This is a very small orchid I had the good fortune to see while working in Costa Rica earlier this year. The full scale on the image is no more than an inch – you are looking at a very very small flower! Do you like it? You’ll be dismayed, then, to find out that…

Leaves emerge through the fog as we drive through cloud forest. Visibility is no more than a few meters, and the road is mud beneath our wheels. The change is remarkable – just a few hours earlier we were in the sunny and sticky warmth of a moist tropical forest. It’s amazing how quickly plant…