![Heliconia rostrata, Parrot's beak](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHo968JrcqluqrylvQnJTfOIeqnFjxN8yE8EmhTmKO_Lht9LdbkE_VDqrSGtHJqHbHKxOPoMwGkMZByKJ9nmQ6ufog2Nle-t9YWNuZKfl74sy2NEfjbFg7l1s_j3Y8qLt0iSZH/s320/Heliconia+rostrata+2.jpg)
![Russelia equisetiformis, coral or firecraker plant](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgkXhAHCRBmHNnr9t1f6CP3rdyK6KqBxnu7RsUp4xgkWGxqEyVp2a-AcwWrGbrEGaUMzL6qe1xe_IV16eli2CIBTSry3qgtt-8Ffs_WA5R61vngYn4f4KzMXQqVP5YlYGgC-Q/s320/firecracker+plant.jpg)
![Russelia equisetiformis, firecracker plant](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwR50lfAx8FJBcyRGsGYNDnNlJxt_gEHHtwk4cPBvyStrOsUiK0Rb6G-P13fOsAGU9lhdjr8SQSeqGSmydjGotR-2D0OXitS0LnmTA2z31ru4fbbjjHliDcDFz2KVdVtCVQJb6/s320/Firecracker+plant+blooms.jpg)
![weird bananas](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnplL5a0Lh0-KhUsGAqnY2IuzRyb_QVytr9_EbOmZ7vuGINKNiAKr0Wkrl6FKavJ8jTYOGGlxB_J3UROr6irgMD1JEqeyNE5rX6kKuUqnqTJ7QrKBbapPKiU-7RSbjtZ5DOub/s320/weird+bananas.jpg)
![weird spider](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0eoNnI1E_jEQnuGVA-oKRack7nEpnohA0Nm4KDvis8_rKD6BQY7jTClkUwfHHf2IssVSnHTa7WD30HiCLN8E9pbgvMppFWO7Zap6Y9OZkkh1zF-Fly5vjGNLqjyJzFkM-P8m/s320/spider.jpg)
It was about 2 inches long (10 cm.), not including the legs. After the photo shoot, El Jefe chopped it up with a machete. I worry about poisonous spiders biting our dogs so I didn't complain this time. Besides, when in Rome.....
![Clerodendrum thomsonae attacked by leaf cutter ants](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifi1WFJ3oFr8Ac4KwwwyELXxntq4xjh7skPPdBFoon5G7V8dfwm2eozbSYWqUrl6NwyXGVE85lNEbF1QKQw9TlDwSRA2DRsKJkmT1_SgFGVhMseVYngyK4LWWzEJ3Yg4MU8sXs/s320/bleeding+heart+distroyed+by+ants.jpg)
![Clerodendrum thomsonae (Bleeding heart vine)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjRaUY9g75nzS5bdpP0LGLNFzNoqLlCenrIzF4JEM-vEx6TuCrWcxG41u5NsmAdW5FU7YK3DkxiU9fGoVd2_pN0nbiMgxr9kgfxl8TPSmWgsz6n1OY93ZZWKuO7pWxpzJg_I1/s320/Bleeding+heart+June+06.jpg)
![Clerodendrum thomsonae (Bleeding heart vine)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlTiqQu26VNY8nBYACD78put438hxfrI43vMC2sd2dVqKTXhBU7hlmvMLETHnlDDDB8ryLTlkWY7jqW4pXq0CQY94pYw8gwdiGurzNj3xfi9blyMjhVeb1q0joyWc-45KpYO5/s320/Bleeding+heart.jpg)
![Lemon tree](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidB_bKTV5e1N70bTCnyIq-Hzo0Wbr5r5oy99sOmjtT3I8v7mj3Vr1uOB-hSyspwpIlaPgq1yDH3qAL1DsSGRI4BzyryvU09JgeQVG3KkUz0JO8sWbJzkVSghiOM84QVDFs1DRR/s320/Lemon+tree.jpg)
It is a little deformed as some Celosia argentea v. spicata grew up around it and I actually forgot it was there for awhile. Apparently it was stretching sideways to reach some small bit of light. Just imagine it now without one single leaf on it. Poor limón!
![Leaf cutter ant path](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTszpjndCcM31e9-u5aN_hJJWqLoa3BwslxFMsBpS2Q_u7uPKUmyo_rGUU37BZdCuEZQ0ttgFI_ozwSzIj6ICNZZ5cjTZoG1QYAHWVSc6J_HpQtzlfnXxaz9vKYS643JAO16LF/s320/leaf+cutter+ant+trail.jpg)
I have some incredible leaf cutter ant photos to show you one of these days. Stay tuned!