Day of the Triffids: Carnivorous Plants from CP miniatures

[Rigel]

First come the green meteors. They come from a particular region in space, and a given year may see anywhere from one or two events to a dazzling display that outshines fireworks. (Do not look at a shower event without adequate eye protection!)

 

 

A meteor that lands without burning up completely is like to see peculiar plants grow near it. They share some qualities with normal plants like the bird-of-paradise plant, the sundew, or the genus Nepenthes but otherwise differ markedly from standard Earth flora. 

 

 

A remarkable mobility and incredible response-patterns to local environmental stimuli are among the most notable.

 

 

They have a specialized organ, a lash extending from their central bloom, coated in a sticky, debilitatingly painful neuroactive compound. Do not let this touch your skin. Do NOT let it get in your eyes!

 

They are also very fast-growing. 

 

And aggressive--they actively fling the lash at nearby sources of (heat? vibration? some combination of the two? Research is ongoing). 

 

 

Infestation is common in tropical and subtropical regions if the population is unchecked. 

 

Multiple subspecies have been distinguished within the original Trifidus tripes, from the temperate-zone and unpredictable T. t. wyndhami, to the monstrous tropical  T. t. horribilis.

 

 

It is sometimes hypothesized, usually by sweaty and unreliable cryptobotanists, that rapid evolution is on the cusp of producing speciation events, including the proposed classifications Trifidus ambulans and the conjectural T. anthropomimus. Fortunately, this remains the province of wild-eyed crackpots and can safely dismissed as the rantings of an overactive imagination.

 

 

Guest appearances by Artizan's Miss Greentree, Antediluvian's Professor, a Creeper from Crooked Dice, and Reaper's own Dragon Plant (77505) and Occult Detective (59039).  

[Glitterwolf]

Awesome!

Be careful of your veggies, they might eat YOU!

[Magic Lantern]

Feed us Seymour!!!!! My other half is a huge Day of the Triffids/John Wyndham fan and I now have an idea for Christmas 😁

[Chaoswolf]

Looks like I'll need some more gas for the weed whacker. 

 

Good work on all the killer plants!

[Rigel]

Thanks, all! I appreciate it!

5 hours ago, Chaoswolf said:

Looks like I'll need some more gas for the weed whacker. 

The pinnacle of anti-Triffid technology! 
 

15 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

Be careful of your veggies, they might eat YOU!

The Yakov Smirnov joke is all the better as the Wyndham story speculated Triffids were originally bred "in Soviet Russia..."
 

12 hours ago, Magic Lantern said:

Feed us Seymour!!!!! My other half is a huge Day of the Triffids/John Wyndham fan and I now have an idea for Christmas 😁

Ooo, I want to see this when it happens!
Good taste, by the way; Wyndham has a really good hit-to-miss ratio. [In his "The Chrysalids" the descriptions of irradiated mutant plants are some of my favorite bits. Guy had a thing about weeds and vines!] 
I also read Simak's "All Flesh is Grass" before posting these; makes a great double feature with Day of the Triffids. Very different tones and approaches to similar themes. 

[Iridil]

Love the 'tongues' Great veggitative group!

[Magic Lantern]

17 hours ago, Rigel said:

Ooo, I want to see this when it happens!
Good taste, by the way; Wyndham has a really good hit-to-miss ratio. [In his "The Chrysalids" the descriptions of irradiated mutant plants are some of my favorite bits.      You asked for it so here is the proof of concept- poor weather meant I was unable to nip out and acquire any artificial holly-so I improvised with the smallest real holly leaves on our tree flower wire, electrical wire covers, blu-tak and a couple of pearl headed pins- copious superglue, contrast paint and some pink and white highlights. I think that  the Boreal Triffids may feature on our Christmas cake ...possibly trailing a string of lights...

 

[Rigel]

4 hours ago, Magic Lantern said:

You asked for it so here is the proof of concept- poor weather meant I was unable to nip out and acquire any artificial holly-so I improvised with the smallest real holly leaves on our tree flower wire, electrical wire covers, blu-tak and a couple of pearl headed pins- copious superglue, contrast paint and some pink and white highlights. I think that  the Boreal Triffids may feature on our Christmas cake ...possibly trailing a string of lights...

Oh, that's very clever! I like it a lot, and the spiky leaves look just right!

[Grand Slam]

These look great (I love the way they just keep piling up as the story progresses). The blends of yellow and green work really nicely.