Bird's nest fern, Madagascar

Credit: PHILIPPE PSAILA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus). The bird's nest fern can be either free-living or epiphytic, as seen here. Epiphytes are non-parasitic plants that grow upon or attach to a living plant, mainly for support. Photographed in the Mount Amber National Park, Madagascar.

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