Well, the first denizens of my dinosaur forest have arrived. Okay, well, they're not so much so far, but just you wait!
This little guy is a
mimosa:
I know he's not much to look at now, but he grows all over the world, and is viewed by many as a pest, he grows so fast! So just you wait. They'll smash down the door one day and find one growing out of my ears.
And what's so much fun is that you can stroke him and he'll shrivel up immediately like a Berber folding his tent and slinking away! You'll see, at the end of the summer he'll be a sturdy little bush.
And here's my
Cycad -- the true dinosaur plant.
They've literally been around since the dinosaurs; they're one of the Earth's first true plants. And to add to his exoticness, add danger: if you so much as cut yourself on one of his sharp leaves, you could be on your way to ER; he's that toxic.
And in the next few days, the true warriors of the plant world will be here: the Fly Trap Family! (Definitely NOT Edelweiss!)
Don't worry, I'll keep them all apart so someone doesn't start a brawl.
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How cool!! I first saw those "sensitive plants" on my honeymoon in southeast Asia. And I love the dinosaur plant.
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Yes, he's almost miserably sensitive. I almost feel like kicking him in the pants and yelling "TENNNN HUT, PRIVATE!" when he wilts so pathetically.
ReplyDeleteJust wait till those body snatchers march in here! He'll be quailing in his pot.
I'll slap him up a bit and maybe he'll eventually be an upstanding member of the Dinosaur Corps.
As for Mr. Cycad . . . gosh, he even intimidates me!
Very cool!
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