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photos: trees in Colombia


Below you will find a collection of photos from Colombia. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 2006, 2007, and 2010. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


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Coconut trees



Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy



Big tree



Coconut trees



Big tree



Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon



Buttress roots of an Amazon rainforest tree



Orchids growing up the trunk of a tree in a Colombian cloud forest



Cecropia tree



Looking up at a canopy platform in a Kapok tree



Giant kapok (ceiba) rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy



Fuschia-colored tree flower in Colombia



Strangler fig



Strangler fig



Epiphytes and ferns in a tree



Banyon tree in the Amazon



Rainforest canopy tree



Big tree



Canopy tree laden with hundreds of epiphytes



Socratea exorrhiza (Family Arecaceae/Palmae) [Walking palm]



Big tree



Big strangler fig



Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon



Bromeliads blanketing a canopy tree in the Andean montane forest



Big tree



Rio Amacayacu



Buttress roots provide support for an Amazon rainforest tree



Oropendula nests along the Amacayacu, a tributary of the Amazon river



The shallow root structure of a canopy tree



Shallow-rooted rainforest canopy trees often have buttress roots for support



Bromeliad atop a rainforest canopy tree



Canopy trees with white leaves



Fuschia-colored tree flower in Colombia



Strangler fig wrapped around the trunk of a tree



Fuschia-colored tree flower in Colombia



Epiphytes on a rainforest tree



Big tree



Disperse roots provide support for a Banyon tree in the Amazon



Tree with buttress roots



Rough bark



Bromeliads and other epiphytes in a canopy tree



Strangler fig wrapped around the trunk of a tree



Big strangler fig



Defensive thorns on a tree trunk



Big tree



Big tree



Epiphytes and ferns in a tree



Emergent canopy tree at sunset



Rough bark



Fuschia-colored tree flower in Colombia



Strangler fig wrapped around the trunk of a tree



Fuschia-colored tree flower in Colombia



Red palm roots



Rough bark



Tree crown



Red leaves in the rainforest



Tree in the Choco rainforest



Epiphytes and ferns in a tree



Strangler fig wrapped around the trunk of a tree



Canopy trees in Santuario OtĂșn Quimbaya




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Copyright Rhett Butler 1994-2012

Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1996-2011. While these photos are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


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