Can't Let Go

A fungal "want-to-be conk" will be motivated, I think, by the portrait of its distant relative. Although he is long deceased, this gentleman was known to grow a centimeter a day in his prime.

As a youth, he rubbed shoulders with luminaries including a Nepenthese and also three Platyceria. The Nepenthese met an untimely end while braving temperatures which plunged to 20ºF. This burst over 90% of the Nepenthese's cell walls, ensuing in wilting, a sickeningly green smell and ultimately, death.

The Platyceria accidently drowned while on a vacation in the bathroom.