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The sheer amount of life, on one coconut trunk, never seizes to amaze me! Picture taken in the mountains around Legazpi, Philippines.

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[–] magpie@mander.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Those are some pretty meaty lobes

[–] Butiki@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

You know it! I don't have much experience with the tropics, but my guess was that it's simply because there's such an incredible amount of moisture everywhere. Nothing is every really dry in the boondocks!