When Your Plants Gossips Behind Your Back
Scientists in Japan have caught on camera plants talking to each other. This news made me both happy and nervous at the same time. Happy for obvious reasons that plants are living beings who have communication skills. Nervous wondering what my house plants must be communicating with each other.
As my beloved readers are aware I am a proud plant Mommy. My love for plants is so famous that Last Christmas (not the song), during the office Secret Santa ritual, even my boss gifted me a couple of cute jute planters. Unfortunately, my son has developed sibling rivalry with my plants. He feels that I neglect him for my plants. Our kitten Stunt also suffers a similar rivalry with my plant babies. He often treats the pots as his litterbox, as an act of vengeance. Son and Stunt are accomplices in the criminal activity of harming my plant babies. While my son loves Stunt and can do anything to protect it, when it comes to my plants, he can throw them out of the window without a pinch of remorse. If I ever leave my plants under his care, he will surely perform a plant Holocaust.
Office Secret Santa gifted me these jute planters
Now let me get back to my nervousness. All these years, I was happy that plants were “bezubaan” and all my secrets were safe. However, this scientific discovery made me wonder what my plants must be gossiping behind my back. Scientists have not yet revealed if plants are loyal pets like dogs or narcissistic like cats. Are they compassionate about their owners or bitchy? Do the judge their owners or sympathize?
Suddenly, I have become overcautious in front of my plants. Horrifying thought have started coming to my mind. My Jade plant is almost dead. I am trying to revive it, but it still looks sick. I am sure, a conversation among my plants are going on like this
The sick and dying Jade gasped “this lady overwatered me. She was so busy looking at her mobile, reading some fake news that she didn’t care how much water she poured. She is a plant murderer.”
The Pothos next to Jade sympathetically bemoaned “look at me!! this female hasn’t pruned me in ages. I am growing from all sides. I am looking so skinny and ugly due to this overgrowth”
The Desert Rose grumbled “forget your growth, have you seen her son’s hair? this lady has not taken the boy for a haircut in ages. If she can’t take care of her son’s hair, how do you expect her to prune us?”
The Snake plant said ” don’t get me started on the son, what a brat. Last week, that boy twisted my leaf deliberately. Always indulging that stupid cat and making our life miserable.”
Hibiscus plant angrily joined the conversation ” that kitten is devil’s incarnate. It behaves so innocently and cutely in front of the humans, but the moment they are away it comes and sits on my soil. It has turned my pot into a litter box. It also chews my leaves. I feel like throwing that kitten out of the window. But look how much that lady and her son adores this little devil.”
Money Plant exclaimed “I heard the son say that he wants all of us dead. What a Demon!”
Jade groaned ” I may die, I am not feeling well”
Aloe vera who has a crush on Jade cried out ” No dear, I won’t let you die. Please use my gel, it has healing properties. I can’t let you die. I am making grand plans for Valentine’s day.” Angrily it adds ”This lady keeps breaking my stems to take out the gel, she thinks my gel will keep her young and wrinkle free. Stupid woman doesn’t even care about my pain. Her youth seems more important than my limbs.”
The others join in a chorus ” she only uses us as a decor piece. Loves to hear people telling her that how green her house is. She pretends to be eco-friendly but basically we mean nothing to her”. The oldest plant in the balcony cries out loudly ”I know she is waiting for me to die. She has plans to replace me with a rose bush. Ever since I stopped flowering due to my age, she stopped caring. Earlier she used to adore me but now doesn’t even look at me while watering. How ungrateful she is. How conveniently she forgot about the beautiful mornings when my flowers made her smile. So many pictures she used to click of my flowers to post and flaunt on her social media. Look at her now, just waiting to overthrow me”. It continued crying.
The pigeonwings plant said “I hate her mother-in-law also. She doesn’t leave a single flower on my stems. Plucks all of them for her puja. Why does her redemption depend on my babies?”
The English Ivy grumbled “And that flatulent husband, it is impossible to be around that one in the morning. The other day, it almost killed me with the previous night’s butter chicken.”
The Lucky Bamboo sighed “She hasn’t changed my water”
Master. Stunt AKA Plant Annihilator
Dear readers, please trust me, I love my plant babies. I may not be a perfect parent. I may make mistakes but I sincerely love them. I hope scientists never discover my plants. If they do all my secrets would be out.
Are you a plant parent? Please let me know if you have a green thumb or if are you a plant killer. Tell me what conversations you believe your plants are having?
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