I have Amorphophallus konjac. While I am eagerly waiting for them to come up (shut up, Tars) this year, it is difficult to tell the ladies at work what they are. They are young yet and do not have the stinky bloom. “Er, a tropical jack in the pulpit.”
You wouldn’t be able to show the film of the cross-pollenation in some states.
(I wonder why the phallus flower is smellier than the clitoria, though. It sounds backwards.)
Ahem.
Does anyone know what plant is used most often in Trek alien planet scenery?
Something turned upside down?
How far South (and east, west?) of the Mason-Dixon are you, cplant?
NCBesque double post:
I finally get to see Enterprise again and it’s a Neelix episode! Bah!
I’m in Arkansas, Aseiron.
Just trying to get back on track. I read the plant question as trivia and never saw the answer. I’d guess a split leaf philodendron.
Elephant ears!
Panda ears?
Ah… there’s an East Tennessee Dopefest being planned and I was hoping you’d be able to make but considering you live in Arkansas, I doubt you want to drive to Knoxville. Too bad.
A Trek Dopefest would be the coolest ever.
Anyway, I finally got to see this episode tonight and it wasn’t half bad. Phlox’s explosion at the needling was actually pretty damn cool and had me caring for the guy for the first time ever.
Random thoughts:
Trip’s promised ass phasing was pretty cool
I want to fight Tars to the death with Vulcan lirpas for Hoshi’s hand.
Travis needs to go back to being mute again 'cause I don’t like the way he delivers his lines… it’s like he’s reading off cue cards
How long do Denobulans live? Phlox’s grandmother was alive during a war that ended three hundred years ago? That’s like three or four human generations. Jesus.
I don’t buy the crap that the patient was saying about him being the first of his species to see a Denobulan in however many generations. They’re both spacefaring species and they obviously share some areas in their spheres of influence… hell, he was on a planet with at least three of them before he was forced to flee.
Thanks to viva, I can’t help but stare at T’Pol’s stomach every time she’s on screen.
Archer’s a dumbass for threating to throw Phlox in the brig for disobeying his orders. His cultural imperatives come before the ship.
I want Romulans.
Not nececelery. The prejudice against the Antarans might have been so ingrained in the Denobulan culture that Phlox’s grandmother simply grew up with it and accepted it as normal.
No. Phlox said himself that his grandmother was alive when the last war ended. I remembered doing a double take at that 'cause the Vulcans are the only species in Trek that I know of that have a much longer life span than humans.
Well, Klingons too, maybe. Kor, Kang and/or Koloth sure did live a long time.
And certain trees and the sea turtle
“In the next season of Enterprise, we’re rounding out the cast of characters by adding Bort, the bristlecone pine tree. He’s been around since the heyday of the ancient Egyptians, and will bore you to death with his stories of history from a first-person perspective. Except that he’s not really a person, he’s a tree. And his stories are kinda hard to hear because trees can’t talk. Or move around. Basically he just sits there planted in the middle of the bridge, taking up space. We’re thinking of casting Michael O’Hare for the role.”
I want Romulan pie.
Romulan pie?
Romulan pudding.
Romulan peeps.
You are not receiving this (admittedly lame) joke?
I’m being whooshed big time here.
When you said you wanted Romulan pie, all I could think of was you and Sela in decon.
It’s a standard SDMB joke. “I like pie.” “I like pudding.” Responses people give when they just want to hijack, make fun, or whatnot.
Ah. I spend entirely too much time in Cafe Society.
So, about you and Sela…
Why does 'plant always spell Trip with two p’s?