Africa - of flowers and bats by busi2ness
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Description
The Baobab tree (lives up to 4,000 years, circumference 90 feet = 28m) is part of a sacred symbiotic relationship with the Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat for pollination. Its flowers open soon after sundown and produce abundant nectar at the base of each petal. They typically are visited by bats immediately after opening, dropping their showy petals by morning.
What you see here, is not only the petals dropped, but for some reason the whole flower. One never really has the privilege of seeing the flower at close range, as it hangs at a height of 30 feet.
So, if the bat goes, the tree goes! It makes you think, heh?
Look at a friend's site for a similar story on the Joshua tree in the USA.
I hope you found this exciting!
Comments (26)
squirrel2005
Very beautiful!!!!!!!Great info about the tree too:)))
Valerie-Ducom
FANTASTIC!!! very impressiv color and natural texture... I like very much these color... excellent done my friend!!! Good evening and kiss ;)
sharky_
This is something and really beautiful. The Bats are out in force at nights looking for a meal. That center part reminds me of the guawa flower plant. Excellent job. Aloha
Shutter_Bug
Very nice picture. I've never seen any flower like that until I saw your photo. This relationship between plants and animals is amazing isn't it?
Zacko
Such a cool looking....flower is it??? Looks like a mushroom with a funky looking hair-do, lol. Excellent macro with perfect POV. Have a great day. #:O)
nelsone
Great to get interesting and useful info along with this well-composed image.
Hopalong
Once a favorite haunt of heavily armed, very dangerous poachers.... the tree, not the flower...
pollav
What an extraordinary foto of a subject mostly unknown to most people. Amasing!!!!!
babuci
Every picture has a tale to tell, amasing capture and usefull info!
Cosme..D..Churruca
So interesting... very fine pic !
4Dream
Superb photo! Thanks for the lesson and for sharing!!
npauling
An amazing shot and nice to learn more about the Baobab tree.
ERMITA
The nature is beautiful as amazing!! This is a rare vision... thanks for sharing! The photo is fantastic!!!
jocko500
so lovely. I never saw anything like this
daali
it is so beautiful that seems pretended
nathalie06
A beautiful shot ! and very interesting to see how the baobab reproduced himself ! Then the bats do their work ? lol ! INcredible this flower, and thank you for all this informations about it. Great job ! V
jcv2
Oh wow, completely stunning work, both the capture and the story! Fantastic to see it here, very impressive! :)
PeeWee05
I love Baobabs, didn't even know that they grew flowaers! Tx for teaching me something new!
vlaaitje
never seen such kind of flower, very interesting
cynlee
i have heard of the name but don't think i've ever seen one.. till now.. if i were a bat i would be most attracted :]
TwoPynts
I found this very exciting. Interesting story and wonderful flower photo...now show us the tree! =]
morghana
It seems a bristle the other way around!. Impressive that flower of Baobab!. A great work!!! Hugs! V
roseofmadison
gorgeous flower !!... good job
drag
Thanks for the education and this great picture.
rainbows
Superb capture of this incredible flower!! Great job here. I have seen somehthing I never did see before. Thank you PTA!! I love bats... I do :-) They have wings like whispers ;-) Hugs. Di.
Digimon
What a splendid lesson! Thank you teach!! I will always remember this!!