Tropical Paradise Through The Window Of Spanish Moss
by Felix Lai
Title
Tropical Paradise Through The Window Of Spanish Moss
Artist
Felix Lai
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This photo captures the beautiful tropical paradise in Florida through "a window of Spanish Moss"!!! I believe this type of scenery is uniquely Floridian because of its tropical and subtropical climate.
Spanish Moss
Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon larger trees in tropical and subtropical climates, native to much of Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Central America, South America, the southern United States, and the West Indies as well as being naturalized in Queensland (Australia) known as "grandpas beard" and in French Polynesia. In the United States from where it is most known, it is commonly found on the southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) and bald-cypress (Taxodium distichum) in the lowlands, swamps, and savannas of the southeastern United States from southeast Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas and southern Arkansas
This plant's specific name usneoides means "resembling Usnea", and it indeed superficially resembles its namesake Usnea, also known as beard lichen, but in fact Spanish moss is neither a moss nor a lichen. Instead, it is a flowering plant (angiosperm) in the family Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) which grows hanging from tree branches in full sun through partial shade. Formerly this plant has been placed in the genera Anoplophytum, Caraguata, and Renealmia. The northern limit of its natural range is Northampton County, Virginia, with unsubstantiated colonial-era reports in southern Maryland where no populations are now known to be extant. The primary range is in the southeastern United States (including Puerto Rico), through Argentina, growing where the climate is warm enough and has a relatively high average humidity. It has been introduced to similar locations around the world, including Hawaii and Australia.
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February 11th, 2018
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Sherri's Of Palm Springs
Amazing , most of your art is. lovel it .. nature at its best.. thanks sharing.. Sherri ... fl
Marsha Heiken
Felix,I love this photograph of a tropical tree, and the Spanish Moss is fabulous. I looks like it is in another country! Marsha FV
Debra Martz
Nothing better to add mystery to an image than Spanish Moss and you did it beautifully with your composition and capture of the reflections!! LF
Elizabeth Winter
I got to see lots of Spanish Moss when I went to Louisiana. I love how you captured its beauty Felix! f/v
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