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absolutely fucking haunted by the dark truth about citrus
deeply emotionally scarred by the eldritch truth about original figs
learning additional fig lore and being lightly terrified by the potential impact of potential fig lore on human development and geopolitical history
what do you mean not all fungi are mushrooms
current discord nickname: "Inverse Blister Clone Mechanism"
Just fucking shoot the corn with a fuckin' makeshift bbgun shotgun to do genetic modification: the old strategy before crispr
Sorry this is just my thread for cursed plant knowledge today. Current discord nickname: Zoospore Self-Determination
About to be Current Discord Nickname: Fungal Containment Line Breach
About to be Current Discord Nickname: Fungal Containment Line Breach
pours one out for the fucking heroes at the svalbard global seed vault
the split gill mushroom has over 23,328 sexes and this is why bigots really don't like people learning how any form of biology works
SLIME! MOLD! COMPUTERS! REAL!??!
Ya'll have to promise to tell me if my hollering about different kinds of life as I learn about them makes you start noticing that life everywhere because it's a beautiful awakening that I've gone through so many times and every time it's just been like. Ahh!!! AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Looking at a picture of a watermelon that was improperly fertilized and losing my absolute shit at how beautiful its insides are
Incomplete pollination watermelon: what if i spontaneously just failed to develop some tissue, the result like a fancy biohazard sign, what then, you ill-furred apes? What would you do in the face of the uncaring universe, your hubris? Would you cry? Do you love your new master?
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2015/05/this-is-hollow-heart-watermelon.html it's so beautiful and so fucking eerie
Humans: two ovaries.
Oranges: Rubes. Fools. Lung-having chumps. You short-lived ambulatory fiends know nothing of Reproduction. Two is the minimum. I, the orange, have six ovaries. Per flower. You cannot hope to meet me at my level, one day you will be even more beneath me-
Oranges: Rubes. Fools. Lung-having chumps. You short-lived ambulatory fiends know nothing of Reproduction. Two is the minimum. I, the orange, have six ovaries. Per flower. You cannot hope to meet me at my level, one day you will be even more beneath me-
<bites into a juicy fruit> Oh I love to consume the massively swollen plant caviar, this produces the serotonin :)
Just learned that archaeobotany (distinct from paleobotany) exists pals and I'm feeling a level of profession envy so profound that I'm vibrating in place, if anyone knows an archaeobotanist please tell them that I would love to talk to them about their work!!
looks at a link to an international gardening discord
starts to vibrate slightly faster
starts to vibrate slightly faster
i have no idea if this link is still active. i want 2 find out. it was from december of last year.
i want 2 find out but i don't want the social anxiety of being a potential first new member of a discord in months
having 2 explain that i found the link 94 pages deep in a blog,
i want 2 find out but i don't want the social anxiety of being a potential first new member of a discord in months
having 2 explain that i found the link 94 pages deep in a blog,
hmu if you know why basil seeds spontaneously develop mucus on making contact with a moist surface for any length of time
Can't believe there's 400 million year old fossilized plant sperm. The logistics of that are overloading my brain. What has to happen at that point in time that the cloud gets preserved and then fossilized. I should cross-reference with my thread on earth history. Paleobotany!!!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231795507_New_gametophytes_from_the_Early_Devonian_Rhynie_chert If you're interested in learning more about that btw
<learns that lepidodendrons exist and that those are the extinct family members of the isoetes, whose name I kept spelling wrong because my brain wanted it to be written how I lisp it>
stares in awe at their gangly selves, like maned wolves are to foxes and dogs, but as, trees,
stares in awe at their gangly selves, like maned wolves are to foxes and dogs, but as, trees,
Hello for those of you just joining me for some reason on this adventure, I'm 98 pages deep into https://botanyshitposts.tumblr.com/ and sharing the most unsettling and delightful knowledge I pick up and understand I'm glad people are apparently also having a good time here.
I feel like I should also say that hi, I make games! I'm currently contracted to write for a game called Dreamscaper which is, very cool, and you can find my independent games here: https://kathy-e-j.itch.io/
Anyway back to the delightful unsettling dreamscape of plants now
Anyway back to the delightful unsettling dreamscape of plants now
double fertilization in flowering plants sounds amazing and the best way I can think of to fit it in a tweet is: imagine if two sperm won when baby happen except one becomes a sacrificial sack of nutrient slurry that feeds the baby. Wish that was us tbh babies are horrifying.
