#horticulture is fun

[quitealotofsodapop]

Theory on that Crimson Jimson-Weed;

So I was re-watching "To Catch a Leaf" like any good Sandy-fan when I recognised the name of the flower (Crimson Jimsonweed/Scarlet Mandala flower) being something I encountered in my horticulture/pharma studies;

You see, Jimsonweed is another name for Datura - a super-toxic nightshade flower known for it's psychoactive effects that was occasionally used in traditional Chinese medicine. A few seeds or leaves is enough to send someone into days-long potentially fatal delirium. Monk in India particularly used it to induce horror/madness in order to have a better understanding of the world.

My first thought was; "Why tf would Sandy reccomend a flower that's like a million acid trips in one?" and second "Why did LBD need it?"

According to Sandy the Crimson Jimsonweed can "influence mortality itself" - something that would be very useful if your opponent is someone who's pretty protective of their immortality. NO wonder why LBD was pissed. Huntsman "only" taking a single petal could have saved the gang's lives in the long run.

And I thought: "Cool!"

And then I was researching an au idea/theory @dorothygale123 brought up about "Shennong/The Flame Emperor/Divine Peasant" having connections to the Demon Bull King and Red Son; only to read how he (a primordial god of fire and medicine) died;

You see, after he retired/lost the godly throne, Shennong decided to put his brain and super-durable/transparent stomach to use and self-experiment on himself and document the results. He apparently got poisoned quite a lot in his research (he also discovered many ways to get high) to classify all plant life.

Ultimately Shennong died after eating a "small yellow flower" and being unable to find an antidote or "clean out his instestine" in time. Kind of a sad but expected end to the chinese mythos version of the first farmer-scientist. A rule of medicine is that anything that can heal can also kill at a certain dosage.

But the flower that killed him is up for debate. The book I have suggests it to be "Intestine-Breaking/Heartbreak Grass"(Gelsemium sempervirens). This Oxford paper suggests Tansy, an old treatment for worms. But a common theme is that the "flower of a weed" was the cause.

After my research into Jimsonweed and it's connections to mortality in Buddhism I must suggest a hidden culpurit;

This could be my mild red-colourblindness acting up; but The flower we see throughout the "To Catch a Leaf" is gotdamn yellow.

The flower that can "influence mortality itself" would be the perfect candiate for what killed the legendary Divine Peasant.

Makes sense why Sandy decided to instead brew a very small part of it into tea for MK. He likely read Shennong's research and realised that this super-rare variant of Jimsonweed *was* an amazing tonic... in the right dosage of course. Hence why Sandy didn't feed MK the whole flower.

#shennong #lmk shennong #the flame emperor #the divine farmer #lmk character ideas #lmk sandy #lmk to catch a leaf #lmk huntsman #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk theories #chinese mythology #lmk aus #horticulture is fun

[zachsanomaly]

Wandering trees.

The heaviest living organism on earth confirmed so far is pando, this giant clonal aspen tree. It is all one tree with the same root system, over 40,000 tree trunks.

It is estimated to weigh 13 million pounds and is named pando which means 'I spread'

a chonker

Essentially clonal trees do this to move. Any time for any reason they don't wanna be where they are, they regrow their entire body from the furthest away part of their roots

wash rinse repeat

That way it can wander around

#science #botany #plants #horticulture #fun facts

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[piosplayhouse]

Honestly the more I think about it the more I really think the sun and moon dew mushroom rlly should've been an amorphophallus instead

- extremely rare and take an immense amount of expertise and tedious care and special conditions to bloom (to the point where one blooming is an incredibly proud event for gardens and often publicized to draw visitors nationwide)

- on average take 5-7 years, sometimes even 10 for some varieties, to reach maturity

- human sized

- called the "corpse flower" (because it smells like rotting flesh)

- weird penis shape

- variety called amorphophallus yaoi

#prefacing this by saying i doubt teen mxtx was a big horticulture studier #and this is my own fanon exposed point or whatevr but ive always been kind of ? at how people call peerless cucumber a 'plant body' #when hes really a fungus #a fun guy even #if i had to scientifically explain id guess mushrooms were chosen because theyre decomposers #so it would make sense to feed it blood and qi. but also like everything about the growing process is very much plantlike #like they grow it from seed right ?? mushrooms dont have seeds ?? #is it actually a plant thats just called a mushroom?? #whatever stupid airplane stupid stallion novel logic * dies mad #svsss

[continuallycowardlycod]

Fallen London giving us the option to run away and be safe or drive right into the death machine like yeh of course I'm going to drive right into the death machine.

#fallen london #horticulture hell #my ships gone now i will miss you capercallie :( #fun event tho

[semprvivum]

Echeveria 'Orion' flowers

#fun fact my childhood dog was named orion 🩷 #echeveria orion #echeveria #succulent #succulents #succulentblr #plant #plants #plantblr #horticulture #botany #houseplants #mine #flower #flowering #flowers #succulent flowers #blooming succulent

[nirelaz]

Inktober Day 3: Path

There's a strangely hypnotic quality to the exploration in Strange Horticulture. Deliciously ominous in mood, too.

#strange horticulture #inktober #today was a fun experiment with brushes #finally got to use all the grass ones I've been collecting

[alexis-royce]

Out of character I just need the Warm Amber like everyone else, so it’s a normal grind. But in character I think The Ex-Disgraced Academic is just plain getting high on honey and music at Buckingham before crawling off to Helicon to cry on Leoidea’s shoulder and talk about paintings.

They’re just not doing well right now.

