Conundrum

Coconut Culture

How can a coconut tree grow on a rock that is so steep that nobody is ever known to have climbed it? People on Tutuila, American Samoa's main island, sometimes ask themselves that question when they pass Futi Rock (pictured), which is just off the coast between Pago Pago and Tafuna Airport. Futi Rock, also known as the Flower Pot, is actually one of a pair of perpendi cular rocks. The other is called Fatu, or Tower Rock. Together, the Samoans know them as Fatu ma-Futi, and legend has it that they are people turned to stone.