Panamanian Tree Thoughts

The trees pictured here are former jungle trees. Now they are domestic park trees with no competitors to steal their light. Some of them are huge, and towering. Others are squat and sprawling. Most host a variety of birds and insects at least for a short while as the days foraging goes on.

How intriguing!

I was most impressed by the green striped tree with the moderate beer belly trunk. It was fat, and as I walked around it, several 3” long bright green beetle-roach like insects scurried up the trunk.

I realized the insects used the green stripes of the trunk for camoflage. Science!

Then I wondered what I wasn’t seeing. It was 8 a.m. What would this place look and sound like at night? That's when all the action is.

Alas, perhaps another time.

These trees are awesome. They provide expansive areas of shade, something this country needs a lot of. They are very vibrant and green, beautiful to the eye. The branches make for compelling sketches and photographs, and all this was at one little park. I can't imagine how lush the jungle here is.. I kinda want to immerse myself in it.

I kept looking for fungi at the base of the trees. How do the mycilium highways work down here? Where are the slimemolds? I bet thereare outstanding slimemolds all over the place…

However, I'm finding Vikings don't exactly do well in the tropics. But, given the opportunity, Im not sure I could say no…

Thanks, trees. :D