Cocktus
Phallucaulis semaprogandos is a strange polyph native to Zone L that is named due to an immature resemblance to the male sexual organ. The goal of this strange shape is to spread the polyph's seeds as far as possible from the parent in a pointed direction.
Phallucaulis semaprogandos takes six weeks to mature and grows up to 25 centimeters in height, taking energy from the sunlight and converting it into its own sources of food through photosynthesis. After maturity, the Phallucaulis will grow thousands of tiny seeds and store them in a hollow area towards the top of the rigid stem, slightly bent northwards to increase the distance that seeds are dispensed. A clearish-white fluid is also created in that area and serves a purpose of providing recently released seeds with an energy boost.
Once the seed carrier begins to fill, the fluids will build up and the turgor pressure on the cells on the side of the hollow room gradually increases. Once the pressure has rose a significant amount, this causes the sides of the stem to expand, contracting the inside and squeezing the seeds encased in their fluids outwards from a hole on the top of the stem that develops just after maturity before Phallucaulis semaprogandos produces its first seeds. The seeds are then flown up to half a meter (0.5m) outward in the hopes that some seeds will survive and grow into their own polyphs. The parent Phallucaulis will survive by extracting water from the soil with a primitive root system and will typically release seeds every three to four weeks
