[Plants fact 1] A Venus flytrap can count the number of times its victims touch the hairs on its leaves. One-touch does nothing, two closes the trap, three primes the trap for digestion, five triggers the production of digestive enzyme. So, victims tell the plant to start killing it and how vigorously to do so.
[Plants fact 2] In 1910, the United States almost introduced wild hippopotami into Louisiana to get rid of water hyacinth.
[Plants fact 3] Evidence suggests that sloths grow algae in their fur and then eat it. This algae-farming is thought to be aided by moths that live in the fur, and whose growth the sloth actively promotes.
[Plants fact 4] The tallest cactus (Pachycerreus pringlei) ever recorded was over 6 stories tall.
[Plants fact 5] In ancient Rome, one of the most common cooking ingredients was called “laser”, from the silphium plant. It does not exist today. It was so delicious that it was harvested to extinction from its natural habitat in what is now Libya. We think that it probably tasted something like garlic.
[Plants fact 6] The ghost plants unlike most plants are white and do not contain chlorophyll. Instead of generating energy from sunlight, it is parasitic. It hosts certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees.
[Plants fact 7] The Mainichi, one of the most popular national daily newspapers in Japan once circulated an entirely recyclable newspaper. It had plant seeds embedded in the newsprint. After reading, you could plant the newspaper directly into the soil and it would grow.
[Plants fact 8] Nintendo actually bred its own type of flower to market their series "Pikmin". This flower the Chaenostoma cordatum also known as the bacopa cabana is also called the "Pikmin flower" for that reason.
[Plants fact 9] In Interstellar, they actually planted hundreds of acres of corn just for the sake of the movie and it ultimately cost nothing because they made all of the money back when they sold the crop.
[Plants fact 10] Botanical Sexism is a process by which urban landscapers, in an effort to keep streets clear of seeds and flowers, plant only male trees. The male trees lack the seeds of their female counterparts and as the trees get bigger, their pollen counts increase which can worsen seasonal allergies.
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