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Anthurium fendleri, young upward growing roots impaling and trapping leaf litter,Tayrona NP, Magdalena, Colombia
      
  
     
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Anthurium fendleri, succulent green roots covered by white refringent and hairy velamen, creeping over rocks in dry coastal forest,Tayrona NP, Magdalena, Colombia
      
  
     
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Pandanus sp., stilt roots and dead leaves covering the forest floor, Mahawu forest, North Sulawesi
      
  
     
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Cissus verticillata (syn. C. sicyoides), aerial roots above the water, Manaos, Amazonas, Brazil
      
  
     
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Ipomoea tiliacea roots in the Rio Negro, Manaos, Amazonas, Brazil
      
  
     
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Macropiper (=Piper) excelsum, basal branching resulting in the formation of a lignotuber embracing another tree, Manawatu Gorge, New Zealand
      
  
     
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Leucothrinax (syn.Thrinax) morrisii population in habitat, on a vertical limestone cliff with its dense external spongy root system, Escaleras de Jaruco, Cuba
      
  
     
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Leucothrinax (syn.Thrinax) morrisii in habitat, on a vertical limestone cliff with its dense external spongy root system, Escaleras de Jaruco, Cuba
      
  
     
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Leucothrinax (syn.Thrinax) morrisii along a vertical limestone cliff with its dense external spongy root system, Escaleras de Jaruco, Cuba
      
  
     
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Leucothrinax (syn.Thrinax) morrisii on a vertical limestone cliff with its dense external spongy root system, Escaleras de Jaruco, Cuba
      
  
     
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Leucothrinax (syn.Thrinax) morrisii, dense external spongy root system persisting around the base of its dead stipe, Escaleras de Jaruco, Cuba
      
  
     
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Leucothrinax (syn.Thrinax) morrisii, dense external spongy and bumpy root system, Escaleras de Jaruco, Cuba
      
  
     
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Rhaphidophora cf. sylvestris, fasciculate basal adventitious feeding roots, Khao Phra Thaeo NP, Phuket, Thailand
      
  
     
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Freycinetia sp., aerial downwards growing feeding roots, Colo-I-Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji
      
  
     
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Medinilla waterhousei, young stolon like hyaline winged stem with axillary roots, Taveuni, Fiji
      
  
     
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Ficus obliqua with roots totally wrapping the rocks on seashore habitat, Matangi, Taveuni, Fiji
      
  
     
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Alpinia boia, stem bases and adventitious roots, Bouma Nat. Heritage Park, Taveuni, Fiji
      
  
     
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Taeniophyllum fasciola population, a leafless Orchid with appressed photosynthetic roots, Biausevu, Viti Levu, Fiji, Aug. 2016
      
  
     
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Orchid upwards growing roots trapping leaves falling from forest canopy, Biausevu, Viti Levu, Fiji
      
  
     
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Epipremnum pinnatum, adventitious anchoring roots, Viti Levu, Fiji
      
  
     
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Pandanus papuanus, strong, vigorous stilt roots, Varirata NP,Papua New Gunea
      
  
     
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Hydnophytum sp, roots anchoring the tubers to the trunk, Varirata NP, Papua New Guinea
      
  
     
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Argyreia siamensis, tuberous stem base and roots, Sukhothai, Thailand
      
  
     
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Hornstedtia scyphifera, rhizome growing above the forest floor, perched on its stilt roots, Perak, Malaysia
      
  
     
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Hornstedtia scyphifera, sympodial rhizome maintained above the soil by long rigid adventitious roots, front view, Fraser's Hill, Malaysia
      
  
     
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Hornstedtia scyphifera, sympodial rhizome maintained above the soil by long rigid adventitious roots, Fraser's Hill, Malaysia
      
  
     
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Hornstedtia scyphifera, sympodial rhizome maintained well above the soil by long rigid adventitious roots, Fraser's Hill, Malaysia
      
  
     
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Crinum thaianum, germinating big seeds with the young bulb and its roots emerging from the cotyledonary sheath
      
  
     
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Socratea exorrhiza stilt roots covered in spines, Iquitos, Peru
      
  
     
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Hemiepiphyte, either a Ficus or a Clusia species with roots embracing the host tree, Iquitos, Peru
      
  
     
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Monolophus (= Caulokaempferia) saxicola, tuberous roots inside the thin humus layer, the only surviving organs during dry season, Khao Yai NP, Thailand
      
  
     
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Sonerila griffithii, tubers, roots and annual shoots, Gunung Ledang, Johore, Malaysia
      
  
     
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Sonerila griffithii, tubers, roots and annual shoot on granitic substrate, Gunung Ledang, Johore, Malaysia
      
  
     
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Dendrobium Orchid with roots adherent to the sandstone rock covered in algae, Trang, Thailand
      
  
     
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Philodendron sp.fixed to a trunk by its horizontal anchoring roots, cultivated, Railay, Thailand
      
  
     
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Philodendron sp. with horizontal anchoring roots, cultivated, Railay, Thailand
      
  
     
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Leea simplicifolia, stilt roots, Temenggor, Malaysia
      
  
     
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Freycinetia banksii, anchoring adventitious roots, Manawatu Gorge, New Zealand
      
  
     
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Freycinetia banksii, climbing stems fixed to a tree trunk by adventitious roots, Auckland, New Zealand
      
  
     
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Chirita sinensis, superficial roots covering the rocks, Hong Kong Peak