• Costa Rica, June-July 2005
    My first time in the jungle and I am hooked!
  • Costa Rica, May 2006
    I learn all about riding buses (and horses).
  • Costa Rica, August 2006
    My wife learns about mountain rats (in bed with us).
  • Costa Rica, November-December 2006
    Friends old and new
  • Ecuador, May-June 2007
    Mud, mules and my escape from the Shuar Indians
  • Costa Rica, January-February 2008
    A little monkey named "Sweetie" is in love (with me)
  • Peru, June-July 2008
    My first Heliconia Society International conference, then the wilds of Peru
  • Panama, October-November 2008:
    First trip to Panama and visiting Carla Black
  • Ecuador, October 2009:
    Ecuador in the dry season, traveling with friends
  • Singapore; Borneo, July 2010
    Heliconia Society conference and tour in Borneo
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  • Costa Rica, June-July 2011
    FINALLY, I find the REAL Costus barbatus
  • Guyana, August 2011
    Overnight deep in the jungle with a drunken Indian
  • Panama & Colombia, July-August 2012
    Heliconia Society conference and Colombia tour
  • Brazil, November 2012
    My "luxury tour" and first Chamaecostus in habitat
  • Peru, January-February 2013
    A long treacherous ride through the summits of the Andes
  • Costa Rica, September 2013
    Another visit with my friend and super plantsman Reinaldo
  • Brazil, January-February 2014
    Thiago and I find the endangered Chamaecostus cuspidatus in habitat
  • Colombia, April 2014
    Exploring the beauty of the Colombian Chocó and eastern mountains
  • Mexico, July 2014
    I find Costus and coffee, two of my favorites
  • Ecuador, February-March 2015
    Exploring with father and son - Marco Jiménez Sr. and Jr.
  • Panama, November 2015
    Carla Black and I search for the elusive Costus vinosus
  • Costa Rica, July 2016
    Visiting the type localities of C. glaucus, C. nitidus and C. curvibracteatus
  • Costa Rica, September 2016
    A near tragedy, rolled my car down the mountain
  • Peru, November 2016
    Following Ruiz, the truth about Costus laevis
  • Dominica, January 2017
    The most beautiful island in the Caribbean
  • Bolivia, March 2017
    I find another misinterpreted type specimen, this time in Dimerocotus
  • Mexico, August 2017
    Helping Paul Maas with his new species Costus alticolus
  • Holland, October 2017 A visit with Paul and Hiltje Maas in the Netherlands
  • Peru, March 2018
    Finding the REAL Costus tarmicus and confirming a NEW SPECIES
  • Trinidad, June 2018
    Short trip to another island in the Caribbean
  • Guatemala, July 2018
    I rediscover an insufficiently known species Costus sepacuitensis
  • Mexico, August-September 2018
    Another trip with my friend Manuel
  • Colombia, December 2018
    At last it is safe to explore the jungles of southern Colombia
  • Brazil, February 2019
    A two-day boat trip takes us deep into drug trafficking territory
  • Brazil, April 2019
    I find a species first collected by a German explorer 120 years ago
  • Panama, July 2019
    Carla Black and I look for two new species needing further documentation
  • Honduras, September 2019
    Studying the mesoamerican forms of  Costus pulverulentus and  Costus scaber
  • Brazil, January 2020
    Finally I understand and can recognize the true  Costus acreanus
  • Ecuador, January 2022
    Documenting another new species and exploring remote indigenous areas
  • Peru, April 2022
    Exploring the Amazonian jungles of eastern Peru with Devon Graham
  • Colombia, December 2022
    Heliconia Conference and exploring eastern Colombia with Eugenio