As a stunned woman revealed, she had been watering her beloved plant for years only to find out that it didn’t require water because it was actually made of plastic.
According to Caelie Wilkes, she spent several years living a lie whereas she was taking good care of her prosperous plastic plant by watering it.
As the woman explained, however, the lies emerged when she decided to move the plant to a new pot only to realize that it was made of plastic with polystyrene occupying the area where the roots should be growing.
“I’ve had this beautiful succulent for about two years now. I was so proud of this plant. It was full, beautiful coloring, just an overall perfect plant,” Wilkes wrote in her Facebook post which was shared by an Australian group focusing on the keeping of indoor plants.
“I had a watering plan for it, if someone else tried to water my succulent I would get so defensive because I just wanted to keep good care of it. I absolutely loved my succulent.
“Today I decided it was time to transplant, I found the cutest vase, that suited it perfectly. I go to pull it from the original plastic container it was purchased with to learn this plant was fake. I put so much love into this plant. I washed its leaves.
“Tried my hardest to keep it looking it’s best, and it’s completely plastic. How did I not know this? I feel like these last two years have been a lie.”
While finding out that she’d been living with a ‘liar’ for two long years sure must have been devastating, Wilkes probably found some comfort in comments of people with similar stories after her case went viral.
“When I was a beginner plant owner my mum gifted me a fake succulent but I thought it was real and this has happened to me, took me months to realize it was fake,” someone wrote.
“My cousin did this. She kept watering her mum’s plant for months before she discovered it was fake,” another one added.
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Replaced!