5 minute freewrite 2215 prompt what a fraud
This is my post for #freewriters 2215 prompt what a fraud hosted by @mariannewest and @daily.prompt
This floss silk tree is in my front yard, I go by it every time I am outside and just today I noticed the Spanish moss hanging in it. It had to have been there for a while because of how long it is.
Spanish moss is not a moss it is in the bromeliad family like a pineapple and air plants, but you do not get fruit from it. I was so excited to see it here because I have always loved how it looks hanging on trees but I have never seen any on our property.
As I am writing this post and wondering how I am going to work this prompt into it I asked my husband if he noticed the Spanish moss in the tree. He asked which tree, the floss silk, I said, yes the floss silk. He said while I was gone he saw it on the side of the road brought it home and hung it on the floss silk tree.
What a fraud is now the only words going through my head. All day I have been happy thinking it grew there and it was growing fast. I do not know why there is none on this property unless it is because it is a pine forest and I always see it on oaks I can not remember seeing it on a pine tree.
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I can laugh now but I wanted it to have grown there on its own, maybe it will survive.
Oh, this is hilarious! What a fraud indeed that killed your joy.
We have an assortment of mosses, lichens, and similar weird plants/fungi. The type specimen for Esslingeriana was collected near Mount Spokane, where I have skied and which I can sometimes see on my drive to work. It's quite common in our evergreen forests. Our "beard moss" is probably this species, and/or something closely related.
I asked Google if beard moss and Spanish moss were the same thing, this is what it said.
Although they look alike Usnea is a lichen, a symbiotic combination of an alga and a fungus. Spanish Moss has uniform strands, while Old Man's Beard comprises a central strand holding a tangle of strings around it.
Then I asked if they were the same family and it said this which confused me.
However, this is a misnomer. True “Spanish moss” is a flowering plant in the bromeliad family which grows only in the deep South. But Spanish moss and bearded lichens are both epiphytes which means they use other plants as supports and to the casual eye bear some resemblance, especially in vacation photographs.
I think it is saying they are the same family but grow in different areas.
I'm pretty sure your "Spanish Moss" is only visually similar, and not at all related.
I thought that but the definition had me confused.
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Oh, that is too funny! At least your husband's tale gave you a way to use the daily prompt!
This is true, but I was so happy thinking it started growing here.