Photo gallery: ceiba or kapok tree



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Epiphyte-laden kapok tree
Epiphyte-laden kapok tree

(Guatemala)

Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree
Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree

(Peru)

Epiphyte-laden branches of a giant Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) at Tikal
Epiphyte-laden branches of a giant Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) at Tikal

(Guatemala)

Kapok tree towering over the forest
Kapok tree towering over the forest

(Costa Rica)

Kapok (Ceiba) tree canopy observation platform
Kapok (Ceiba) tree canopy observation platform
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Looking up the trunk of a giant Ceiba tree
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Kapok tree towering over the forest
Kapok tree towering over the forest

(Costa Rica)

Stranger fig roots wrapped around Kapok tree
Stranger fig roots wrapped around Kapok tree
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV

(Peru)


Looking up at a canopy platform in a Kapok tree

Ceiba borer beetle
Ceiba borer beetle

(Peru)


Giant kapok (ceiba) rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy



Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon

Kapok (Ceiba) releasing cotton
Kapok (Ceiba) releasing cotton
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Giant kapok - sideview

(Brazil)

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton tree
Kapok (Ceiba) cotton tree
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Looking down from Kapok platform
Looking down from Kapok platform
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Kapok tree towering over the forest
Kapok tree towering over the forest

(Costa Rica)

Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a ceiba tree
Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a ceiba tree

(Guatemala)

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (closeup)
Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (closeup)
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Kapok tree towering over the forest
Kapok tree towering over the forest

(Costa Rica)

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (close)
Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods (close)
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Kapok canopy platform
Kapok canopy platform
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton width small black seeds
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)

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton
Kapok (Ceiba) cotton
Kapok cotton was once used to stuff life preservers and pillows
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Epiphyte-laden ceiba tree
Epiphyte-laden ceiba tree

(Guatemala)


Giant kapok tree- distance

(Brazil)

Canopy tower leading to platform in a Ceiba (Kapok) tree
Canopy tower leading to platform in a Ceiba (Kapok) tree
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods
Kapok (Ceiba) cotton as it bursts from pods
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Spiral staircase leading up to the canopy platform situated in a giant Kapok (Ceiba) tree
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)

Philodendron epiphyte in Kapok tree
Philodendron epiphyte in Kapok tree
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Uptrunk view giantkapok

(Brazil)


Giant kapok tree

(Brazil)

Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a kapok tree
Epiphytes growing densly on the branches of a kapok tree

(Guatemala)


Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon

Kapok (Ceiba) cotton
Kapok (Ceiba) cotton
Kapok cotton was once used to stuff life preservers and pillows
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)



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