Pictures of ceiba or kapok tree [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. 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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Epiphyte-laden kapok tree (Guatemala) Giant ceiba ('Big Tree') in the Panamanian rainforest Kapok (Ceiba) tree canopy observation platform Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Giant kapok ('Big Tree') in Panama's rainforest Mongbay's Rhett Butler Kapok tree towering over the forest (Costa Rica) Kapok tree towering over the forest (Costa Rica) Giant kapok ('Big Tree') in Panama's rainforest Giant ceiba Looking up the trunk of a giant Ceiba tree (pan01-0707) rhett Ceiba borer beetle (Peru) Epiphyte-laden branches of a giant Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) at Tikal (Guatemala) Giant kapok (ceiba) rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy Looking up at a canopy platform in a Kapok tree Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree (Peru) Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Stranger fig roots wrapped around Kapok tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Uptrunk view giantkapok (Brazil) Kapok (Ceiba) cotton tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Rain forest in Panama Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Giant kapok - sideview (Brazil) Kapok tree towering over the forest (Costa Rica) Looking down from Kapok platform Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Kapok (Ceiba) releasing cotton Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Giant kapok ('Big Tree') in the Panamanian rainforest Giant kapok tree (Brazil) Spiral staircase leading up to the canopy platform situated in a giant Kapok (Ceiba) tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Kapok (Ceiba) cotton Kapok cotton was once used to stuff life preservers and pillows Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Kapok (Ceiba) cotton Kapok cotton was once used to stuff life preservers and pillows Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Giant kapok tree- distance (Brazil) Canopy tower leading to platform in a Ceiba (Kapok) tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Giant ceiba ('Big Tree') in the Panamanian rainforest Philodendron epiphyte in Kapok tree Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Kapok or Ceiba tree buttress roots Kapok tree towering over the forest (Costa Rica) Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (closeup) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a ceiba tree (Guatemala) Kapok canopy platform Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (close) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a kapok tree (Guatemala) Kapok (Ceiba) cotton width small black seeds Kapok seeds are dispersed in the wind. A breeze picks up the cotton and carries it away from the parent tree. Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Giant kapok tree emerging from the rainforest canopy Epiphyte-laden ceiba tree (Guatemala) Giant ceiba ('Big Tree') in Panama's rainforest Mongbay's Rhett Butler Giant ceiba tree which serves at the base for climbing into the canopy Giant ceiba tree emerging from the rainforest Buttress roots of a kapok tree (Guatemala) Rhett on Kapok tree canopy platform Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Kapok tree (Brazil) Giant kapok tree seen from a distance Kapok seed pods (Brazil) Kapok tree towering over the forest (Costa Rica) Canopy as viewed between wood rails of Kapok platform Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Bromeliad-laden limbs of a giant Kapok tree at Tikal (Guatemala) Giant kapok emerging from the canopy Giant kapok Looking up the trunk of an emergent Ceiba tree (pan01-0708) Rain forest in Panama Giant kapok ('Big Tree') in the Panamanian rainforest Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a kapok tree (Guatemala) Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV (Peru) Giant ceiba tree emerging from the rainforest canopy Giant kapok ('Big Tree') in Panama's rainforest Giant ceiba ('Big Tree') in Panama's rainforest ceiba or kapok tree: Page 1