Rubrubulbus sorbeo
This terrestrial stratid polyph is native to Zone L and holds a strange niche compared to other bulbed polyphs. Although the red pigments on its flat bulb can indeed convert sunlight into energy, they are not as efficient as the pigments in their northern Bulbus cousins and Rubrubulbus sorbeo has actually taken the role of releasing weak acidic waste that decomposes surrounding matter in order to aid in taking in nutrients from the surrounding soil to use as energy. The chemicals are absorbed into the soil and do not return to the roots.
Rubrubulbus sorbeo grows a stem upwards to around ten centimeters (10cm) in height above the ground and grows a bulb that is approximately eighteen centimeters (18cm) in diameter. Water and nutrients are taken in from the soil using roots. The roots and stem have a soft membrane that covers them from external sources, such as temperature changes and drying out. It takes five weeks to grow and reproduces via fragmentation in the stem and roots, creating a new organism if a root is to break off.