A young American woman had quite a surprise when she discovered that the beloved plant she had been caring for over two years was actually… a plastic plant!
Her Facebook post, published on February 29, has been circulating widely online for several days — and for good reason. Caelie Wilkes, an American woman who thought she had a green thumb, was in fact completely mistaken.
“I’ve had this beautiful succulent for two years,” she wrote. “I was so proud of this plant,” she continued, explaining how she took care of it and watered it all this time.
A perfect plant
“It was the perfect plant,” Caelie added, until the day she decided to repot it. That’s when she had the surprising revelation: her beloved plant was actually made of plastic.
“It was sitting on a block of Styrofoam with sand glued on top,” she explained, still in disbelief. “I feel like the last two years have been a lie,” concluded Caelie, whose story continues to amuse internet users everywhere.
