I Knew Things Were Old In Florida......

But this is something else.

These are two beautiful, very old, Banyan tress.

 When you get up close, they really are works of art.

Now most of what you see here are called aerial roots.

And that's all I know. 

So now with some assistance from my friend Mr. Wikipedia; "the aerial roots grow down and around the stem of the host, their growth accelerating once the ground has been reached.

Over time, the roots coalesce to form a pseudotrunk, which may give the appearance that it is strangling the host."

"They grow into thick woody trunks which, with age, can become indistinguishable from the main trunk."

"The original support tree can sometimes die, so that the banyan becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central core".  

Especially on an old tree like this.

Beautiful, but I wouldn't want to be caught out late at night underneath one of these.

They look as if they should be throwing apples at Dorothy.

But from a distance, they look like just two ordinary trees.

Ordinary, that is, until you get close.  And the sun goes down........