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botanyshitposts · 15 hours ago

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had an interview for a plant job in Nevada and afterwards the interviewer emailed me a list of all the known plants there confirmed by the organization and I keep considering responding with ‘Wow, and all these plants are running casinos you say?’ and every time I restrain myself

#i probably could do it because the interview went very well and we just talked plants for an hour #he read me so well dude at one point he asked me what my favorite basal angiosperm was #and I was like I’m gonna be honest it’s gotta be that one singular shrub found only on an island off the coast of Australia #that has no vessels only trachieds for moving water around like it’s some kind of pine tree #breaking news: local shrub must push water through a bunch of tiny tubes instead of a mix of tiny and large tubes. imagine doing this #i looked it up and it’s Amborella. that’s the plant in question

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