During a leisurely stroll through the lovely gardens, we encountered all kinds of plants and animals. But one root structure caught everyone’s attention. It’s called a “buttress” or dorsal fin root system. All the trees in the tropical rain forests that grow to the emergent or canopy level, create a root system that gives them better support on the ground since their roots are so shallow -- only 10 to 20 cm deep. At the same time, other plant life grows or attaches itself to the roots in search of sunlight, which in a tropical rain forest is always hard to come by and there is always a constant battle to get to the top.
