@[email protected] That is definitely not thyme!
Looks like something from caryophyllaceae
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@Artemis13Athena @silverdory it does still depend on the pH, as the pigment is anthocyanin. It's just that they can keep a steady pH in the flowers.
@dandelion Speak of the devil! :)
Woah, there's also 6 species in my country, so that might explain the different ways the flowers smell.
@dandelion After that they would present the dodder with a tomato plant covered, so it wouldn't exude VOC's, and the concentrated exudate. The plants would preferentially lean towards the vial of exudate even though there was no host to attach to.
Then there's root parasites like Orobanche. Their seeds are so small, they wouldn't make it without a host, so they've learned to identify strigolactones of the host, which the plants' roots release into the soil to attract mycorrhiza.
@dandelion I can't really find the original paper, and there has been a lot of research done on it since. But the gist of the experiment was using a dodder that would preferentially seek out tomatos over other hosts.
What they would eventually do was put a hood over the tomato to capture the VOC's, then concentrate the exudate.
@dandelion I have once noticed different Cuscuta campestris plants on the same meadow have a different floral fragrance.
Not sure if it's phenotypical, or whether it might depend on the host plant, but I found it pretty cool.
Also, dodders find their hosts by "smelling" host-specific volatile organic compounds in the air.
@Tarnport The artichokes look just like Protea cynaroides. Makes sense why it's named after the artichoke (cynara)
It's sad how many gay people still need to rely on the "I was born this way" argument.
It is a fundamentally conservative argument, as instead of trying to prove "There is nothing wrong with who I am", you are settling for "It is not my fault, I'm like this".
Whoever you are, it's OK to be yourself. That's a fundamental human right, not a privilege you need to prove.
@kbeninato the worst part for me is watching people celebrate the fact Meta might take down Twitter.
I hate Twitter too, but how myopic do you have to be to think that's a good thing?
Lol, the US democrats are a right-wing neoliberal party. They regularly support wars, genocide, Israeli apartheid, bust unions, appease and bailout billionaires, oppose healthcare as a human right, and just generally traffick in good old trickle-down Raegonomics.
Even insinuating they have anything to do with left-wing politics is incredibly offensive. (Not that I'm saying you did that, just showing how ridiculous that claim is)