A question primarily for our esteemed experts and botanists!

**E* <S*@ExoticRainforest.com>**

Anyone is welcome to chime in on this but I have come up with a small

theory I can neither prove nor discredit. Is this possible?

I recently read a short piece about the bark of trees in the rain forest

being capable of storing nitrogen. In fact, I have read many times that

the trees in the forest suck up the majority of the nutrients created

as leaves, other trees, burned trees and animal debris fall to the

ground and decompose. If this is so then is it possible that

hemiepiphytic and well as epithetic species climb not only to reach

brighter light but also in order to leach some quantity of fertilizer

(nitrogen) from the trees themselves? Is it possible other mineral can

be sucked from the tree by all the roots that grasp the tree's trunk?

For those that may not be aware, an epiphyte and hemispheric species are

plants that live attached to trees. These types of species are very

common in the aroid group.

To me this makes sense but I want to have it scientifically confirmed or

denied before I add any of this info to my own published works.

Thanks!

Steve
www.ExoticRainforest.com

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