WALKING PALMS. “The stilt palm is constructed from a stem raised on prop roots. When competitive neighbours approach, avoidance action is taken by moving the whole plant back into full sunlight. Such obvious ‘walking’ is accomplished by growing new prop roots in the direction of movement while those behind die off. That this is intentional behaviour is very clear.”
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/1/1.full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022