Kradai Ling (Bauhinia scandens), Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand

Description

The beautiful ladders, which appear in the Kaeng Krachan forest is a climbing species of orchid trees, called Kradai Ling. Looking like ladders leading to the canope of the forests, they are used as frequent routes by monkeys and gibbons. Bauhinia is a genus of more than 500 species of flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution.