Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso June 18, 2025 The Bare-throated Tiger-Heron is an elegant bird measuring just under a meter tall that lives in the aquatic ecosystems of Mexico in northwestern South America. Unlike other herons, it prefers solitude. Its diet consists of fish, frogs, crustaceans, and […]

Govenia Superba

Govenia superba Govenia superba   By Eduardo Villegas June 17, 2025 This month we would like to introduce a beautiful orchid: Govenia superba, a species of terrestrial habit native to Mexico that goes by the names of yellow lily and cozticzacatzacuxochitl. This orchid prefers a cool to cold climate. Its pseudobulbs are globose and are […]

Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird

Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird Tilmatura dupontii   By Ric Chamblee June 17, 2025 The Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird is one of my favorite hummingbirds to photograph and quite small in size. The Male Sparkling-tailed Hummingbirds are 8.2 to 10.1 cm (3.2 to 4.0 in) long – including the tail. Females are 5.8 to 7.5 cm (2.3 to […]

Encyclia Trachycarpa

Encyclia trachycarpa Encyclia trachycarpa   By Eduardo Villegas June 17, 2025 Mexican orchids have a special attraction for the tourist sector that invites you to visit the Botanical Garden of Vallarta, where you will find them exhibiting a great variety of shapes and striking colors that make it impossible not to see, admire and contemplate […]

Connecting with the botanical community at APGA 2025

Connecting with the botanical community at APGA 2025 Connecting with the botanical community at APGA 2025 By Christopher Jacobs June 3, 2025 We headed to Denver this month to attend the 2025 conference of the American Public Gardens Association ( APGA ). The “Mile High City” is famed for being a welcoming and inclusive place […]

Stripe-headed Sparrow

Stripe-headed Sparrow Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda   By Blanca Gabriela Chávez Garcia y Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso May 31, 2025 This month we present a bird that is easy to spot in the surroundings of the Vallarta Botanical Garden: The Stripe-headed Sparrow, a medium-sized bird that lives in savannahs, shrublands, secondary forests and open […]

Conservation Work

Conservation Work Conservation Work Bringing you closer to our Conservation work than ever before   By Christopher Jacobs May 28, 2025 As we enter the fifth month of our 20th anniversary year, we have been thinking of ways to connect you, our valued friends and supporters, more deeply with the conservation work of the Garden. […]

Education for Conservation

Education for Conservation Education for Conservation A new project in El Cuale for the local production of the white oak (Quercus cualensis) By Dr. Maribel Arenas Navarro May 28, 2025 We are delighted and excited to share with you that we have launched our next educational program in the community of El Cuale, Jalisco. Last […]

Rhynchostele Cervantesii

Rhynchostele cervantesii Rhynchostele cervantesii   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso May 27, 2025 Rhynchostele cervantesii a Mexican orchid species widely recognized for its beauty and highly appreciated in horticulture worldwide. In addition, it has been traditionally used as an ornamental in churches and Christmas nativity scenes. Since the 19th century, it has been subject […]

Green heron

Green heron Green heron Butorides virescens   By Biól. Jesús Ángel Barajas Fragoso April 07, 2026 From the United States of America and the east coast of Canada, the Green Heron arrives, fleeing the winter. It migrates as far as Panama and northern South America. It is a solitary bird, but monogamous, perfect for this Valentine’s Day to tell that […]