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"Walking Tree" of Costa Rica. Is it Makainki ?????
"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message ... mel turner schreef [snip] I'll bet these palms really don't even budge [apart from during earthquakes and landslides]. + + + Good points. Still I can envision a palm on a hillside being dragged gradually downhill and being either propped up or being pulled upright by roots (likely only one or the other mechanism, not both). But this is pure conjecture. Even at best it won't be a large scale phenomenon (either in distance covered or number of plants involved). PvR When I returned from the last Amazon trip I asked about walking palms on our Palm list. The locals had told me anecdotes about the stilt palms (Socratea and Iriartea species) moving into brighter light, growing the new roots preferentially. I got no scientific answers from the list as to the validity of the stories. One poster from Thailand verified that a Socratea (imported from new world) growing in his extensive palm garden had moved many feet over the years. After reading a bunch of anecdotes posted on the list of palm enthusiasts, I decided it still may be a myth. No one cited any journal reports. Rick |
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