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Flying Buttresses and Stilt Roots
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Andrew Orme (orme)
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| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-05-09 |
| Categories: Trees |
| Camera: Olympus C-7000 / C-70 Zoom |
| Exposure: f/2.8, 1/4 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2005-05-16 0:18 |
| Viewed: 7268 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This photo was taken in Hong Kong Park.
Stilt roots are also found in tropical rain forests, although commonest in freshwater swamp-forest and mangrove.
They are formed by roots which grow out from the main truck and then bend downwards to provide support for the tree. They improve the stability of the tree by providing a broader base.
In this species of Eugenia from Borneo, flying buttresses provide additional support.
A flying buttress is a structure found in Gothic architecture and consists of an inclined bar carried on an arch (equivalent to the root here), which rests against a support (ground) to receive the weight of a wall (trunk).
Tech: Cropped slightly. Resized for TN and sharpened. Added black border. |
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Lovely photo. Interesting light and a lot of depth to it.
A good note combining horticulture and architecture! This is a really interesting tree...it looks like fingers stabbing into the ground. Nice capture.
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Now it's actually believed that the buttresses channel stem flow and it's dissolved nutrients to the roots.