Name: Vrooms (Pteraflora spp.)
Ancestor: Flurroom
Habitat: Koseman
Size: 10 cm wide
Support: unknown
Diet: Photosynthesis, Detritivore, Commensal Parasitism (Gecoba Tree, Ferines, Gargantuan Obsiditree, Branching Qupe Tree, Shaggy Volleypom, Obsidioak, Mainland Fuzzpalm, Topship Fuzzpalm, Contorted Volleypom)
Respiration: Semi-Active (Flapping Petals)
Thermoregulation: Ectotherm
Reproduction: Sexual (Male and Female, Airborne Spores), Budding
Vrooms split off from their ancestor, the Flurroom, moving into inland Koseman and branching out to feed on other types of flora. They are able to do so because they are less dependent on an aquatic environment. This is because of a cavity underneath the central depression that they store water in. The Flurroom had to regularly refill this cavity with water. Vrooms, however, are able to extract water from their host flora.
Vrooms typically specialize in certain types of flora, resulting in numerous species. Their three main petals are depicted here (shown with purple dots). These petals have diversified to blend in with their host flora more easily, taking on a similar shape to its host’s flowers. Shown here are a few different varieties.
The tentacles of the Flurroom have shrunk in its descendant. In Vrooms, they serve the function of graspers, helping a Vroom to hold onto its host flora.
Gliding
The fluttering instinct of the Flurroom when it falls from a branch its resting on has given rise to the Vroom’s better control of its leaves. A Vroom will jump off of a branch, its leaves spread, and glide to another tree. It can adjust the positioning of its main leaves slightly, allowing it to manipulate its glide. It is able to determine its positioning via chemosensitive pits underneath its petals.
Reproduction
Like its ancestor, Vrooms have a small depression in its middle. When mating season begins (coinciding with their host flora) they exude a smell to attract small flying fauna. Mimicking the flowers of their host also helps. When they land on it, a mechanism is triggered, causing the petals to close, trapping it inside. Their reaction to being trapped, helps to shake off any spores they had been covered in earlier. The trapped fauna is doused with the Vroom spores, and then the petals open, releasing it.
Otherwise it is like its ancestor, the Flurroom.
This post has been edited by HethrJarrod: May 4 2023, 04:47 PM
can you elaborate on why it doesnt need to go back to the water
| QUOTE (colddigger @ Apr 13 2023, 12:18 AM) |
| can you elaborate on why it doesnt need to go back to the water |
Fixed 🤞
Can .. .. can you elaborate on how it is better at storing water in it's cells?
For example, a better cuticle in some way, a thicker epidermis, or a sealing slime coat that takes the brunt of the environment
This post has been edited by colddigger: Apr 13 2023, 12:12 PM
For example, a better cuticle in some way, a thicker epidermis, or a sealing slime coat that takes the brunt of the environment
This post has been edited by colddigger: Apr 13 2023, 12:12 PM
| QUOTE (colddigger @ Apr 13 2023, 03:09 PM) |
| Can .. .. can you elaborate on how it is better at storing water in it's cells? For example, a better cuticle in some way, a thicker epidermis, or a sealing slime coat that takes the brunt of the environment |
Elaborated a little bit more. It has a water storing cavity. It doesn’t have to go into the water like the Flurroom b/c it can get water from the plant it’s on.
Fantastic elaboration
If it’s a parasite of trees, like its ancestor, this should be noted as such. The diet only says “commensalism”. Strictly speaking, “parasitism” is a particular method of lifestyle for obtaining a particular kind of food. A koala and a leaf-mining beetle both eat leaves, after all.
“it can get water from the flora it is attached to.” It’s worth specifying it attaches itself in a parasitic fashion, rather than sticking itself in place and, say, drinking from puddles in knotholes in the branches.
Picture:
It’s hard to interpret the picture. This is likely because of the lack of shading, and because of the particular angles chosen to represent what I presume are side views of various Vroom species. I thought those were a completely different kind of organism at first, such as a Sapshroom.
