Jokes on you, I keep dandelions as houseplants
How?
It appears to be some sort of bromeliad. Many bromeliad species don’t really have roots, but instead grow on top of rocks or other plants like trees. They get their water and nutrients from the atmosphere directly rather than from their roots. Some species even have leaf shapes that make like a bucket in the center to capture water to use. Anyways, they’re cool plants. And some have absolutely beautiful flowers.
I was 1000% expecting to get rick rolled or helled in a cell, thanks for the interesting facts!
Possibly a seed that survived a bird’s digestive tract and had enough shit and nutrients to get that far. Not long for the world, though.
Bonus: fish populating an isolated pond can be caused by a birds as well
How the fish?
Birds will sometimes get fish eggs stuck to their feet, and when they try to fish isolated ponds the eggs will break free and populate the water
Ohh that’s pretty cool
Life uh…finds a way
We kidnapped these plants from their homes and keep them prisoner inside some weird unmoist place where the sun is missing. Wat u expect
While aeroponics are cool and interesting as hell, I’m pretty sure this is a bromeliad which are adapted to living on tree branches. They collect and hold water using funnel style leaves, not through aeroponics style root mist.
I’ve had plenty of houseplants that are basically immortal.
The trick is to have a living soil. Without bacteria, mycelium, wild yeasts, and other microbes, you may as well be planting plants in moon dust.
I got a spider plant at a school fundraiser when I was in first grade. It lived until I moved out of my parents’ house at 18. My mom said she’d take care of it. She threw it out one day. I was sad.
Who throws out a plant
Especially one their kid took care of for that long, that’s just fucked up.
