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Treeferns in Costa Rica and Ecuador. All photos Copyright, © 1998 M. Gibbons and T. W. Spanner.
Cyathea sp. on the road between Cartago and San Isidro, north of San Isidro, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Detail of crown and sori of the above fern.
Cyathea sp. on the road between Cartago and San Isidro, Costa Rica, about 9,750' a.s.l. in cloudforest. This high elevation species has fantastic down-curved fronds, and is likely to be a little frost hardy, and certainly very cool tolerant.
Detail of crown and sori of this fern.
A smaller Cyathea sp. near Finca Armenia, Volcan Miravalles, Alajuela, Costa Rica, in wet montane forest.
Crown and frond detail.
Cyathea sp. at Wilson Botanic Gardens, San Vito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Close up of the crown and sori.
A large, trunking Blechnum sp. on the road between Cartago and San Isidro, Costa Rica, at about 8,800' a.s.l.
A close up of the upper trunk of this Blechnum.
A picture showing a two-trunked individual of the above fern.
Cyathea sp. west of Macas, Ecuador, at 4,400' a.s.l.
A large grove of Cyathea sp. near Santa Barbara, Ecuador, around 8200' a.s.l.
Cyathea sp. near Santa Barbara, Ecuador, around 8200' a.s.l.
Cyathea sp. near El Playon, Ecuador, at 10,100' a.s.l.
Cyathea sp. near El Playon, Ecuador, at 10,100' a.s.l.
A very impressive large Blechnum sp. at about 8,800' a.s.l. near Santa Barbara, Ecuador.
