Floran biology

It's okay, this isn't GW2. No need to relive the Sylvari Nightmare.

 

Might actually be as good as the Floran I made to make a point in my giant post that I decided to rephrase.

Randomly generated names are great.

 

Someone who knows a thing or two about plant anatomy-

I agree with Kazi here, more or less, and will take the time to educate you guys on plants a bit since I've seen stuff around the forums and otherwise and thought this might help clear things up. (I also probably just like to hear myself talk)

This is a diagram of a hermaphroditic flower. It has both female and male parts. It's also convenient for the needed purposes. Hermaphroditic flowers are a possible third variant of even normally unsex flowers though.



Now about plant boners, that is totally a thing. One male floran may have more then one actually. It's called the 'stamen' or more the 'filament' and the 'anther' on the tip is what has the pollen which would be....y'know. For Floran the 'anther' probably only produces pollen when that's all going on. Those are the 'guy parts' of the plant collectively called the "Stamen" so that's what you'd say your guy floran has.

The 'stigma' is what catches pollen with tiny little hair like filaments on the tip and brings it down into the 'style' and into the plant ovaries. Plants don't typically produce 'Ovule's until they are matured. Whatever that would mean for a floran. It's all essentially the 'lady bits' of the plant collectively called a 'Carpel' so that's what you lady floran out there would have.

These aren't necessarily in the flowers some have on their heads. For simplicities sake they probably exist in the crotch region somewhere and may be shaped different. Like stigma's going in being more familiar to what we're used to. But don't forget the hair-like filaments so imagine velvet if you go the inny route. That's up to you. I don't need details on your personal headcanons about what your floran characters diddly-hoos look like despite sharing mine on the threads. ^^'

However unisexual means they are male, or female, and the lore does say they are unisexual. Hermaphroditic variants do occur in unisexual plants sometimes though, and would be a possibility but it would not be common or normal. Unisexual can also essentially mean 'acceptable for both genders' or even 'gender blindness' which could also imply that there is no kind of sexism among florans. They do no necessarily see gender other then reproductive purposes. You live together, hunt together, and sometimes eat people together. All one big happy family.

It's up to the player in the end gender wise. I'm just here to teach you a bit about how it would work, plant anatomy, and general personal headcanons on the subject.

You have all now been taught more then you probably needed to know about plant reproduction.

Have fun kiddies~



And yes, to those of you have gone out and sniffed a flower IRL you shoved your nose right in its reproductive organs. You sick pervert.

 

My only problem with this is what I stated above. Which I hope you don't mind me putting on your thread here. It got kind of long I've sensed a lot of people haven't looked into it so I made it easy. But yes.

"However unisexual means they are male, or female, and the lore does say they are unisexual. Hermaphroditic variants do occur in unisexual plants sometimes though, and would be a possibility but it would not be common or normal. Unisexual can also essentially mean 'acceptable for both genders' or even 'gender blindness' which could also imply that there is no kind of sexism among florans. They do no necessarily see gender other then reproductive purposes. You live together, hunt together, and sometimes eat people together. All one big happy family."

I doubt the dividing of floran by gender would occur if you go by both meanings of 'unisex'. Also floran only discovered space travel essentially by reverse engineering avian technology and separation of tribes by gender would be rather impractical in that sense as they would have been together for quiet awhile before they could travel, unless you mean on the same planet. There may be all female and all male tribes of floran on the same planet and it would make sense that way. They are still a fairly young race though, according to the lore. So who knows.

Sorry to sound like a downer there, just sharing my thoughts on it.

 

Saving this for later...use.

 

Not 100% what that implies but that's your business. XD

 

I like this dood. This dood is on mah breh list

 

I agree there entirely.The conversation was going on so I was just sharing what I know about plant biology to clear up a little confusion I was feeling in this thread. Like general 'yes, plants have genders' and general what not. But I don't think anyone wants to rain on anyone elses butt rubbing parade. Or heard about it for that matter. X3

 

Bu-but-but... I love the butt-rubbing theory... So much elegance in a complex reproduction process...

 

You think that, then Mucklurk starts twerking. Still think it's cute ? <_<

 

Oh that's be a cool concept to get into though, I didn't think about that. Though I did consider dabbling in trees as well. Like female and male holly trees and what not I didn't think about fruit...I just imagine a floran growing a fruit/pod off of their belly or other areas(laying it like an egg?) or something? I was more thinking flowers since it's what I know more about. With their sap blood floran are a lot like flowering fruit trees too...hmm...

 

would Florans taste like veggies?

Like if someone steamed or boiled a floran woyld it be like steamed broccoli or boiled ochra? Or like carrots after theyve been in a crockpit all day? Or seasoned and grilled esparagus?

 

Your making me hungry. Also would vegetarians still be able to eat them? Does that count?

I imagine with their sap blood and stuff they might be more tree like? Maybe with the right recipe they could be edible.

 

Bake 'em, roast 'em, stick 'em in a stew? I'd imagine Floran fruit to taste like strawberries, and their skin tastes like cabbage. Their sap is similar to maple syrup, sweet and gooey. Oh yeah, and the petals are like artichoke leaves. The ripest ones cover their chest, considered a delicacy amongst most Crystal-fin Hylotls.

 

It scares me how much sense this makes to me...