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title: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020.
description: The Cortez Amarillos burst into bloom yesterday, filling the treeline and the streets with color and drawing some mono congos out to snack in the trees.
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# Wednesday, March 4th, 2020.

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The *cortez amarillos* / yellow cortez trees (*Tabebuia ochracea*) in Town first burst into bloom yesterday and will continue today, filling the treeline and the streets with color and drawing some *mono congos* / howler monkeys (*Alouatta palliata*) out to snack in the trees. 

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The *cortez amarillos* are native to Central and South America, and remain mostly green until environmental triggers send these trees to bloom a bright yellow flower across the entirety of its foliage. These blooms are hyper-regional (for example, they might be blooming here and not 20 miles up the coast) and typically only last 1-2 days, until the flowers all eventually fall to the ground, helped along by foragers like the *mono congos* and *iguanas negras */ black iguanas (*ctenosaura similis)* who love the taste of these flowers. 

In Guanacaste, this is actually a common phenomenon for many different species blooming trees and vines, and each species blooms under slightly different conditions, resulting in a distinct order throughout the dry season.

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