Hi sorry for not posting

Over the course of the past few months I've managed to have a ton of adventures but they were all extremely boring ones, and summoning the motivation to post has been rather hard.

Anyways, remember that thing I found as a grocery store weed? Yeah here it is, it's grown considerably and become all shimmery (reminds me of Schistostega or some of the green-iridescent Begonia). Normally, neon iridescence of this sort concentrates dim light to aid photosynthesis, but I'm not 100% sure it has any adaptive benefit in this case; the effect seems to be caused by tiny condensation droplets on the underside and apparently disappears when the soil is sufficiently dry. But then again, perhaps the plant is "deliberately" engineering itself in a way that the droplets focus light onto its body? Who knows!

Also note that the center of this rosette is non-iridescent. This is because of the powdery gemmae that develop at the edges of each thallus.

Other news: the more fern-like thallus (not pictured) is still doing well and has gotten bigger (though still no detectable sporophyte or asexual reproduction).

Oh yeah all my Sphaerocarpos died months ago (long unimportant story involving water chemistry difficulties) but I acquired a ton of other Marchantiophyta! More on that later.