New root with a gelatinous tip growing on a stilt root palm (Iriartea deltoidea) in tropical rainforest in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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Keywords: aerial, amazon, america, botany, deltoidea, ecuador, forest, fresh, gelatinous, growing, growth, iriartea, latin, palm, phallic, plant, prop, rainforest, root, slimy, south, stilt, tip, tree, trunk