Showing posts with label Jungle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jungle. Show all posts

Friday, 8 July 2011

Strangler Fig


Iguazu National Park, Argentina

These plants begin life as epiphytes, 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)

Friday, 13 May 2011

Adrenaline


20 minutes later we would be on that boat! :-)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Above the Jungle Canopy


Birth of the day at the ancient Mayan City of Tikal
Tikal National Park, Guatemala

Friday, 17 December 2010

Friday, 29 October 2010

Wednesday, 13 October 2010