Wildlife Spotting

Hermosa orquidea por favor agregala ala mission Orchids of the World Gracias http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9525140

I thought so ceherzog, its just hard to give a correct ID sometimes with nothing to go on but a photo. Marta says in a national park, but maybe it was in a cultivated garden near the entrance or something. A few notes about where it was taken would help a lot.

It's a Nun's Orchid...it is not in the wild but planted in a mulched bed, I think. They're pretty commonly grown as garden plants.

I'm not saying you didn't photograph it in Costa Rica. I believe, it was just the orchid I thought it might be doesn't seem native to Costa Rica. But either way, I think Susan is right with a more specific name than my suggestion. It really looks like nun's orchid, take a look http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaius_tankervilleae

nun's orchid?

its an orchid, looks like Phaius but they aren't found in Costa Rica. Maybe Cattleya