Complete Atlas of Atysian Flora

[komissar]

No matter how often some people complain or flame Komi's work and way of life on Atys, the thing is simple- HE IS A GENIUS AND HIS HEART BELONGS TO ORDER

Aye chief That's exactly where it belongs
Not sure about the genius part tho

[meloner]

amazing work Komi !

[komissar]

And here is the next update - 3 more trees from the burning desert. Enjoy


Botoga (habitat – fyros desert)
Botoga is a high tree with a very thick trunk and anextremely dence canopy of leaves on it’s few branches. The legend says that long ago bodocs were aboundant in the desert. The bodoc herds roamed freely lead by their leader – the mighty Glump. The bodocs became so numerous one day that they ate up all the vegetation so that the bodocs themselves and all other herbivores began to starve. Then the kamis banished all bodocs and their leader to the Prime roots where their skin soon turned white from lack of sunlight. But Glump tried to fight off the kami sentinels and told them that the memory of stout and powerful bodocs will forever remain in the desert. Upon that day the botoga trees appeared with their thick trunks like fat bodoc bellies and their strong branches like bodoc horns. The flowers of these trees are located at the very top of the canopies and flower only once a year in spring. Their large pollen flies for long distances. First described by Almati.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m312/_Komissar_/botoga.jpg


Bothaya (habitat – fyros- flaming forest, Pyr)
Some botanists insist that these stump-like conical trees are in fact ends of the roots of atys that transport extensive heat from the heart of the living planet, however latest research has shown that these bizarre leafless trees are in fact a colony of plants connected with each other by an intricate network of roots. They do not have flowers and the bark at the top part of the male tree produces pollen which is highly flammable. The heat of the desert is enough to ignite it immediately and so during the pollination period the top ends of Bothaya are burning with a fierce fire. The female trees however are very scarce and can only be found near Pyr. The female bothaya trees are extremely rich in sap that is being storedin their sponge-like bark (the fyros citizenship mission makes you fill a whole bucket with sap from one ofthese trees). This way the pollen from the male trees never seems to reach the female ones and they can not poduce any seeds. Because of this Bothaya can only reproduce by saplings that spring up from the network of roots. This type of reproduction does not allow them to leave the confines of flaming forest however. It seems very probable that the Bothaya trees had a different fate in the past and their current condition is a result of a grand botanical experiment. First described by Almati.


Loojine (habitat – fyros desert)
Some botanists (like matisian Almati) believe that the golden colored round objects in the center of these trees are in fact their fruit. However latest research has shown that these round objects are simply vessels for sap storage. They never leave the plant (unlike fruit that usually carries seeds used for reproduction) and they do not change. Inside they have a sticky greenish liquid that looks and smells very much like sap. The flowers of loojine are very small and scattered across the network of interwoven branches. Theirpollen is brown in color. It seems highly likely that these plants have been genetically engineered to serve as sap containers, but when and by whom – still remains a mystery. First described by Almati.


P\s And i do need some help in translation of this abstract from french:

Plantes translucides émettant une légère lueur, elles puisent l'énergie avec leurs courtes racines et des gaz ambiants, en émettant d'autres en retour. En traversant leur corps, la lumière crée un effet "magique" en gréant de l'énergie au fur et à mesure du temps qui passe. La maturité correspond au moment où l'énergie utilisée pour faire de la lumière est égale à celle créée par la lumière

If someone could lend a hand I'd highly appreciate

[elphilou]

I can't even understand how i missed this up till now ! Great work !
I'll try to update and translate the "notes de botanique" in wu-song's board, and put back the missing pictures...

Also, there was another try to this on aniro, plus some older events (the datas on my notes are from csr so i think it's official enough... Enough so that the csr got fired by ravna)
http://forums.ryzom.fr/showthread.php?t=27097 (old event)
http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=21905 (a rationalization from tryker scientist on aniro)

hope it can help !


(oh yeah and... sorry for unearthing this after a whole year )

[komissar]

Thank you for your kind words.

I have seen the second link only but naturally i can't understand all.
I would be really thankful if you could translate that.

However i am going to do more than just that and also cater to those herbs that can be found on Atys but aren't describe in the works of Botanists...

Well anyways this project is a work in progress

[pvtarea]

Exellent work Komi,
"Since my Kitin research has been put off due to the lack of larvae I have decided to fulfill my life-long dream of creating a full botanical atlas. "

I wonder why you have had no luck with the worms
maybe soon I can help you some with that task

[vrixy]

Komi awesome work my friend! You never fail to amaze me with your creativity *hugs*

[komissar]

Thanks guys I do try my best and I love you all just as i love Atys
and here is the updated link: http://www.pisem.net/download.php/?file ... gda&lng=ru

Just press the red button

[barny01]

Excellent work Komissar, but how is the research going nowadays?