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Ficus sp.
These plants begin life as hemiepiphytes, when their seeds, often bird-dispersed, germinate in crevices atop other trees. These seedlings grow their roots downward and envelop the host tree while also growing upward to reach into the sunlight zone above the canopy. An original support tree can sometimes die, so that the strangler fig becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central core. (Wikipedia)
Rainforest
Spotted on Nov 10, 2017
Submitted on Jan 15, 2018
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Congrats Patty. Incredible picture!
Congratulations on your second place Patty. Love the angle!
Congratulations Patty, this spotting came second in our 2018 Best Wildlife Photo Competition, Plants category!
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A very beautiful photo....
Congrats Patty on the well deserved SOTD ,beautiful picture,thanks for sharing
Congrats!
Congrats Patty for the SOTD!
Congratulations Patty !
Congratulations Patty, your Stangler Fig is our Spotting of the Day! I have edited your spotting to add the genus name as indicated by António.
"Look up an an impressive Strangler Fig (Ficus sp.) all the way into the canopy in our Spotting of the Day! Strangler figs start their life as seedlings in crevices atop other trees, growing roots downward and surrounding their host while also growing upward into the sunlight zone above the canopy. With time the fig roots wrap around the host tree, forming a lattice-work as seen in this image. In some cases the first tree may die, leaving the strangler fig with a hollow central core. In turn the hollow trunk will provide an important niche to many rainforest inhabitants such invertebrates, rodents, bats, reptiles, amphibians, and birds, often attracted to the fig tree by its fruit. Fig fruit seeds passed out in animal dung far from the mother tree bring the next generation of strangler figs".
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this one is a Ficus species
Spectacular shot! Welcome to Project Noah Patty!