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That weird cactus in the Phoenix airport changed my whole trip
I was stuck on a 3-hour layover and just staring at this big, spiny cactus in a planter. A guy in a security uniform walked over and said, 'That's a saguaro... they don't even grow a single arm until they're about 75 years old.' I'd just been looking at it as a plant, but he made me see it as this patient, living thing keeping its own slow time. I spent the rest of my wait looking at all the airport plants differently, wondering how old they were. Has anyone else had a stranger point out something cool about a plant you'd just walked past a hundred times?
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harper90825d ago
I read an article about how some of the big fiddle leaf fig trees in hotel lobbies are actually rented by the month from plant companies. It made me look at those fancy indoor plants in a totally new way, like they're just on a temporary work trip too.
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