Beginning Notes: Drabble 3 of 3 12/08/14
badly-knitted the Spitting Venus while mildly poisonous that causes mild irritation of the skin, it isn't harmful, it is just like a ant bite or like a mosquito bite. And the spitting and the irritation is part of its reproductive cycle, it senses movement (some plants can be sensitive to vibrations) it spits at local wildlife, wildlife gets spooked and runs off, wildlife gets itchy skin and scratches up against tree, tree is covered in this 'spit', pollination occurs, it develops a viable seed, seed grows in the shade of tree, starts cycle again.
Title: Alien Botany
Author: Daashi
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones
Pairings: Jack/Ianto
Rating: 13+
Genre: Drabble, Humour
Warnings: n/a
J: "Well I haven't seen one of those in a while."
I: "What is it."
J: "It's on of the air plants from Malawn."
I: "Will it require anything special."
J: "It has an allergy to aluminium."
I: "I'll keep the soda cans away from it then."
~End
Word: Air Plant
air plant (noun) [Botany] : an epiphyte
Epiphyte; ep - i - phyte (noun) [Botany] : a plant that grows above the ground, supported non-parasitically by another plant or object, and deriving it nutrients and water from rain, the air, dust etc.; air plant; aerophyte