Recent Examples on the WebBut rooted to the front steps was an enormous ceiba tree, with orchids growing out of the gnarled, hide like trunk. Paula Mclain, Town & Country, 12 July 2018 In one entrancing swath of forest, towering ceiba trees loom and hooting howler monkeys leap from branch to branch in the understory. Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 26 Apr. 2018 Utuado is surrounded by dense forest of native ceiba, Asian teaks, and West Indian and Honduran mahogany where parrots roost. Molly Hennessy-fiske, latimes.com, 24 Sep. 2017