Plants
From the perspective of plants we are all rich and in the long run they will eat us all. [@plants](https://mander.xyz/c/plants) [\#EatTheRich](https://social.edu.nl/tags/EatTheRich) [#Ecology](https://social.edu.nl/tags/Ecology) [#UrbanEcology](https://social.edu.nl/tags/UrbanEcology)
This little plant, identified as Equisetum arvense by a colleague, appears to have grown right through one of the metal posts of the bridge of Amsterdam University College ([#AUC](https://social.edu.nl/tags/AUC) [#UvA](https://social.edu.nl/tags/UvA) [#VU](https://social.edu.nl/tags/VU)). I think it should be the mascotte of all students at Science Park: "Those who persevere against all odds find the light at the end of the tunnel." [\#plants](https://social.edu.nl/tags/plants) [#nature](https://social.edu.nl/tags/nature) [@plants](https://mander.xyz/c/plants)
TL;DW: You can't, unless it is still attached to the plant. Just eat it right away, it will not get any riper.
The plant is frost-hardy, but all parts of the plant above ground die in winter.
From the Singapore Cloud Forest
From the Singapore Cloud Forest
![](https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/e035fc68-31bd-4e88-9a50-a60d69db3fbc.jpeg)
Singapore Cloud Forest. Not sure what plant it is, but I guess from the [Araliaceae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araliaceae).
Singapore Botanic Garden
I think the plant is from the Zingiberales, but I don't dare to identify it more than that. Penang, Malaysia.
It has been driving my allergies nuts since April 30th.
This is in the Singapore Botanic Gardens
I see these all over the Midwest. Learn about how Monotropa uses the fungal connection between tree roots to siphon nutrients [on this old webpage recommended by the US Forest Service.](http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct2002.html)