Epiphytic rhododendron, belonging to the angiosperm, rhododendron family, rhododendron genus. It is mainly distributed in northwestern Yunnan. As the name suggests, it is a species that is different from the terrestrial rhododendron, that is, the common species that takes root in the ground and mainly relies on absorbing nutrients from the soil to maintain life activities, they are appendages to other plants, but they are not completely absolute, and some can also grow on rocks in mixed forests. In order to survive, plants must win a good ecological niche, and for this they have their own tricks. In addition to honestly rooted in the ground, there are also various means of epiphysis, saprophysis, parasitism, etc., such as epiphytic rhododendron is just because there was a pit in the epiphytic tree at that time, and there was just soil and humus inside, so it was lucky to survive on the "shoulders of giants" and obtained better lighting conditions, so as to grow smoothly. Wu Qi's children will use the way of painting today to give everyone a popular science about this beautiful plant.
Epiphytic cuckoos are beautiful in color, both white and pink. Among them is a white-flowered tree that grows on the edge of the Cliff of the Nu River, a dead tree that is more than 20 meters tall. After entering the flowering period, the flowers bloom freely and are very shocking. The dead tree actually blooms such a luxuriant white flower, which has a realistic sense of the dead wood in spring, which can also be regarded as giving the decaying wood a new life. Ji Yun, author of the "Nujiang Gaoligong Mountain Nature Observation Manual", said that along the way he saw several epiphytic rhododendrons, and only this one bloomed the best, so it mainly depended on the individual differences of rhododendrons and the conditions of epiphytic trees.
Source/ Mengzi Rong Media Center Ma Haodong Wu Hui
Photo/Ji Yun
Editor/Yunnan Taiwan Liu Jian
Editor-in-Charge/Huo Hui
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