• Question: if you could become any plant what plant would you chose to live as?

    Asked by anon-218939 to Shannah, Richard, Matthew (known as Kaan by, johnpaterson, Emma, Anna on 12 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Anna Gardner

      Anna Gardner answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      I would be a Tiger Orchid (also called the Queen of the orchids!).
      This flower can grow up to 7 meters tall and the best thing about it is that it mostly lives up in the tree tops. It is called an epiphyte. Epiphytes are plants that grow on other plants (they dont hurt them, they ust live there). This can happen if a bird drops a seed while its flying over a forest.

    • Photo: Emma Markham

      Emma Markham answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      I think I would like to be a ‘weird’ plant, like ones that are carnivorous like a venus fly trap or a pitcher plant. Or I would like to be a rare orchid like the Ladies Slipper, which is so rare that is lives in a secret location with 24hr security!

    • Photo: John Paterson

      John Paterson answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      I would be a huge, long-lived tree like a yew tree, which live for longer than 1,000 years. The Fortingall yew in Scotland is thought to be up to 3,000 years old. That way I could see ages pass and civilisations rise and fall!

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