Some plants can drink water from the air - and that has some weird effects on the forests where they live.

Interior of tropical rainforest, Ecuador, during an afternoon shower with rain and mist

Interior of tropical rainforest in Ecuador during an afternoon shower time-lapse

Interior of tropical rainforest, Ecuador with large Philodendron leaves moving in the breeze

Cup fungus, Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo

Rainforest layers, crane shot of canopy to understorey, trees, epiphytes etc, Panama, Central America

- Growing wild in the rainforest understory in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This species is endemic to Ecuador.

Interior of tropical rainforest, Ecuador, during an afternoon shower with rain and mist

- With mossy tree trunks and epiphytes. On the border of Sumaco National Park, Ecuador.

- On the border of Sumaco National Park, Ecuador.

- With mossy tree trunks and epiphytes. On the border of Sumaco National Park, Ecuador.

Xanthoria parietina

Toadstools on fallen tree trunk, Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo

black and red ant walk straight on green branch in forest and shine through

black and red ant walk straight on dried branch in forest

CU TD Shot of epiphyte, vine plants climbing tree in rain forest / Koke'e State Park, Kauai, Hawaii, United States

CU PAN Shot of epiphyte, vine plants climbing tree in rain forest / Koke'e State Park, Kauai, Hawaii, United States

CU TU Shot of Epiphyte vine plants climbing tree in rain forest / Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii, United States

Flowering plant is growing upon larger trees. Air plant. Nature background.

Magic nature background. Flowering plant is growing upon larger trees. Rays of blue light. Mystical and magical light.

Interior of tropical rainforest, Ecuador, during an afternoon shower with rain and mist

- Growing wild in the rainforest understory in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This species is endemic to Ecuador.

- With mossy tree trunks and epiphytes. On the border of Sumaco National Park, Ecuador.

- Growing wild in the rainforest understory in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This species is endemic to Ecuador.