| Photo Information |
Copyright: Mauricio Herran (sismhm)
![Silver Note Writer [C: 3 W: 0 N: 14]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/n-n-s.gif) (114) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-02-27 |
| Categories: Trees |
| Camera: Canon Powershot A10 |
| Exposure: f/11, 1/200 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-07-25 12:07 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
| This shot was taken in Mamancana, It is a natural reserve that limits with the touristic area of Santa Marta, this area belongs to the dry forest. In one part of that place you can enjoy x-treme sports and in the other you can birdwatch or just walk around. This tree is known as "Arbol Botello" or "Ceiba Blanca", it holds a big reserve of water inside. In a season of the year It loses all of it's leaves and is as such for a time, and then it starts blossoming and sprouting. I could observe in a time a multitude of bats feeding on the flowers. The flower produces a material like cotton, which is called in here "Lana", in ancient times people collected it for stuffing pillows, cushions, mattress, and the like. |
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2123 W: 11 N: 1809]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif)
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exciting bottle tree, TFS this one, its the first time for us to see it, Ori