Great to see this given a name! :-) I've always been obsessed with plants but had basically no interest in animals, and have wondered what could explain it. Some of it could be that a big part of the interest is plant distributions, and unlike animals they're tethered to a place. (And the one aspect of animals that I do get into is biogeography, on a large scale.)
One thing that's confounded me in particular (being a palm fanatic) is that so many people seem to think all palms are the same species. They clearly notice them in general (they're essential to creating that tropical feel, after all) but can't make any distinctions. They all must have coconuts, right?
I once came across an ad for (I think it was ) the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas - date palms were planted around the pool but coconut palm canopies were digitally grafted onto them :-) Apparently someone thought the difference mattered on a subconscious level at least....
I can't, haha - partly because, to the point, more people might be likely to notice? But I'm trying to think of a case where someone might think it's worthwhile, outside of cryptozoology :-)
I'm often pointing out plants to my friends when we go on walks: Look at this Redwood! See the dripping wisteria seedpods!
And I just taught my 8th grade students about plant sex because it seems incredibly backwards for folk to not understand where fruit comes from and how plants reproduce. Thank you for this post!
Coming from a Caribbean island the mahakiya "moriviví " (a term in spanish translated to "dead while living" ) is also one of my first plant memories. I would play a game with my cousins wandering in our front yard touching as many "moriviví" as possible. Really enjoyed the first PlantVisions article <3
Love how its locally translated in Spanish and super glad you enjoyed the article!! Would love to hear more about your plant experiences in your neck of the woods.
Love this! I’m also an advocate for seeing plants
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Great to see this given a name! :-) I've always been obsessed with plants but had basically no interest in animals, and have wondered what could explain it. Some of it could be that a big part of the interest is plant distributions, and unlike animals they're tethered to a place. (And the one aspect of animals that I do get into is biogeography, on a large scale.)
One thing that's confounded me in particular (being a palm fanatic) is that so many people seem to think all palms are the same species. They clearly notice them in general (they're essential to creating that tropical feel, after all) but can't make any distinctions. They all must have coconuts, right?
Exactly right! Although it doesn't help that the coconut is actually only one species that is massively distributed throughout the tropics haha.
I once came across an ad for (I think it was ) the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas - date palms were planted around the pool but coconut palm canopies were digitally grafted onto them :-) Apparently someone thought the difference mattered on a subconscious level at least....
Oh how strange! Can you imagine that being done for any animal species?
I can't, haha - partly because, to the point, more people might be likely to notice? But I'm trying to think of a case where someone might think it's worthwhile, outside of cryptozoology :-)
I'm often pointing out plants to my friends when we go on walks: Look at this Redwood! See the dripping wisteria seedpods!
And I just taught my 8th grade students about plant sex because it seems incredibly backwards for folk to not understand where fruit comes from and how plants reproduce. Thank you for this post!
Coming from a Caribbean island the mahakiya "moriviví " (a term in spanish translated to "dead while living" ) is also one of my first plant memories. I would play a game with my cousins wandering in our front yard touching as many "moriviví" as possible. Really enjoyed the first PlantVisions article <3
Love how its locally translated in Spanish and super glad you enjoyed the article!! Would love to hear more about your plant experiences in your neck of the woods.