Bianca, thank you for this fascinating and beautifully woven piece. I especially loved how you revealed the fig not as a single organism but as a living web of relationships — it completely changed the way I look at these trees.

Your mention of the banyan/strangler fig also brought to mind the Bhagavad Gita’s ashwattha tree (15.1), the one Krishna describes as having its roots in heaven. Reading your article felt like encountering that image in living, ecological form — a tree that links worlds, visible and invisible.

And the fact that the fig’s flowers bloom inward feels like the perfect symbol for that mystery. Thank you for opening this perspective so vividly. 🌿