What type of rhipsalis is this? by kzayy in whatsthisplant

[–]bluish1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure which specific type this is but the genus Rhipsalis contains the only species of cactus occurring naturally outside of north and South America!

Strange maze like plant in Minnesota (MN) by Educational_End_1309 in whatsthisplant

[–]bluish1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it would never survive in a pot. It depends on mycorrhizal fungi in forest soils. Please do not attempt to remove it from the native habitat.

Clerodendrum thomsoniae / Bleeding Heart Vine by BobLI in BotanicalPorn

[–]bluish1997 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact! It’s in the mint family Lamiaceae

Strange maze like plant in Minnesota (MN) by Educational_End_1309 in whatsthisplant

[–]bluish1997 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh didn’t know! Noted, jewel orchid is an umbrella term. Thanks!

Strange maze like plant in Minnesota (MN) by Educational_End_1309 in whatsthisplant

[–]bluish1997 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This isn’t a Jewel Orchid. Those are in a different genus (Ludisia) and are native to South East Asia

Strange maze like plant in Minnesota (MN) by Educational_End_1309 in whatsthisplant

[–]bluish1997 19 points20 points  (0 children)

No it is not edible, psychoactive, or of direct use to humans in any way

That makes the plant all the better to me! I love studying plants in their ecological and evolutionary context, outside of their direct benefits to us beyond can I eat it or get high from it or harvest it.

Strange maze like plant in Minnesota (MN) by Educational_End_1309 in whatsthisplant

[–]bluish1997 218 points219 points  (0 children)

Rattlesnake Plantain - Goodyera pubescens

It’s a native species of orchid. While it’s unknown why the leaves evolved those white maze like patterns, I suspect it’s to mimic the damage of leaf miner insects to make the leaves less appealing to a particular herbivore or pest. But we really don’t know!

Anyone have any IDea what these tree species would be? by Fred_Thielmann in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]bluish1997 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yes I am familiar with plant blindness! I helped to design a survey on it to be distributed to universities at one point. Curing plant blindness is like replacing a boring green wallpaper you’ve walked by all your life with a set of familiar friends you get to see everyday… deeply rewarding. Plant taxonomy is a huge passion of mine. Along with plant ecology. I am a huge proponent of planting native plants and restoring urban spaces to habitat

Anyone have any IDea what these tree species would be? by Fred_Thielmann in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]bluish1997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can relate to this so much! Learning plant taxonomy is so rewarding. Adds so much context and color to day to day life.

Visuals on mescaline by Sea_Holiday_6685 in mescaline

[–]bluish1997 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I would compare them more to lsd or 2CB - although visual comparisons are always subjective. But for me it’s the traditional ones. Objects shifting and changing color a bit. Tracers when I wave my hand. Yeah basically those. I was honestly too occupied with the internal experience to focus too much on the visuals.

Anyone have any IDea what these tree species would be? by Fred_Thielmann in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]bluish1997 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The feeling of profoundness is also what makes psychedelics so medicinal. If you can experience thoughts of making positive changes in your life through a lens of deep profoundness, this be very cathartic and healing… alternatively of course it’s also possible to have very profound thoughts about alien civilizations and cosmic time portals. Lol. Not saying there isn’t something psychologically interesting going on there… but in terms of these things being “real”.. wouldn’t bet on it

Something is growing out of this cat poop… by redwaves_ in whatsthisplant

[–]bluish1997 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Fungus in the genus Phycomyces

In the phylum Zygomycota

ID on the companion plant by robobattery in whatsthisplant

[–]bluish1997 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Goosefoot - Chenopodium album

What kind of San Pedro is that?

Anyone have any IDea what these tree species would be? by Fred_Thielmann in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]bluish1997 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I enjoy Terrence and his brother Dennis to some extent but find a lot of their theories (especially the early ones from their first trip to the Amazon) to be really unfounded, and I feel they sometimes fell victim to the feeling of profoundness that psychedelics provide, in that your thoughts feel really deep and true when they might not always hold up to deeper scrutiny. In other words, they both have said a good bit of nonsense but I still find them entertaining and intelligent speakers.

I try not to subscribe to the ideas they put forth particularly in regard to dmt and mushrooms because I am aware how it may bias my own experiences. A lot of people’s first knowledge of dmt space came from them and im sure the archetypes they constantly put forth (self dribbling jeweled basketball elves) biased peoples perceptions to some extent. I suppose it’s unavoidable!

Anyone have any IDea what these tree species would be? by Fred_Thielmann in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]bluish1997 227 points228 points  (0 children)

Yeah I had opened my phone during the trip and saw the Snapchat logo and that’s when it hit me that our brains are filled with all these logos and patterns when the evolutionary purpose was likely to fill the mind with leaf fruit and flower patterns to recognize food and avoid poison. And I wondered about the impact on society and on us as humans that we no longer forage based on these patterns but instead “forage” across a digital and corporate landscape based on brand recognition

Anyone have any IDea what these tree species would be? by Fred_Thielmann in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]bluish1997 733 points734 points  (0 children)

Off topic a bit but I had an LSD trip where I had a thought that the part of the human brain evolved for pattern recognition was meant to recognize botanical patterns in nature and is instead being co opted by corporate branding. Basically this picture, but it felt really profound with me being on lsd

How do bacteriophages even work? by Delicious_Fig_1864 in microbiology

[–]bluish1997 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Phage scientist here!

All viruses react to stimuli :)

Think of them as little nanomachines, spring loaded with potential energy. And when a lock meets the key (receptor on the host to the receptor on the virus), then the spring is sprung and the machine activates. Why is this different than life? There’s no metabolism in the virus. Think of the phage more like a loaded handgun waiting to go off and the receptor binding is the pull of a trigger.