Epiphytic plants need to find a way to compensate for what they do not have -- roots that draw nutrients from the soil. Bromeliads like the green wild pine (Tillandsia utriculata) pictured above with vase-shaped shoots -- or "tanks" --…
Category: Epiphyte
the clothing of the trees
Spanish moss (Tillandsia usenoides) is not a moss. Its common name is a misnomer. Spanish moss is a member of the Bromeliaceae (bromeliad or pineapple) family and is a flowering plant that completes photosynthesis using rainfall and nutrients that it…
Enchanting & epiphytic Encyclia
In 1929 Edward Bok, publisher and Pultizer-prize winning author, opened an informal woodland garden on a 298-foot high sandhill near Lake Wales to “touch the soul with its beauty and quiet” and as a bird sanctuary. Its lush live oak…
Wonderous whisk fern
Ken Gonyo (Class of 2012) shared this photo of whisk fern (Psilotum nudum) growing at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, which was spotted by Susan Warmer (Class of 2006) on a Wednesday work day. Whisk fern is a very primitive…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 