#drunken tree

[manessha545]

Toborochi Tree, Bolivia: The toborochi tree is an emblematic icon of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. it is present in its coat of arms (granted by the King of Spain Don Felipe IV in 1636). It is a symbol of the hospitality of its people, as indigenous people used to take refuge in the hollow trunks of the toborochi... Ceiba speciosa, the floss silk tree is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. In Bolivia, it is called toborochi, meaning "tree of refuge" or "sheltering tree. Wikipedia

[helluvatimes]

The Drunken Tree

The Ceiba insignis or white floss silk tree flowering profusely in the conservatory. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Interestingly, this tree apparently is also known as the Drunken Tree. In the wild, its flowers would’ve drawn bees, butterflies, sun birds and even monkeys to their sweet nectar. In this conservatory however, it would be sustaining one particular sun bird that had somehow got itself trapped in here.

[thememebinge]

Tree, get down from there.