Even with all the bioprospecting out there, there are still tons of plants with undiscovered medicinal qualities. It's such an interesting field. Ethnobotany was one of the directions I considered going into in terms of school and research. Sometimes I still wish I had. You and your husband have a rare opportunity to really get to know Nicaragua, its people and their traditional uses for local plant material. Do you botanize there? The Flora of Nicaragua is in Spanish, but it's pretty new (www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/nicaragua/r...). Apparently, you have tons of native orchids there. How cool!

Well, you have that smile that says I know something you don't know or you just found something that is totally fun and are looking for someone to share with. Either way I hope it is always easy for you to keep that smile. I have found gardening to be a blast and things are a lot easier when they are fun and one is smiling.