Xa sicinga ngegadi, okanye akusekho zitiya, kodwa zizityalo, sicinga ukuba baya kufuna uthotho lokhathalelo ukuze bakhule kwaye bagcine kakuhle. Kodwa ungathini kum ukuba bendinokuxelela ukuba oku akusoloko kunjalo?
Indoda egama linguDavid Latimer yatyala imbewu ngebhotile yeglasi ngeCawa yePasika yowe-1960. Kude kube namhla, Sisitiya esagqibela ukunkcenkceshelwa ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu eyadlulayo: ngo-1972. Kwenzeka njani ukuba izityalo zisaphila?
Emva kokugalela umgquba kwibhotile yeglobular, uMnu Latimer wafaka imbewu yeTradescantia ngocingo emva koko wayinkcenkceshela kancinane. Wayivala ibhotile wayibeka ekoneni apho yayiqaqambe kakhulu kwaye… yonke enye into yayihoywa lilanga.
Njengokuba imbewu ihluma kwaye nesityalo sikhula somelela, amagqabi ayo abe nakho ukwenza ifotosinthesize, ndimfumanela ukutya. Le nkqubo ivelisa ioksijini kunye nokufuma emoyeni, ukufuma okuqokelela ngaphakathi ebhotileni ethi, kwakhona, ifunyenwe ngamagqabi. Kodwa akukho zihlobo, ayisiyiyo yonke le nto.
Ngendlela efanayo eyenzeka ehlathini elipholileyo okanye kwihlathi elishisayo, amagqabi awela emhlabeni abola, yiyo loo nto kukhululwa izakha mzimba ezazisetyenziselwa ukuzenza. Ke, i-ecosystem yenziwe ukuba ayifuni naluphi na uhlobo lononophelo.
Ngaphandle kokukhanya kwelanga akukho namnye kuthi obeya kuba lapha, njengoko bekungayi kubakho zityalo kwi-photosynthesize. Kuyamangalisa ukuba uLatimer, ngoku oneminyaka engama-82 ubudala, uphumelele igadi ebhotileni, nangona ingaphezulu kwegadi, ikhangeleka ngathi yi-micro-jungle 😉.
Ngokuqinisekileyo olu luvavanyo olunomdla, awucingi?
Ngolunye ulwazi, nqakraza apha.