The Guayacan - a commanding presence in the forest treasured this time of year for her brief golden display high up in the canopy of Panama's forests.

The Pitch Apple tree is like a super clingy BFF to other trees, starting her life as an epiphyte - meaning she sprouts her seeds in the crook of a tree eventually growing a large web of roots that, like a strangler fig, will encircle and overtake the host tree thereby losing its BFF status for good.