plantanarchy:

Hello friends please take a gander at these beautiful creatures who live in my swamp. These are Skunk Cabbages and they are very unique special snowflakes who are some of the first plants to pop up and bloom. Currently in late February it is peak Skunk Cabbage bloom time.

These fun and sexy kids can actually produce heat to melt snow if need be so they can bloom early as fuck. That hasn’t been a problem this February as it’s been so rainy and warm, though the rains have actually exposed some of their root systems which is cool because their root systems are neato as well and VERY extensive. Also in spring and early summer, they grow big ole leaves that if broken smell awful and I remember as a kid stomping down the creek bed and tiptoeing around where I knew the skunk cabbages grew so I wouldn’t disturb them.

They are very industrious, enduring little fellows and to me they have such a spirit of survival and stubbornness. Deep-rooted in the cold earth, literally generating heat to melt through ice and withstand freezes, attracting the very first pollinators of spring and the very first warm rays of sun. We could definitely learn some important things from the skunk cabbage.