Feverfew has germinated. I think. (It's so tiny that it's hard to tell.)
We'll see.
Random: Chloroplasts in plants (and mitochondria in all eukaryotic cells too, for that matter) is believed to be a result of endosymbiosis where once upon a time, a larger bacteria (our modern day cell) swallowed a smaller bacteria (the mitochondria first, then some swallowed a chloroplast because they JUST DON'T LEARN -- kidding) and then instead of digesting it decided to keep it around as a pet. To do respiration and photosynthesis for it. So I guess that's more of a slave. Hm. I clearly am not thinking the analogy through far enough, but there have been molecular evidences that support this hypothesis.
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