Because making genus groups requires representing multiple species, it’s more artistically intensive than making a submission for just one. I would recommend getting more experience before you make genus groups. You can always scale this submission down to a widespread single-species, and then later make a descendant for it much later.
On a more minor note, there are a lot of stray lines and unfilled white patches within the lines. Try using the magic wand tool in GIMP, or equivalents thereof, to make it easier to fill in the lines.
Template:
“Detrivore”: “Detritivore”.
Respiration: while some fish species do fan their eggs to increase the flow of water and therefore oxygen over them, I’m not sure whether a technique similar to that would really count as “semi-active respiration”.
“Airborn spores”: “Airborne spores”. Try putting this through a spellchecker before submitting it, to catch typos like this.
Description:
The description is sparse for a modern genus group description.
Unless you’re using unusual pluralization (“Vroom” as both plural and singular), it makes more sense to use “Vrooms”, not “the Vroom”.
It would be very difficult for it to glide to another tree without eyes. Even wind or moisture detectors combined with scent detectors would surely not work precisely enough for it to land on a tree branch, which is what the description implies.
Admittedly, it might not need recognizable eyes to achieve a similar function to them, as the real-life plant Boquila trifoliolata suggests. This plant can mimic a variety of host plants, and even fake plastic plants, suggesting it’s not using chemical cues.
Be sure to double-check for mixing up “it’s” and “its”.
There are other things, too, but this will have to do for now.
“it can get water from the flora it is attached to.” It’s worth specifying it attaches itself in a parasitic fashion, rather than sticking itself in place and, say, drinking from puddles in knotholes in the branches.
Picture:
It’s hard to interpret the picture. This is likely because of the lack of shading, and because of the particular angles chosen to represent what I presume are side views of various Vroom species. I thought those were a completely different kind of organism at first, such as a Sapshroom.
Because making genus groups requires representing multiple species, it’s more artistically intensive than making a submission for just one. I would recommend getting more experience before you make genus groups. You can always scale this submission down to a widespread single-species, and then later make a descendant for it much later.
On a more minor note, there are a lot of stray lines and unfilled white patches within the lines. Try using the magic wand tool in GIMP, or equivalents thereof, to make it easier to fill in the lines.
Template:
“Detrivore”: “Detritivore”.
Respiration: while some fish species do fan their eggs to increase the flow of water and therefore oxygen over them, I’m not sure whether a technique similar to that would really count as “semi-active respiration”.
“Airborn spores”: “Airborne spores”. Try putting this through a spellchecker before submitting it, to catch typos like this.
Description:
The description is sparse for a modern genus group description.
Unless you’re using unusual pluralization (“Vroom” as both plural and singular), it makes more sense to use “Vrooms”, not “the Vroom”.
It would be very difficult for it to glide to another tree without eyes. Even wind or moisture detectors combined with scent detectors would surely not work precisely enough for it to land on a tree branch, which is what the description implies.
Admittedly, it might not need recognizable eyes to achieve a similar function to them, as the real-life plant Boquila trifoliolata suggests. This plant can mimic a variety of host plants, and even fake plastic plants, suggesting it’s not using chemical cues.
Be sure to double-check for mixing up “it’s” and “its”.
There are other things, too, but this will have to do for now.
The flapping petals are used to open airways and with the description in the beta rules does count as semi-active.
It is a genus submission and depicts multiple species. Hopefully I made the artwork clearer in that respect by denoting the other species.
Went through the description and hopefully organized it a bit better.
It is a genus submission and depicts multiple species. Hopefully I made the artwork clearer in that respect by denoting the other species.
Went through the description and hopefully organized it a bit better.
Oh their ancestor did take advantage of Little critters bumping into them, and looks like there was addition to the reproductive statement in this submission further pursuing that route for providing work into the release of spores.
This actually would pretty rapidly select for lots and lots of species in this group.
This post has been edited by colddigger: May 3 2023, 10:00 PM
This actually would pretty rapidly select for lots and lots of species in this group.
This post has been edited by colddigger: May 3 2023, 10:00 PM
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