My friend, Bobby, grows the coolest plants in this garden. There was one particular plant I especially like. It’s the strangest looking plant. I can’t describe it other than it looks a little like a virus. I tried to search for the name on my phone but my phone wouldn’t cooperate.
“What is this call?” I asked Bobby once. “I’ve never seen flowers look like this.”
“If I tell you, promise me you won’t tell anyone?” I nodded. “I grew it from a cutting I smuggled from Australia.”
“What?” I shrieked.
“Shh! Don’t broadcast it.” Can you even do that?
(100 words)
Side note: after doing a picture search on Google, I discovered this is Hakea teretifolia, a Australian native plant.
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It’s a very unusual looking plant. Great take Yinglan
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It sure is. I’m glad to know what it is. Thank you. 🙂
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You’re welcome
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Haha! This flower does remind me of a virus of a particular name…
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Haha, it reminded me of that virus too. 😆
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We have a yellow flower here. It’s a protea. One of the varieties. I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t smuggled here from Australia because we got our bluegum trees from them.
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I wouldn’t be surprised either because I’m subscribed to this person on YouTube and he smuggled seeds from Bulgaria to plant in his garden.
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Plant smugglers are precious.
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And we call it a pincushion.
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I think that’s what this variety is called, “Pincushion Hakea”.
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All I could see was the virus, so that’s what I went with. Maybe that’s because I caught it last month–or it finally caught up with me 🙂
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It may be possible to smuggle out of Australia. I know I had my sweets confiscated when I was entering Australia.
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I think unless everyone and everything is searched, plant smuggling is definitely possible.
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I wouldn’t try it either way. Australia is very strict. We got our bluegum trees before I was born. In 1950 they were already old trees that stood around my grandparent’s small holding. Back in the day it was probably not a big deal.
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Well you did broadcast it here 😀
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Whatever it is, I’m not sure I’d want it in my garden!
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Interesting twist on the story and excellent use of the prompt. Well done, Yinglan.
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Thank you. 🙂
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once the secret is out, it’s no longer a secret. 🙂
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Even new, it needs a name.
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