 |
The orchid garden can be appreciated as soon as you walk out our back door. A symposium of species is in happy symbiosis with its host, the güitite tree.
Covering the ground at their base, there are scores of bromeliads in many colors. At Christmas time one can admire crimson orchids, but it is until February/March when the Guaria Morada, the national orchid, displays its beauty.
Orchids are epiphytes; the “hangers-on” of the plant world. They attach themselves with aerial roots to the crotches of trees and along the limbs. Orchids are not parasites since they do not feed from their host. |
|
