Seasonal Mega-Orbitree

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Seasonal Mega-Orbitree
(Acroglobifer megaplicofrigus)
Main image of Seasonal Mega-Orbitree
Species is extinct.
19/125, ice comet impact event
Information
CreatorBioCat Other
Week/Generation16/104
HabitatNuke Temperate Forest
Size15 m Tall
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis
RespirationPassive (Stomata)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual (Flowers, Central Fruit, Seeds)
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta (info)
Rhagioanthia
Acininumeropsida
Orbiflorales
Orbifloraceae
Acroglobifer
Acroglobifer megaplicofrigus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The seasonal mega-orbitree has descendant from mega orbitrees of the near by Nuke rainforest that migrated to the empty plains that were once the Nuke temperate forest. There they have grown slightly smaller due to the harder conditions of the temperate forests, though not as drastically as expected as it they had no competition there. The new seasonal conditions of hard winters and warm summer that area is characterized with have made it evolve new adaptations. Now in the hard winters when it sometimes snows in the area and the frost is deadly for the orbitrees the seasonal mega-orbitree folds its leaves and grows two sepals to protect its flowers from the cold. That way though it photosynthesizes less its vital light absorbing and reproduction organs are protected.

The seasonal mega-orbitree co-evolved with the hibernating glowlickers that pollinate it and both need each other to survive. The leaves folding technique even evolved that way in order to host the poor defenseless hibernating glowlickers when they hibernate in the winter.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Purple Orbibom (order Orbiflorales)
  • Huckachucks (class Acininumeropsida)