Broadwater Fig and water swept trees

[Ash]

This is another large fig but this one is a strangler- I could not get close to the leaves but it was probably Ficus virens supsb. virens or Ficus henneana. You could not get a clear view of it for a photo but it had very beautiful aerial roots and crossed welded roots running down the trunk. There was nothing left of the host and the fig had filled the centre with roots. It leans out over the creak and has several crowns. It is covered in epiphytes and large vines.

Strangler fig.jpg

Strangler fig vines and epiphytes.jpg

cheers
Ash

[Jerry Meislik]

Ash,
thanks for posting those additional images. They will provide inspiration for future epiphytic style creations.
Jerry

[Aussie_Bonsai]

I though i could add to this thread with a picture myself.
The picture is of a curtain fig somewhere around Cairns, but i can't quite remember its location.

[Jerry Meislik]

That looks like the Curtain Fig and it definitely is an epiphytic(strangler) fig. Quite an impressive tree.
I loved seeing it in the rainforest some years back when I visited Australia.
Jerry

[Ash]

Here is another nice Ficus virens - this one is large strangler near lake Euromo on the Atherton Tablelands lovingly called the Cathedral Fig, like its brethren the Curtain Fig near the Crater Lakes it has a walkway around it to stop its roots getting trampled and deck where you can walk right into the centre of the tree. Well worth a visit if you get up this way.

Cathedral Fig.jpg

Inside cathedral fig.jpg

Ash