GraceLikeRain
December 2nd, 2005, 05:58 PM
Have you ever seen a square tree trunk? Odds are, you have not.
But they do exist, and only one place on earth! They also say that they have taken the seeds from the trees and transplanted them to other areas, and the trees grow round! It's only in this one place on earth that the trees grow square!
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c135/TexasAngelEyez/squaretree.jpg
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf106/sf106p10.htm
A BOON TO THE LUMBER INDUSTRY?
R. Oldfield and her husband were visiting Panama, when they heard about un-usual trees growing at the Summit Botanical Garden and Zoo just outside Panama City. They decided to take a look and were soon walking along a slip pery, narrow trail. "After a short walk the trail ended abruptly. There was a sign that pointed to a group of trees. It said 'arbol' (square tree). From a distance, they didn't look square. I was disappointed. My husband made a closer inspection. He put a field guide against the trunk of one tree. It was totally square.
"Later I found that the square trees were a member of the banyan family and grow only in this area of El Valle. Why they are square is still a mystery."
To me, this is just so amazing! God's majesty is beyond words! Only one place on the entire earth. And it's still a mystery, in this time when we have all the answers!!!
But they do exist, and only one place on earth! They also say that they have taken the seeds from the trees and transplanted them to other areas, and the trees grow round! It's only in this one place on earth that the trees grow square!
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c135/TexasAngelEyez/squaretree.jpg
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf106/sf106p10.htm
A BOON TO THE LUMBER INDUSTRY?
R. Oldfield and her husband were visiting Panama, when they heard about un-usual trees growing at the Summit Botanical Garden and Zoo just outside Panama City. They decided to take a look and were soon walking along a slip pery, narrow trail. "After a short walk the trail ended abruptly. There was a sign that pointed to a group of trees. It said 'arbol' (square tree). From a distance, they didn't look square. I was disappointed. My husband made a closer inspection. He put a field guide against the trunk of one tree. It was totally square.
"Later I found that the square trees were a member of the banyan family and grow only in this area of El Valle. Why they are square is still a mystery."
To me, this is just so amazing! God's majesty is beyond words! Only one place on the entire earth. And it's still a mystery, in this time when we have all the answers!!!