Ming Plant
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Flora |
| Attitude | Harvestable |
| Biome | Floating Island |
| Reap Yield | 2x Ming Plant Seed |
| Size | 4 (2x2) |
| Debug Spawn Name | purplevaseplant |
The Ming Plant is a flora species found exclusively on the Floating Island. By using the knife to slice it, the player can harvest Ming Plant Seeds, which can be planted in an Exterior Growbed or an Indoor Growbed. It takes 600 seconds (10 Minutes) for a fully mature Ming Plant to grow from a seed.
The Ming Plant is inedible and purely meant for decoration. It has no use in crafting. The seeds can however be used as fuel in the Bioreactor for 140 points of energy per seed.
Appearance
The Ming Plant appears to be a purple vase-shaped plant with a network of darker purple cracks on it. It possesses green-blue bioluminescent leaves growing out from the top of the plant's trunk.
Ming Plants come in several different sizes, mostly "Tall", "Medium" and "Small".
- Tall and Medium Ming Plants: Have 80 HP and can be harvested 4 times with a knife before being destroyed, yielding a total of 5 seeds.
- Small Ming Plants: Have 48 HP and can be harvested 3 times, giving 4 seeds.
Data Bank Entry
A hardy specimen which grows on land. The vase-like trunk protects the root system from predation and self-repairs over time, explaining the characteristic cracks on the side.
Gallery
Day-time view
A Ming Plant found next to a cliff on the Floating Island
The different sizes and shapes of the Ming Plants
A small Ming Plant
Size reference with the Player and Ming Plants of different sizes
Trivia
- The Ming Plant was originally called the Purple Vase Plant.
- The design of the Ming Plant is extremely similar to that of ordinary sea-anemones. This suggests convergent evolution and the presence of even more similarities.
- The "Ming" (Chinese: 明) in its name is likely a reference to its vase-like shape. "Ming Vases" (Chinese: 明花瓶 Chinese porcelain works created during the Ming dynasty) are known in popular culture as extremely expensive vases.
- The cracked appearance of the Ming Plant's "vase" resembles the Japanese art of kintsugi (Kanji: 金繕), in which broken pottery is repaired with a decorative adhesive, so that the fixed cracks enhance the beauty and character of the piece.
