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Giant aroid leaf52 viewsAroids -- the family that includes Philodendron and Dieffenbachia -- are protected from leaf damage by tiny, painful crystals in their leaf tissue. Eating them is a bit like munching on a salad sprinkled with fiberglass!
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Canopy bromeliads48 viewsHigh above the forest floor, on the spreading branches of a giant Ceiba tree, these bromeliads put forth brightly colored displays to attract pollinators to their flowers.
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Rainforest canopy from below61 viewsPeering up at the canopy is what gives birdwatchers sore necks!
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Amazon forest canopy63 viewsForest canopy seen through the leaves of a tall Ceiba tree, located in the upper Ecuadorian Amazon at Tiputini Biodiversity Station.
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Cloud forest epiphytes72 viewsCanopy epiphytes catch the morning sun in the El Pahuma cloud forest
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Fuschia in flower72 views
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Blue Gentian flowers68 viewsDelicate flowers in the Gentian family grace the deep green cushion plants of the high Andean paramo.
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Misty rainforest canopy65 viewsMist lies thick atop the trees of the Amazon rainforest; much of this moisture is actually exhaled by plants during the night (transpiration).
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