#fictional plant

[ctraceywrites]

Homebrew D&D

I started a monthly D&D campaign at an environmental center I am on the board for. The campaign is completely homebrew with a map I designed based on the wetland that the environmental center is located at. I throw in a lot of native animals and creatures from the D&D monster manual, but I've also been throwing in some random new creations as well.

I thought it would be fun to share them here. Feel free to throw them into your own games if you like. These two aren't too fancy stat wise, they were just something pretty I wanted as a rare creature the party had to save from poachers in our second session.

Dancer Butterfly

Uses the same stats as a regular D&D butterfly, except the Dex is 16 (+3)

Deep blue with accents of shimmering gold. These butterflies have elongated apexes of their hind-wings that look like ribbons. Their movements are quick and they spin as they fly creating a dancing motion in the air. They have adapted this unique movement to make it easier to feed from their preferred food source, Taunting Milkweed.

The wings of a dancer butterfly can be ground down for a potion ingredient, but many wings would be needed. There are other more common ingredients that are more potent and useful. The Dancer Butterfly is most commonly desired for their ascetic alone and are often poached/hunted for collections in private gardens or in a pinned display.

Taunting Milkweed

Tall flowers with a cluster of red flowers that come from a single bud. Each flower is streaked with delicate lines of gold as well as a sparkling gold pollen that matches the gold on the Dancer Butterfly, that almost exclusively eats nectar from Taunting Milkweed. The stems of the plant are very loose yet strong which causes them to tilt and move easily in the wind. The Dancer Butterfly adapted to feed from the erratic movements it makes.

Due to the popularity of the plant for private gardens, and the belief that the golden nectar would increase a person's magical ability (a myth), the Taunting Milkweed was harvested almost to extinction. The entirety of the milkweed is edible and can be used as an ingredient in healing medicines and potions.

[plantsinsupernatural]

Bugeraenun procerae (fictional)

season 5, episode 5: Fallen Idols

Sam finds some seeds in the victims’ stomachs that came from a Balkan forest once inhabited by the pagan god Leshi. Despite previously having recognized an extinct plant species, Sam initially describes the seeds as “unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.” He figures it out eventually.

At around 28:45, Sam's laptop screen is briefly shown, displaying an image of a seed labeled “bugeraenun procerae” (which is not a real species) and text describing the corresponding plant as shrublike, producing “starlike minute flowers that bloom only once a year at midnight.” Many plants only bloom once a year, but the specificity of "at midnight" suggests that the supposed flowers only open for a short time in the middle of a single night, sort of like night-blooming cereus cacti, although there is no reason why every bud should bloom on the same night. A longer flowering period is much more practical, facilitating the simultaneity of flowering across individuals. I am not certain whether plants can control or coordinate when they bloom. In any case, the seeds shown on screen look a lot like peach pits, being relatively large, dark, and textured.

There are two shrubs which bear some small resemblance to the fictional plant. The first is similar in name, the second only in description.

Subreddit r/destiel user xain_the_idiot points out the existence of Calotropis procera, commonly called giant milkweed or Apple of Sodom. The latter name and its Biblical significance fit very well with the show's themes. Like other milkweeds, this species does produce small starlike flowers and rounded seed pods which can be a few inches long (bigger than the seeds in the show). The pods are meant to split open to release the actual seeds, which are tiny, flat, and attached to white fluff which carries them off in the wind. Apple of Sodom does not strictly bloom at night, nor is it endemic to Balkan forests. It is native to Africa and Asia, and is not rare or endangered.

Cestrum nocturnum, the night-scented cestrum or night-blooming jasmine, bears flowers composed of pale green tubes nearly one inch long, ending in white five-pointed star shapes. The flowers bloom at night and release a strong scent. The seeds are round, but smaller than those in the show, and are white and smooth when fresh. Night-scented cestrum is native to Central and South America but has spread to other continents and is considered invasive in New Zealand.

I'm not sure why the writers decided to invent a plant (or change up the name and description of one) instead of simply using a real species, especially when they've previously used real plants to great effect.

[daaxolotlartist]

Lumicuro

This creature is half plant half animal, it is 14ft tall when measured from foot to head, but usually stand at 7ft tall

when its head in the ground it's feet will suck sunlight in.

During the day the Lumicuro will swim around and eat small fish like Splatfish. Its feet will glow a little bit where the sunlight was being sucked in.

When it has gotten enough nutrients it will open its mouth and stick its head in the ground. Its tongue is like roots so the nutrients it got from the day will go into the ground and make the land better for plants to grow in.

Its much like a jellyfish in that it just floats around when it isn't in the ground

It had a land version, the Lumikuru

REBLOGS ARE BETTER THAN LIKES!!!

[some-goblin]

I made a plant instead of paying attention in class lmao 

I dunno If it's similar to a plant that already exists or to one that someone's created before. If it is similar to anyone's work or to an actual plant, it's entirely by coincidence. It's just something I ended up drawing instead of taking notes in class.

But anyways- some info I was writing about the plant:

• The petals secrete a poisonous, stringy sap that clings to them like webs

• But if it's diluted properly, it's a strong sleep aid

•Improperly and it'll either put the consumer into a coma or kill them instantly

• The sap has an almost sickly sweet taste to it

• And the leaves are transparent with dark green veins that curl through them

• Depending on the form of the leaf, it can cause hallucinations (crushed), recover memories (dried, perhaps in tea), or heal speed up a healing process (poultice)

• it's roots have microscopic hairs that react to being touched, like when something falls victim to the plant and falls on the roots

• It triggers the roots to temporarily secrete an acid that decomposes the corpse faster so the plant can absorb nutrients from it

• The plant as a whole as a dark, but inviting aura

• It uses it's inviting aura and sweet sap to lure in victims (usually insects or small creatures)

• It's rare to find in the wild though and difficult to keep alive in captivity

• So finding it's parts or sap is difficult and buying them is pretty expensive

[notthatkimholland]

Mock Orchid.

watercolor and ink on paper, 2014. 3.25 x 4 inches.