botanyshitposts:

i wish i was a flower but only bc flowers have their shit together. my good bitch starts developing food for the embryo AT THE TIME OF FERTILIZATION, quite literally inviting not one but TWO sperm into the ovary where one fertilizes the egg and the other is brutally scarified to feed the developing seed, a process called double fertilization. this is unique ONLY to flowering plants and a few species of the sister family (gnetophyta) and is akin to fucking in the grocery store whilst purchasing diapers for the baby. the big dick energy is huge, sharon. are you listening to me? absolutely massive. literally nature’s thotticus