Mexican Orchid of the Month: Scaphyglottis bidentata

Mexican Orchid of the Month: The Imbricate Scaphyglottis  Scaphyglottis imbricata. (Lindl.) Dressler By Biól. Evelyn Martinez Cuevas September 13, 2026 This month, to mark our national celebrations, we invite you to visit the Vallarta Botanical Garden and discover, amongst the foliage, a small orchid with a great history: Scaphyglottis imbricata. This orchid, with its slender […]

Restauración forestal tras los incendios: así se recupera el Santuario del Ocelote

Forest Restoration After the Fires: How the Ocelot Sanctuary Is Recovering By Biól. Evelyn Martinez-Cuevas Sep 11,, 2026 When fire sweeps across the sierra, the landscape can look devastated and bleak. Yet beneath the ground, among the seeds that remain, the story of an ecosystem trying to rise again begins. At the Ocelot Sanctuary, a […]

Mexican Bird of the Month: Eared Quetzal

Mexican Bird of the Month: Eared Quetzal  Euptilotis neoxenus By Biól. Evelyn Martinez-Cuevas Septiembre 02, 2026 In the pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental lives a bird that appears to wear tiny tufts beside its ears: the Eared Quetzal, Euptilotis neoxenus, the only representative of its genus. It belongs to the order Trogoniformes and […]

Nepenthes: The Plant That Turned a Leaf Into a Stomach

The Plant That Turned a Leaf Into a Stomach Nepenthes By Biól. Evelyn Martinez-Cuevas July 12, 2026 There are plants with magnificent flowers. There are some with peculiar scents. And then there are the Nepenthes, which decided to solve the problem of nutrient-poor soil by turning their leaves into biomechanical digestive traps straight out of […]

United for Conservation: VBG at BGCI-CATIE

United for Conservation: VBG at BGCI-CATIE United for Conservation: VBG at BGCI-CATIE Technical Workshop in Turrialba   By Evelyn Martínez Cuevas October 22, 2025 The Vallarta Botanical Gardens (VBG) is part of the Central and Caribbean Botanical Garden (CCBG) and the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) networks. Both organizations promote collaboration between gardens on conservation, […]