Botany Photo of the Day Dermatobotrys saundersii

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Dermatobotrys saundersii, or tree jockey, has a limited distribution in coastal scarp forests of South Africa and Madagascar. Like the previous Billbergia nutans, it most often grows as an epiphyte (on other plants), though it will sometimes establish in soil. Intriguingly, it is typically epiphytic on decaying trees, often growing within the forks of trunks […]

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