#pseudoflora

[zooliminology]

I'm a big fan of the Zooliminology series and it's become one of the main inspirations for most of what I do artistically as of late.

Apologies if this is a presumptuous question, but has there been consideration on possibly covering some of the types of pseudoflora in a future installment perhaps?

[Rule of thumb for a lot of video topics should be: maybe at some point, but currently going to try and work through the backlog of half-baked video scripts I already have in my files before other stuff.]

[zooliminology]

Does Pesudo flora even grow at all? Like natural found

Pseudoflora will naturally regenerate if cut. But otherwise studies have shown that after getting to a certain state, they will become stagnant in growth.

[zooliminology]

could you potentially try grafting pseudoflora to earth plants to see what happens, and would it keep growing. Would the earth plant die? Much to consider

Also, what exactly is pseudoflora made of. Have cuttings of it been taken? Has it been seen under a microscope? Does it have cells or DNA? Chlorophyll? Vascular system? How do the weird plants work??

Any attempts at grafting, either pseudoflora onto plants or vice versa, have failed. Pseudoflora simply does not latch or hold onto plant matter. This is likely because despite their visual similarities, they are not related.

Pseudoflora's cellular structure is more akin to algae than plants. They are non-vascular, much simpler in structure on a molecular level and seem to not actually possess roots- instead being stuck surfaces through rhizoids. Some pseudoflora, particularly tree-like ones, are capable of being semi-buried into the ground but do not have a true root system.

My theory is that any attempts to relocate pseudoflora thus far have destroyed the rhizoids that have allowed them to attach to a surface and grow, and that cuttings fail due to them not following any growth patterns that plants do.

[zooliminology]

what are Prancers and the pseduo-flora of their native environment made of? do the Prancers have internal organs?

It is currently unclear what Prancers are composed of, but the pseudoflora within Arc Deco appear to be similar to other pseudoflora on the molecular level. However, its chlorophyll-like inclusions seem to be a metallic gold color rather than green.

[zooliminology]

hello, I just found out about the project and am a big fan!! may I ask why y'all use plants from our reality instead of pseudofauna in the entity enclosures? it seems like clipping is a relatively simple matter, as is transporting things from the Far Plane, and there's clearly enough access to Water 2 to keep plants alive if there's enough for certain researchers to go on benders with it...... so why not mimic the entities' natural habitat as closely as possible?

[apologies if this has been answered before, I'm slowly working my way through the blog's lore right now lol. hope you're having a good day! :) ]

Pseudoflora has so far proven impossible to relocate. The issue is not transporting the pseudoflora, but rather uprooting them carefully enough to preserve their structure. Their root systems seem to have much more intricate growth patterns than Earth plants.

Cuttings of pseudoflora additionally do not grow. Entities do not show an explicit preference between plants and pseudoflora, so the economic choice is currently going to a plant nursery.

[zooliminology]

you mentioned that pseudoflora wilts when it's removed from its original location, so do they decay similarly as they do on earth? and are there any pseudomicroorganisms or pseudofungi that help break things down?

The pseudoflora wilts similarly to a plant and becomes inert with no apparent way to revive it.

There is no apparent evidence in the Far Plane for decay or a nitrogen cycle or any equivalent. However, Night Skies possess qualities similar to a fungus, including a strong mycelium network.

[zooliminology]

What's the difference between pseudoflora of the far plane and actual flora? Are they just static inorganic things, or is it like a coral / sea star sort of situation?

In the Golbo care guide, the pseudoflora was described to contain plant matter, so what makes it not true flora?

Pseudoflora is referred to as such because their similarities to plant life on Earth ends at the surface level. Their structures resemble algae much more than plant structures. Their 'chlorophyll' additionally seems nonfunctional.

[zooliminology]

is it possible to carbon date the Far Plane? If you can’t get it it from the walls or something maybe try the Pseudoflora (or coral) or maybe even one of those deconstructed Long Legs

Carbon dating is technology not accessible to us at this moment. But prior research on pseudoflora and pseudocoral shows no reliable method to age them. Deconstructed Longlegs additionally show no sign of decay whilst in the Far Plane.