Without their chloroplasts plants would be left like the rest of us, to eat what they find. Instead they hold out their green palms and catch light. If there is magic in the world, surely this is it: the descendants of tiny creatures in leaves, capable of ingesting the sun.
Rob Dunn 
malformalady: Abandoned asylum, Maryland

malformalady:

Abandoned asylum, Maryland

roentgens: Water Pennyworts (hydrocotyle ranunculoides) is an aquatic plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to North and South America and certain parts of Africa. The United Kingdom has listed it as an invasive alien species which is currently spreading in waterways. It is one of five aquatic plants banned from sale in the UK. 

roentgens:

Water Pennyworts (hydrocotyle ranunculoides) is an aquatic plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to North and South America and certain parts of Africa. The United Kingdom has listed it as an invasive alien species which is currently spreading in waterways. It is one of five aquatic plants banned from sale in the UK. 

landscapedesigners: The wondrous underside of a Giant Amazon Water Lily.

landscapedesigners:

The wondrous underside of a Giant Amazon Water Lily.

You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.
Winona Ryder  (via seols)
Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf. It’s ordinary to love the beautiful, but it’s beautiful to love the ordinary.
Unknown 
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