Here are a few shots of epiphytes inhabiting trees flanking Avenida Avila Camacho.
I have passed this carport probably more than a hundred times and never noticed the nice collection of mounted epiphytes, primarily orchids.
The American Heritage Dictionary informs us that an epiphyte is “A plant, such as a tropical orchid or a staghorn fern, that grows on another plant upon which it depends for mechanical support but not for nutrients. Also called aerophyte , air plant .”
Epiphytes, especially orchids and ferns, are pervasive in trees hereabouts. This specimen, an orchid I think, apparently wasn’t able to find a tree so attached itself to a mortar patch on this building wall.
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