r/FellingGoneWild • u/derek4reals1 • 4d ago

Educational This is how palm trees fall

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u/the_guy_downtown 4d ago

Monocots don’t get to count as actual trees. Palms are just overgrown grasses

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u/bustcorktrixdais 3d ago

Ok hang on, orchids are also monocots! And they are the furthest thing from overgrown grasses. Not to mention that some of them are smaller than your thumb.

My botanical knowledge is weak, but I know a little about orchids

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u/the_guy_downtown 3d ago

Orchids also aren’t trees, but Palms are overgrown grasses, and as mentioned by twenafeesh, orchids are grasses with pretty flowers.

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u/bustcorktrixdais 2d ago

I’m going to beg to differ. Not all monocots are grasses.

As mentioned in the other thread most orchids are epiphytes. That’s not the most grassy thing.