meldaemonicusprince@meow.social
Nov 3, 2026, 3:27 PMthe obsession with ritual continues unabated 😅
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Yomikomayomikoma@weirder.earthNov 3, 2026, 3:59 PM@daemonicusprince is that a whole different tree growing on top of a stump?
- meldaemonicusprince@meow.socialNov 4, 2026, 3:34 AM
@yomikoma sorry it took me awhile to get back, I usually (speaking of rituals) hit send on my way out the door to work, and it took me awhile today to get home, but that's EXACTLY what that is! The broad term is nurse logs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_log
which are just starter kits for the next generation, but there seem to be a LOT of those in the pacific northwest, and a lot of roots like these as well. Like lightning sends a lot of prospective tendrils down until one connects somewhere on the ground then it puts all its energy into that, the younger trees will send roots (more slowly than lightning) wandering until they find some dirt to connect to, then those roots get pretty beefy pretty quick, but it does look kinda silly when so much of the living roots are above ground :) - Yomikomayomikoma@weirder.earthNov 4, 2026, 11:23 AM
@daemonicusprince thank you! TIL :) and yeah, very interesting to see the exposed roots.