🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 5 months ago
Clusia major (Trinidad & Lesser Antilles) has dangling aerial roots that eventually touch the earth—not surprising for a hemiepiphyte that starts life in a tree (or, as here, on a cliff). What is surprising is that sometimes shoots grow from the roots. #Clusiaceae #TropicalBotany #Botany 🌾🧪🌱