I first noticed this
Camphor Tree several years ago when I visited the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate. Maybe somebody else has also noticed it? It's in between the freeway and the SBOE. I finally got around to taking pictures of it this last weekend when my gf and I drove up for the Orchid Fair. My plan was to add the pics of this tree to my
Cedar Tree thread but decided this tree was worthy of its own thread. If it's not immediately apparent why I consider this the perfect tree for mounting orchids on then you can read the Cedar Tree thread to learn what the various components are.
The pics are large because it's no fun having to squint at small pics. Feel free to save them to your desktop and make them your desktop wallpaper. Then you can drag and drop your desktop icons onto the branches and pretend they are orchids. My 5' 2" gf is reluctantly in the first pic so you can get a rough idea of the size of tree and how low some of the branches are. If you should happen to find a tree more suitable for orchids please post pictures of the tree in this thread.
