{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "so i learned yesterday that theres a tiny plot at the corn research/breeding nursery i work at thats full of what the breeders...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/163576710853/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://botanyshitposts.tumblr.com/post/163571175309/botanyshitposts-so-i-learned-yesterday-that\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">botanyshitposts</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https://botanyshitposts.tumblr.com/post/163483077092/so-i-learned-yesterday-that-theres-a-tiny-plot-at\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">botanyshitposts</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>so i learned yesterday that theres a tiny plot at the corn research/breeding nursery i work at thats full of what the breeders call\u00a0\u201czoo corn\u201d??? its like. corn that got mutated by accident when they were breeding and they just kept the lines as separate varieties bc its interesting to see and might come in handy some day (it doesn\u2019t get bred into other stuff or developed, just kept in the zoo plot for display). zoo corn includes:</p>\n<p>-\u201dbloody butcher corn\u201d: corn that has red streaks all over the ears\u00a0</p>\n<p>-\u201drainbow corn\u201d: corn plants that are covered in red streaks</p>\n<p>-\u201dglass corn\u201d: the breeders say this exists but they dont have it at our facilities??? its corn thats normal corn but the yellow pigment in the kernels got mutated, so the kernels are literally just translucent\u00a0</p>\n<p>-\u201dlazy corn\u201d: corn plants with the protein that helps keep them upright mutated so they grow straight and then when they reach adulthood, they bend all the way over in graceful arcs. like they\u2019re perfectly fine they\u2019re just having a good time on the ground</p>\n<p>-\u201dhosta corn\u201d: its corn but its short and bushy and has square stems instead of round stems\u00a0</p>\n<p>i love my mutated corn babs they are beautiful and good</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>okay so a lot of people have been asking me for pics of the beautiful mutated corn children!!<br/></p>\n<p>first of all, hosta corn:</p>\n<figure data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\" class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_otvayg4Hza1s52fyt_540_20ead834b472.jpg\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\"/></figure><p>its about 2 feet tall, idk if you can tell from that pic. its also hard to articulate how square the stems are but i did my best:</p>\n<figure data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\" class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_otvazbO1tq1s52fyt_540_857c0bd711d4.jpg\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\"/></figure><figure data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\" class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_otvazyR17D1s52fyt_540_666416b175b4.jpg\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\"/></figure><p>then, some rainbow corn. turns out that its more than red streaks (before hunting out the plot itself for these pics i had only heard verbal descriptions of these plants!!!)</p>\n<figure data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\" class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_otvb2oAttr1s52fyt_540_84b0eb5879a8.jpg\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\"/></figure><p>i have no idea what this is but he got pretty yellow streaks???</p>\n<figure data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\" class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_otvb91YgUq1s52fyt_540_5c6dee5f30e7.jpg\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\"/></figure><p>finally, lazy corn. turns out these are not the graceful creatures i was imagining and are actually hilarious</p>\n<figure data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\" class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_otvba2DEyn1s52fyt_540_cda7cc3fce6e.jpg\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"2448\" data-orig-height=\"3264\"/></figure><p>thats. thats what a row of lazy corn looks like??? like they\u2019re actually not dying (except the one on the far left that flopped into the alley and got walked on a little)????? they\u2019re just??? perfectly happy plants just having a great time on the ground???????????????????????????? guys i cant do this\u00a0</p>\n<p>p.s. apparently non-USA countries use\u00a0\u201ccorn\u201d to mean several types of crop so to clarify, these are <b>Maize </b>plants.</p>\n</blockquote>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_inline_otvayg4Hza1s52fyt_540_20ead834b472.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 540, "thumbnail_height": 720}