Botanist (band) Puns

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For years I’ve been using the term “etiolation” to refer to plants that are stretching in low light conditions. Probably 90% of the sources you’ll see on Reddit and on blogs and guides will say this, and you wouldn’t think there’s anything wrong with that definition.

I got curious about the boundaries of what would be defined as etiolation, because in light shade, plants may be a bit taller/lankier and actually produce bigger leaves to capture more light. I saw some people characterizing that as “slight etiolation” but to me it seems like a different thing altogether than the more unsustainable stretching you see in plants in total darkness.

Turns out all of us are wrong. “Etiolation” refers to conditions where chloroplasts do not develop and remain as dormant etioplasts. It seems to refer to color only, and stem elongation is just something that nearly always occurs at the same time, so the definitions are confused.

Here’s a science source explaining this: https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/71/4/1215/5680819

I also saw that the physical structure of a seedling in low/absent light is called skotomorphogenesis, and when it contacts light it switches to photomorphogenesis.

After learning this, I’m getting somewhat negative responses from laypeople on Reddit telling me I’m wrong or that these differences are useless, so please resist the urge to do that; I want to know what botanists and other people who use scientific concepts think and how they use these terms. Here are my questions:

1. Does it sound like I have it right now?

2. Are the definitions always so cut and dry or do some scientific sources use the term “etiolation” more flexibly like laypeople do?

3. As far as I can tell, skotomorphogenesis refers to the growth program of seedlings in darkness, but what about the underground parts of older plants, such as stolons and buried stems? Is this called skotomorphogenesis too?

4. Is there a correct word for “slight” stretching in healthy, shade-adapted plants that would perhaps prefer more sun if they could get it?

Thanks!

She said "of gorse"

Today I noticed almost every tree is budding out. From oaks / maples / walnuts to rhododendron. Is this a reason of concern for western North Carolina’s wildlife this year?

I just want to say wow wow wow. The new RSO Boost 9.5mg Capsules from the Botanist are A-mazing.

I prefer not to smoke/vape flower just because it burns my throat a lot. I have tried Curaleaf's, Verilife's, MedMan's, Etain's capsules and NONE of them are this relaxing. I have never tried RSO before and this is an amazing feeling. If you have crippling anxiety like me this is the perfect fix.

10/10 would recommend if you want to be literally floating.

Dissects Pistils.

It works and makes for a good break while farming.

"Sorry, give me a moment or tree!"

Say I wanted to breed a new flower as a gift for my wife and name it after her. Do botanists ever get asked to do such projects? How long would it likely take to develop a new species?

Also, how long would it take to register a new grex name?

Whenever he see a lush patch, he say, “Such Vegetation!”

HZE - Haze

PPL - Purple

HWM - Highwayman

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Courtesy of The Botanist Buffalo

As the title says… definitely gave myself a laugh.

Okay. This might be profoundly dumb, but I noticed something upon first watching Ressurections. Niobe introduces Neo to her head Botanist, who then hands him a strawberry. We later see this same character comforting Niobe about her fears.

To my eye, this character resembles the Oracle physically, her profession is related to plants while the Oracle's entire color scheme in the original movies was green, a color associated with nature and the Earth. She symbolized somewhat of an "Earth mother" archetype to counter the Architect's artificiality. She also hands Neo a strawberry, similar to her handing him red candy in the original movies. We've also seen that AI can leave the Matrix through different means at this point.

Is this intentional or am I reading too much into this?

This is all hypothetical and I wouldn't ever dream of actually trying this as it's insane but here we go.

If we had a clean room, airlocked, with a decontamination chamber, could we grow with 100% humidity and get no bud rot?

I grabbed a bottle of this a few years back without thinking much:

https://src.discounto.de/pics/Angebote/2019-02//4541531_Pewter-Parfum_xxl.jpg

It seems to be no longer in production, but I really like its scent. Its obviously a ripoff of a rather known brand or fragrance. Would anyone know what its essence is?

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