Hello Mario, Richard, Hans, Udi and Lucia, Thanks Mario for all the details about La Selva. I am excited about this adventure. I think it will be essentially very different from painting in botanical gardens as before. The rainforest is sometimes too wet and too humid for the water colour to stay on and to do any finer lines with brush. But at least I can do some good pencil sketch and put down the colour and will work on it back in the chalet. I am scare of snakes and I think La Selva got plenty! I think I will definitely be with a guide to explore for a couple days first and locate some of the interesting vines, from the vascular plant list, there are more than a few that I want to paint: Aristolochia gorgona, Aristolochia translucida, Banisteriopsis caapi, Dalechampia dioscoreifolia (I painted before), Dalechampia websteri, Passiflora auriculata, Passiflora lobata etc. I am working on this one now and kind of based on the photos on the site and Mario's drawings and description of gorgona. I hope the colour is alright. It is bright orange with white and brown. I hope it is not so much with purple. I have painted gigantea before, which is more purple but in photo always turned out more brown. My painting of gorgona features frontal, side, dissected view and bud, and fruit with leaves; right now it is the frontal view that I am working on with a flower of about 20 to 28 cm. The tentacles are sure difficult to paint, remind me of my wet look teddy bear! Victor
Hello Mario, How are you? Are you in the States or in Costa Rica? I found out there is a Eco Tour organized by my old college going to Costa Rica this May...
Hi Victor, those are great news. But don't set your expectations too high on finding A. gorgona in flower. I have seen flowers in nature only a handful of...
Hi Mario, I am starting to look into the collection data from the La Selva web site, and got the map and trail detail and the collecting approxiate locations,...
Hello friends Those who are interested in tropical plant in general are welcome to join us in TropicalGardens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TropicalGardens/ ...
Hey Victor We have a few, not showy Aristo's here in Israel...if you ever want to paint them, or just visit - you are welcome to be my guest. Good luck in...
Hi Victor, you might want to bring some Write-in-the-Rain paper for your pencil drawings, in case your regular drawing paper gets too soft in the 90-100%...
Thanks Mario, and everyone for the encouragement. I think I am going in May with the group to Costa Rica and then head to La Selva alone. Thanks Mario so...
Hi Victor, leeches are not a problem in Costa Rica, unless you go wading in swamps (not a good idea anyway because there might be caymans or crocodyles in the...
Hi Vic and all, Is that the Mucuna vine that is host plant for the Morpho butterflies? I have a great book called 'Sarapiqui Chronicle A Naturalist in Costa...
I do know you dear Richard...not personally but virtually..even remember your happy scooby doo that appeared one day free as a bird in a public photo... I cant...
Hello Richard, I might have this book in the library. Don't send me yet. I am going to find the book in the library first, I remember it is about wild...
Hi Vic, You changed your email address. I will write to you later.. Happy you are ok. Richard ... From: victor wong<mailto:aristolochiafrimbiata@...> To:...
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