Friday 13 October 2017

Morton Bay Strangler

This plant takes over its host, the roots are above ground, and strangles the tree it is taken over. Possums and other creatures live in it.

1 comment:

  1. Similar to many trees we saw at the UBC Botanical Garden a couple weekends ago... and I remember trees like this in Hawaii as well (20 years ago!).
    One perspective is that "it takes over it's host"... another is that it is one of "The Giving Tree" (book by Shel Silverstein)... giving itself to host other life/living organisms!

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