🌱 Plant Science • By MD IMRAN ANSARI • Published on 10 Aug 2025
You bought that expensive snake plant because Instagram told you it would purify your air. You crammed peace lilies into every corner because NASA said they clean toxins. You spent hundreds on "air purifying" plants because everyone swore they'd transform your home's air quality. Here's the brutal truth that plant stores don't want you to know: you've been scammed. The most famous air purifying plant study in history was completely misinterpreted, and the marketing machine has been lying to you for decades.
Every time you trim a leaf or repot your favorite plant, a disturbing question might cross your mind: "Am I hurting it?" What if I told you that plants can communicate, remember traumatic events, and even make decisions? The latest scientific discoveries about plant intelligence are so mind-blowing, they're forcing us to completely rethink what it means to be "alive." Warning: you'll never look at your houseplants the same way again.