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CAM photosynthesis is a clever adaptation some plants have where they turn light into sugar during the day, and only breathe in CO2 at night. This lets the plant close up its leaves so they don't lose water during the heat of the day.

CAM plants use sunlight to turn malic acid into sugar, and every night they breathe in plenty of carbon dioxide, storing it as a fresh supply of malic acid. If you have keen senses, you may be able to taste the difference between a CAM plant harvested during the day and one harvested at night because of this variation in sugar and acid content.

Having evolved several times independantly, you see CAM in lots of different kinds of plants: air plants and bromeliads, which have poorly developed root systems; cacti and other succulents, which grow in hot dry environments; you even see it in some aquatic plants. For these, CAM serves not to conserve water, but carbon dioxide - which is of course hard to come by when you don't have any air.

The "crassulacean" part of the name "crassulacean acid metabolism" is there because this phenomenon was first discovered in crassulas. Jade plants are an example of this genus.


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[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Sorry for that. I didn't think there was anything specific enough to need to, plus obviously doing really poorly and not thinking about it.

:cuddle: I have calmed down a lot. The visceral pain is not there right now.

spoilerI wasn't in danger and didn't do anything.

Those are definitely major painful points, yes. I definitely remember not being able to imagine being out to friends. Starting diy in secret was also something I was very iffy on.

Voice is a huge one for me. Both how important a voice is for me, and how much I hate voice training or even the idea of it. It feels hopeless. I hope I do randomly start. The other thing I really need to start, like right now, is driving. Moving out without being able to drive here in the states is really hard/bad.

I do think it's interesting you don't mention transphobia/society on the whole, which is another of my biggest issues right now. I don't feel hate for other people because I'm not cis, I feel hate towards them for their transphobia. Their ignorance. Their lack of motivation to improve. Their complete dogshit opinions and epistemology. I said it that way in my original comment because if I wasn't trans, I also would probably not care as much about societies transphobia as I do now. I do have other social issues most people are bad on that I care about a lot, but transphobia is obviously going to be the one I care about most and is incredibly pervasive.

I should stop ruminating. Maybe I'll bring it up with my therapist later. I haven't because I don't really think he is going to be able to say anything particularly helpful about it. I could go around and ask the people I talk with about it. I don't know. Being trans has been terrible so far. I do not know how to stop thinking about what seems like the only way to not be struggling. How else could I avoid voice training, societies transphobia, my size, etc. I mean there's the final solution but I have been even less ready to actually do that lately. Maybe I have thoughts but I am not planning like I used to. It's just, inescapable.

I hope so too. I have to drive. If I can do that I think I can get my own place. Thank you so much Terminal, I really appreciate you and your replies.