CAM photosynthesis is a clever adaptation some plants have where they turn light into sugar during the day, and only breathe in CO2 at night. This lets the plant close up its leaves so they don’t lose water during the heat of the day.
CAM plants use sunlight to turn malic acid into sugar, and every night they breathe in plenty of carbon dioxide, storing it as a fresh supply of malic acid. If you have keen senses, you may be able to taste the difference between a CAM plant harvested during the day and one harvested at night because of this variation in sugar and acid content.
Having evolved several times independantly, you see CAM in lots of different kinds of plants: air plants and bromeliads, which have poorly developed root systems; cacti and other succulents, which grow in hot dry environments; you even see it in some aquatic plants. For these, CAM serves not to conserve water, but carbon dioxide - which is of course hard to come by when you don’t have any air.
The “crassulacean” part of the name “crassulacean acid metabolism” is there because this phenomenon was first discovered in crassulas. Jade plants are an example of this genus.
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I hate being poor. Getting a new wardrobe is expensive… I should try thrifting
Thrift, and learn to hand sew. If you can find a decent sewing machine cheap, get it. Then collect all the clothes that are too big for you, and learn to take them in. Making your own clothes is hard cause decent fabric is fucking expensive. But mending and taking in, that isnt too hard and opens up a ton of options at the thrift store. The skirt thats too big? Add some darts. The jacket that would look better cropped? Crop it. The panty hose that got a hole from your big toe? Sew it up. Can’t keep everything alive forever but you can greatly extend the lifespan of ur clothes with just a needle and thread.
Is there any queer community organisations nearby that do gender affirming clothing swaps?
I got an amazing woman’s sports coat and a pink vinyl jacket from one recently for free. The sports coat still had tags and I met the lovely lesbian who owned the jacket.
The stuff is often good because people want it to go to a good home and are often not wearing due to transitioning etc
That sounds like a super cool idea. I still haven’t found any queer orgs around, but I’ll try to look for it.
Unfortunately, I’ve learned that thrifting only lessens the burden rather than removing it entirely, this girl shit is so goddamn expensive