Socratea exorrhiza is the reason why my name on tumblr is what it is, that and the wandering mountain fig of myth that was said to have gone extinct a long time ago by the people of Papua New Guinea. I wish their was a lot more information on both trees but whatever. Oh btw these trees don’t actually walk in the traditional sense but instead when a root collapses the tree *which was leaning towards the light will fall slightly and then over a few years will upright/correct it’s self after new roots connect with the grade. Because of these falling and fixing occurrences these appear to be moving when no one is looking. They only move a few inches a year from it’s original position tbh. The myth about the 20m a year walker seems to just be a myth though. Still cool folk lore and cool morphological structures<3 adventitious uprising anchor/prop roots <3
If you like Palms and want to see a neat collection or read more check out this cool link. > http://www.merwinconservancy.org/2015/11/palm-fact-of-the-week-the-walking-palm-socratea-exorrhiza/
