Poinsettias, or Christmas Stars, pop up everywhere once the holidays are coming closer. What looks like bright red flowers are specialised leaves, so-called bracts. Bracts turn from green to red when the plants start to flower in response to shorter days and longer periods of darkness, a phenomenon which is also known as photoperiodism.
We ain’t got nothing to lose,
Water suckers, we growing!
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