Musings

Few-sha! Fuchsia…

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Some days, by this hour, my brain is pure mush and I haven’t anything interesting in mind to write about. So, here’s a mystery of sorts: how does a plant manage to survive when its leaves become this color, given that its chlorophyll activities are extremely frustrated*.

Still, pretty darned beautiful!

* I once heard The Botanist characterize plants bred to have non-green leaves using this word….