...The more I learn about herbarium science the more I want to manifest physically in the closest department and beg to take the courses required to study this. Turn up like hello I'm very neurodiverse and very interested, can grasp advanced topics but will need help w. numbers,
ETHNOBOTANY!!!!!!! *PALEOETHNOBOTANY* I want to study from texts that where possible are written by people from the cultures they're writing about just documenting their ways of life and and and
kicks feet!!!!!
AAAAA!!!!!!
kicks feet!!!!!
AAAAA!!!!!!
Genuinely outraged that I never heard of all of these fields in highschool because you can bet I wouldn't be here I'd be sat among phonebooks contained pressed samples of plants with tissues wadded under my glasses to catch my happy tears
<Learns about Sigillaria>
<never knows peace again as i look at these corn trunk looking 100ft tall 400 million years old majestic ass monoliths, also related to isoetes, because of course they are>
<never knows peace again as i look at these corn trunk looking 100ft tall 400 million years old majestic ass monoliths, also related to isoetes, because of course they are>
wait what they didn't have a
wooden trunk
like they were spore bearing yes i have discovered this but
wia t wha t werre they supported by
wooden trunk
like they were spore bearing yes i have discovered this but
wia t wha t werre they supported by
LEAF BASES????? LEAF!!!!
LEAF BASES???????????????
FUCKING LEAF BASES????????????????????????????
AND PITH???????????????????????
LEAF BASES???????????????
FUCKING LEAF BASES????????????????????????????
AND PITH???????????????????????
SINGLE UNBRANCHED LEAF VEIN!!!!!
WH A T DO YOU ME AN THEY REACHED THEIR FULL HEIGHT IN A FEW YEA RS
WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE
WHAT
FUCKING
100FT!!!!! TALL!!!! THIRTY METERS!!!! IN A FEW YEARS!!!! WHA T IM LOOKING AT A FOSSILIZED TRUNK RIGHT NOW AND ACTIVELY LOSING MY SHIT
WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE
WHAT
FUCKING
100FT!!!!! TALL!!!! THIRTY METERS!!!! IN A FEW YEARS!!!! WHA T IM LOOKING AT A FOSSILIZED TRUNK RIGHT NOW AND ACTIVELY LOSING MY SHIT
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE TRUNK PROBABLY PHOTOSYNTHESIZED
Also if you've responded to this thread and I don't like/reply to you: I'm very sorry you've probably been caught in my extensive and robust muted word list by accident
if you're there on purpose though: sorry biology is real
if you're there on purpose though: sorry biology is real
I love learning about organic life that just looked at sexual reproduction and decided, no. No, thank you. Cloning is better for my purposes, tyvvm, and I want to salute Vittaria appalachiana for the way it lives.
Well I just learned about the male bees of a solitary species who try to have sex with orchids so my night continues to go in absolutely wild directions
What the FUCK isoetes might have vestigial carnivorous plant mouths?? They have...plant tongues???? THOSE PLANT TONGUES SECRETE A SUBSTANCE????? PLANT SALIVA???? SORRY I CANT DEAL WITH THE IDEA OF A 400 MILLION YEAR OLD PLANT IN ITS HAYDAY THAT DIDNT HAVE ROOTS BUT HAD A MOUTH
AND ALSO A TONGUE LIKE
OKAY I NEED TO DO A CHECK ONE SEC
OKAY I NEED TO DO A CHECK ONE SEC
I WENT LOOKING BUT IM RATHER BAD AT GOOGLE IN PARTICULAR
if anyone else knows of VESTIGIAL PLANT TONGUES or IN PARTICULAR HOT NEW ISOETES RESEARCH please slam it at me, I don't fully understand many things but I am full of gumption and laser focus
if anyone else knows of VESTIGIAL PLANT TONGUES or IN PARTICULAR HOT NEW ISOETES RESEARCH please slam it at me, I don't fully understand many things but I am full of gumption and laser focus
the term "prismatic tissue" is sending me to another plane of existence and I'm just
these cryptid plants ya'll
every time i learn something new about them I'm just
<bangs hand on table until my wrist subluxes> FANTASTIC! STUPENDOUS! MAGNIFICENT! PERPLEXING!
these cryptid plants ya'll
every time i learn something new about them I'm just
<bangs hand on table until my wrist subluxes> FANTASTIC! STUPENDOUS! MAGNIFICENT! PERPLEXING!
