4.16.17 - Monstera growing on a cypress tree. I am so used to seeing these buggers as houseplants -
4.16.17 - Monstera growing on a cypress tree. I am so used to seeing these buggers as houseplants - it was really exciting to see one in its (semi-natural) habitat! I love them so much and wish I had the space to keep my own.Also, when I was first trying to caption this photo, I fell into a pit of research (which started from googling “epiphytes”) and accidentally learned a lot about hemiepiphytes, nomadic vines, regular epiphytes, aerial roots, and all other sorts of things from this article: https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/111/6/1015/153381/Hemiepiphyte-a-confusing-term-and-its-history) in case ya’ll want an interesting read! -- source link
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