白花魚藤 White-flowered Derris

白花魚藤是與水邊紅樹林共生的攀緣物種。生長形態有趣,為了爭取更多陽光,白花魚藤努力在樹林中攀來鑽去,非常引人注目,就像一條巨蟒在其他樹木上纏繞。

白花魚藤是與水邊紅樹林共生的攀緣物種。生長形態有趣,為了爭取更多陽光,白花魚藤努力在樹林中攀來鑽去,它會攀上高樹,又會彎彎地纏在地上,形成不同形態。

它們原產於香港,已經花了數百年的時間從幼小的藤蔓生長到直徑20至30厘米的巨大觸角。它們非常引人注目,就像一條巨蟒在其他樹木上纏繞。

White-flowered Derris is a climbing species growing side by side with seaside mangroves. In order to gain more sunlight, they try to climb up and down in the woods. It will climb tall trees, and then bend around the ground, forming different shapes.

Native to Hong Kong, they have taken hundreds of years to grow from thin vines to gigantic tentacles with a diameter of 20-30cm. They are spectacular to observe, resembling a giant python that twines and coils around other trees.

楊必興 P H Yang