This is a discussion on The Strangler within the Show your photo (Color) - Landscape & Nature (flowers, mountains, storms etc.) forums, part of the Photography & Fine art photography category; Strangler Figs are a parasitic tree that wraps itself around a host tree and feeds off that until it dies ...
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Strangler Figs are a parasitic tree that wraps itself around a host tree and feeds off that until it dies many years into the future. Finally the host tree decays away and leaves the Strangler Fig standing alone ... hollow inside.
These shots show the Strangler from both outside and inside.
Last edited by Mad Aussie; 04-01-2009 at 03:13 AM.
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No comments? Maybe everyone has these trees in their area?
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I think they just got pushed down very quickly. Does the tree stand when it is hollow or fall over? does it die after losing it's host? Once again these have a cool but creepy look to them?
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The strangler continues to stand and live after the host has died.
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Nice shots. The stranglers are amazing.
I got a similar shot at Mt Glorious a couple of months ago. Looking at it now, I should have shot for the HDR.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtb_antz/3205032147/
Me on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtb_antz
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Never heard of this! Is it a problem tree? Like our pine beetles killing trees here?
Like the last one!
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