#fallen london #Firmament #I really enjoyed the first chapter #Really bombastic and fun and I think I understand what’s going on #Like as much as you’re supposed to when a mystery is being set up #It’s a mysterious setting so I’m happy to be intregued and interested #And the re-writing stuff is of course my jam so I’m terribly excited about this #We never found out what was the true nature of the peril from the Horticulture Festival so heck yeah getting back to that #Mwah my compliments to the chef thank you for the good fucking food

[neathyingenue]

sketchbook dump from horticulture hell

please excuse the jankiness! we are under attack after all

yeah... that plant didn't make it back to silvia's house. and silvia's urchin friend's cat has not shown up in all the chaos. luckily @thedandy-detective is on the case!!

#okay so a fun fact is i used to work in a botanical garden #and we had a room called “horticulture hall” #or “hort hall” as we called it #so every time i use the tag “horticulture hell” i think “hort hell” #also come to think of it there was once a violent hailstorm that destroyed the greenhouses #anyway #silvia salcedo #fallen london #fl spoilers #horticulture hell #brett heroux #my art

[ghoulhusband]

it’s amazing how many things you can ‘haha as a bit’ yourself into when writing. for instance when i started fooling around with my carla lives au i was originally just gonna make her a follower and i went ‘haha wouldn’t it be funny as a bit if i imagined her, kitty and benny ending up together as a really weird throuple.’ well that was 8 months ago. and the resulting fic i’ve come up with is so convoluted

#i don’t necessarily know that i think benny is poly like committed relationship poly. but the situation is so complicated and specific #there’s nowhere else for me to take it at this point. ocs have been made unions have been formed #i’ve fully stolen carla from canon and given her a real personality. and a family. and a career. and fun hobbies like dancing. horticulture. #really specific historical interests. revenge. #benny gecko #kitty grave #carla fnv

[arsonists-oatmeal]

Some of its crew may have closed their eyes or shielded away, but the Restless Collector stands tall towards the bow, facing sunlight and inevitable death for what may be the final time. FULL SPEED AHEAD, CHARGE!!

Honestly I think annoying the Boatman so much that you get kicked out of death, should be some sort of achievement. Also I'm totally believing that the final straw was the Restless Collector getting out a handkerchief and attempting to actually polish the Boatman. ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT, LONDON ISN'T DEAD

augh...

OUUUGHHHHHHHH *wails* she has earned it...

#it's been quite the journey #im sad that it's over but holy shit was that fun #first Estival i've participated in #also you bet that the Restless Collector is going to wear its flight captain uniform after all this #it's snazzy as hell (and gives a good stat boost lol) #also me: it's a shame that the Masters boarded onto a ship instead of flying i really wanted to see curator aerial combat #*one scene later* #me: LETS GOOOO FUCK THEM UPPP #rest in peace my sweet steel bird of the sky #RIP Red Kite (1899-1899) #fallen london #estival 2023 #horticulture hell

[thedeafprophet]

beyond all else with the event, it was fun, and it was really nice to see everyone playing and having fun together.

#i felt iffy about last years with the tropes and the whole colonalism and museaums things #this was Fun and Tense and features areas of the lore im familiar with and care about #and it was FUN #prophet's fl nonsense #horticulture hell

[mrdrzezstchkowitzatyourservice]

If failbetter games can see this they should make the dawn machine fight the sun and call it Star Wars in order to make the playerbase implode

#this is of course assuming the eldritch horrors on the ceiling manage to gnaw through to the surface #there is no way that this event couldn't possibly get crazier but we're not done yet #The sun peering into the neath like a person opening a garbage can full of wild opossums #this probably won't happen they wouldn't do it #haha jk... unless? #it's at least fun to speculate #who knows what the folks at failbetter are throwing onto the fire #fallen london #estival 2023 #the horticultural exposition

[zinabug]

I’m normal about the end of the horticultural festival! London does not stand alone!!

[ID: a purple-tinted digital painting of an airship battle in the Neath. The Starved Weapon, a giant golden eye with three pupils, has opened in the ceiling and from it a ray of light is shining down towards London. Surrounding the eye are several airships and balloons from both London and the starved men. One of the London airships is in flames. Three of the masters, large bat like creatures, are flying between airships. Some small plumes of smoke rise from london and bright turquoise false-stars cover the stalagmites. Two large airships are in the foreground.)

#fallen london #horticulture hell #fl spoilers #the london horticultural show #my art #the weapon ended up WAY BIGGER than it was supposed to be oops #idk if its supposed to be an actual literal eye but that was what I was imagining SO #I am not super experienced with drawing environments yet this was very good practice #god I had fun doing this with everyone even though I haven’t contributed to posting myself until now #it was just so cool and so interesting and I am chewing on it #eye horror #(just in case)

[irrigos]

estival was fun this year :3

#the horticultural festival was fun! morgan died. #(thats how you know theyre having a good time)

[angelmush]

feeling a bit burnt out in the dog training field atm i need a little break lolll

#using moving as an opportunity to do something with low stakes like grocery again lol #i adore training service dogs but man i am tiredddd #have an interview as an ice cream scooper and one working for a florist so we’ll see how it goes #i took a year of horticulture and floral design classes so it would be fun to dip back into that again :-) #the dog training world is just riddled with ego and drama and intensity #and it’s the kind of thing where since i also have a dog im never fully off the clock which makes it hard to recharge #it’s just a very intense job sometimes #i think i’ll return to it but i just need something simple for a minute #personal

[bookshelfpassageway]

alright, i'll bite, anyone want to infodump about what the heck is currently going on over in fallen london

#my posts #fallen london #or... HAS happened #i fall in and out of the game bc it be a little grindy and i'm bad at long term habits #but it looks like you're having fun out there with your *checks notes* #'''''horticultural show''''''''