Every tree, every plant, has a spirit. People may say that the plant has no mind. I tell them that the plant is alive & conscious. A plant may not talk, but there is a spirit in it that is conscious, that sees everything, which is the soul of the plant, its essence, what makes it alive. The channels through which the water & sap move are the veins of the spirit. 

~ Pablo Amaringo

350-year-old Saman Tree, St. Kitts, West Indies – photo by RaksyBH, bigstockphoto.com