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It's some kind of caudiciform. Here are pictures of many of these kinds of plants: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/v...
And from wikipedia:
Caudiciform plants, or fat plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil conditions. Caudiciform plants store water in their stem bases, stems and/or roots. Many species of plant from different plant families have developed this form of storing water rather than in foliage or in fat leafless stems.
There is a Bolivian legen about the Toborochi tree that goes like this: "When the world was still very new, the Aña, or spirits of the darkness, liked to abuse and murder humans. Then they found out that Aravera the beautiful daughter of cacique Ururuti, who had married the god Colibri (hummingbird), was pregnant and would give birth to a son who would punish them, so they decided to kill her. With the help of a flying seat her husband had given to her, Araverá fled from the village, but the evil spirits followed her and harassed her wherever they found her hiding. Tired, she decided to hide in the trunk of a Toborochi tree where she gave birth to her son in peace. The boy grew up and fulfilled the prophecy, avenging his mother, who had to stay inside the tree until she died. Forever buried in the amphora-shaped trunk of a Toborochi, Araverá likes to come outside in the shape of a beautiful flower that attracts hummingbirds, that way, she keeps contact with her husband." (http://www.boliviabella.com/legend-of-th...)
Spotted on Nov 17, 2011
Submitted on Nov 17, 2011
