04-10-2017, 06:29 PM
(04-10-2017, 04:36 PM)Davidsch wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Following an idea, does there exist a plant that becomes slowly white on the top and then perhaps (something that looks like dry out) top-down?
That's quite possible, but it might apply to many plants.
I've had a herbarium collection for a long time (something I started in childhood, abandoned when I moved out and then started again later), so I've seen some interesting things happen...
Some plants retain their shapes and colors almost perfectly, others are almost unrecognizable after they have dried, but it's a bit hard to chart their progress because if you open the drying pages before it's completely dried, it can ruin the specimen (the plant is still damp and becomes fragile and tears).
The same thing happens to plants that are left uncut, out in the field. Some retain their shapes and sometimes even their color through winter, some dry out from the flower to the leaves, others lose their leaves and retain the flower and berries. Nature is pretty inventive.
I don't know how difficult it would be to find out or figure out which plants behave the way you describe