Corn mutations send tweet
Corn espionage send tweet and request for Deets if Known, if you have Personal Corn Espionage Stories, tell me,,
2 0 f t s u p er c or n s
Absolutely fucking plagued by the visual of the 20f t sup er corn, that's going to haunt me forever
oh my god
oh my god
WHA T DO YOU MEAN THERE'S A SINGLE 45FT CORN STALK WITH ITS OWN CUSTOM GREENHOUSE GROWING IN COSTA RICA
WHO LET THAT HAPPEN
YOU CANT LET CORN GET THAT BIG?@@@@@!!!!
WHO LET THAT HAPPEN
YOU CANT LET CORN GET THAT BIG?@@@@@!!!!
where's my photosynthesis factorio-like
where's my videogame where u grow a plant via building its structures if this exists please @ me with it
where's my videogame where u grow a plant via building its structures if this exists please @ me with it
wait hang on a fucking-
do these
cryptid plants
do they reproduce by gleeking/crowning spores?
i'm looking at a diagram on how they, release their spores
it looks
i'll be real it looks like childbirth but via what was. potentially, if im understanding right. a vestigial mouth.
do these
cryptid plants
do they reproduce by gleeking/crowning spores?
i'm looking at a diagram on how they, release their spores
it looks
i'll be real it looks like childbirth but via what was. potentially, if im understanding right. a vestigial mouth.
only potentially mind you, and that's if the ligula/tongue/that thing that has the plant secretion which i am currently choosing to call saliva is in fact the remains of a vestigial mouth as was mentioned as a throwaway line in a screenshot of a study i saw, im probs super wrong,
I have 33 research tabs open, im fine thank you for asking
im sorry bacteria can what
deeply fucking vexed to learn the dark forbidden truth about bacterial reproduction
harrowed to learn that there's an additional layer of truth to bacterial reproduction and staring down at my flesh where bacteria exist caught between incredibly begrudging admiration at the metal processes occurring and wanting to go shower forever
I feel btw that I should clarify: while I am doing research as I go to try and verify things, im not a botanist. I'm learning about botanical concepts, and I'm learning most of them from books, articles, videos by botanists etc, but i cannot be sure i haven't fucked something up
So like as with Any Thread pls go do your own research too and if I've messed up Plant Facts do inform me and I will, Correct Them, as the fact-nature of the Plant Facts is important to me
picking which botany video i want to fall asleep too, notices I somehow missed one about the cousins of my good friends from the ancient earth history thread (Stromatolites), the Thrombolites (like Stromatolites but Clotty instead of Layered) : ple as e i need to sleep
me: pleas ebody may i perform basic biological functions
body and mind: no, fuck you, it's real learning hours. adapt. overcome. spontaneously learn to photosynthesize from electric light or something, it's not my problem, now open this next video about the cloud forest
body and mind: no, fuck you, it's real learning hours. adapt. overcome. spontaneously learn to photosynthesize from electric light or something, it's not my problem, now open this next video about the cloud forest
"elfin forest, [...] is a rare ecosystem featuring miniature trees, inhabited by small species of fauna such as rodents and lizards." looks at that wikipedia page preview
slowly reaches to move back to podcast tab, hand actually shaking with the effort it takes not to, read more,
slowly reaches to move back to podcast tab, hand actually shaking with the effort it takes not to, read more,
Only about 7% of all plants are binary male-female (diecious) and some of them just swap their sexes at will by transitioning after blooming as one for years: another reason why bigots try to stop people from learning about biology
"Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) expresses sexual differences at different stages of growth: smaller plants produce all or mostly male flowers; as plants grow larger over the years the male flowers are replaced by more female flowers on the same plant."
"Arisaema triphyllum thus covers a multitude of sexual conditions in its lifetime: nonsexual juvenile plants, young plants that are all male, larger plants with a mix of both male and female flowers, and large plants that have mostly female flowers." LGBTQTIA+ representation pals
<sticks up pictures of slime molds on my wall> Do it for...them.......
its wild how many of our problems are just caused by other people
big desires to abandon multicellular existence and go be a slime mold
big desires to abandon multicellular existence and go be a slime mold
Learning about: Coprosma petriei (Mirrorberry), endemic to NZ, beautiful turfy bush that apparently smells awful. Related to coffee! This species has semi-transparent berries, and the seed can apparently (don't quote me, sources are hobby sites) be used as a coffee substitute!
It forms a sort of matting shrub, and it's super pretty. It'd probably be a super popular ornamental bush if not for the fact that it Smells Really Bad I Guess?
Just learned about Halocarpus bidwillii (Bog Pine), which is really more of a shrub, that's native and endemic to NZ! It's very pretty, in its mature state its leaves lay like fish scales on the branches. Its cones are shaped like an almond, they're dark, & they sit in waxy cups!
