June 21st, 2009
Among the Pelliciera
By KENNEDY WARNEHere are a few more glimpses of the magic forest. (Click on photograph to start slide sequence.)
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Bromeliad on a Pelliciera trunk.
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Candy Feller in the Pelliciera forest of Peninsula Valiente.
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Pelliciera trees have buttressed roots for stability.
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Another Pelliciera epiphyte: an orchid.
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Pelliciera have large, woody, heart-shaped fruit from which the new seedling emerges.
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Candy thinks the emerging seedlings of Pelliciera look like baby dinosaurs hatching from an egg.
Tags: Bocas del Toro, mangroves, Pelliciera, Peninsula Valiente