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Tillandsia fasciculata
Tillandsia species are epiphytes (also called aerophytes or air plants) – ie they normally grow without soil while attached to other plants). Epiphytes are not parasitic, depending on the host only for support.
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These Tillandsias are blooming on the trunk of a huge tree at the Mayan ruins of Copan. The second photo is the inside of the tree they were growing on, it's completely hollow.
Spotted on Jan 1, 2001
Submitted on May 1, 2011
2 Comments
I think you're right, thanks.
Looks like Tillandsia fasciculata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillandsia_...