Epiphytes.

[David Humphries]

Fine Ash Pol there David

 

Here's some rhody up in the top of an old Pollard at Burnham

 

 

.

[David oakman]

Nice one:thumbup:

[David oakman]

The branch on the left is a field maple:001_smile:

[Giles Hill]

Since we're stretching the meaning of epiphyte, here's some more trees growing on trees. Taken at Captains Wood in Sudbourne.

 

This is a silver birch on top of an old fallen hollow stump.

 

This one is similar to the previous, but it seems to have become top heavy and taken a partial tumble.

 

This one is on an old rowan stump, which has mostly decayed. leaving a strange looking set of buttresses.

 

And this is an out of focus picture of a holly growing out of an old oak pollard.

[David oakman]

Nice pictures Giles. We are not stretching the meaning of Epiphytes most books in the glossary say anything growing on a tree

[Tom D]

For you hama, proper job, bet you don't get this down your way.

 

 

 

Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

For you hama, proper job, bet you don't get this down your way.

 

 

Nah we dont, but I do get out and about, enough to see these things for real. Im hoping to get into some real epiphyte country one day, the amazon!

[Taupotreeman]

Plenty out this way in the old growth forests. I'll try and get some pictures once my camera dries out or I can steal the wife's.

[S.O.P]

Ficus in a dead Eucalypt. Common sight in some areas of Australia.

 

Out on a job, I managed to see 3 different Ficus species, all a decent size in one Eucalypt.

 

 

[Tom D]

Thought I'd revive this thread with this:

The larch was totally dead but we missed it first time as there was so much lichen it looked alive..