So we went all around Addison today and placed post card sized fliers about Amber's upcoming book launch party, signing, and chocolate related event.
One of the places we stopped at was 84 Point Coffee off of Midway Road. At first I though the plant must be a fake since it looked pretty unbelievable and it looked like it was just put on top of some coffee beans.
After looking around for a little bit though, as Amber took pictures of her coffee, the flier, and bookmarks we had with us, I began to realize that the rest of the plants seemed to be real enough. Then I saw bits of it had turned brown and there were marks on it that wouldn't have be put on a fake plant even if they were trying to make it look authentic.
After a quick search I figure it's most likely a variety of haworthia, probably herbacea. Yeah, I've never heard of such a thing before either but it seems to be related to aloe plants. Those spikes feel more like rubber, thus my initial thought that the plant was probably a fake.
I had a short conversation with a coworker recently about how terrible fake plants are in an office. They do the opposite of what real plants do. They sit there, collect dust, and smell funny. She had been in an office where the office manager just loved to get more and more fake plants to put everywhere. When they finally closed that office the fake plants were so dusty you could see the clouds they gave off as they were trying to get rid of them. It wasn't good.
This is one of many plants I will probably never get but it was neat to look at it for a while sitting in a coffee shop. Go get some coffee and see if you agree.
One of the places we stopped at was 84 Point Coffee off of Midway Road. At first I though the plant must be a fake since it looked pretty unbelievable and it looked like it was just put on top of some coffee beans.
After looking around for a little bit though, as Amber took pictures of her coffee, the flier, and bookmarks we had with us, I began to realize that the rest of the plants seemed to be real enough. Then I saw bits of it had turned brown and there were marks on it that wouldn't have be put on a fake plant even if they were trying to make it look authentic.
After a quick search I figure it's most likely a variety of haworthia, probably herbacea. Yeah, I've never heard of such a thing before either but it seems to be related to aloe plants. Those spikes feel more like rubber, thus my initial thought that the plant was probably a fake.
I had a short conversation with a coworker recently about how terrible fake plants are in an office. They do the opposite of what real plants do. They sit there, collect dust, and smell funny. She had been in an office where the office manager just loved to get more and more fake plants to put everywhere. When they finally closed that office the fake plants were so dusty you could see the clouds they gave off as they were trying to get rid of them. It wasn't good.
This is one of many plants I will probably never get but it was neat to look at it for a while sitting in a coffee shop. Go get some coffee and see if you agree.
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