April 29th, 2019 : Hot Stinker

[Clodfobble]

In an experiment, skunk cabbages were found to maintain flower temperature 9°C(48F) higher when the air temperature was at 15°C(59F) When the air temperature was dropped to –15°C(5F), the flower was still at 15°C(59F), or 30°C higher than the air temperature.

This was throwing me for a loop until I realized they've got a math error there... Actual 9°C correlates to actual 48°F, but they're talking about a quantity of 9 degrees, which is roughly a quantity of 16 degrees in Fahrenheit. The plant didn't maintain a temp of 107°F when the air was 59°F, it maintained a temp of 75°F (59 outside plus the 16 increase,) aka 24°C (15 outside plus the 9 increase.)

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's my fault, just before I posted it I went back and put in the F conversions. At that point I changed the meaning by doing that.
When the air dropped 30 degrees from +15C to -15C, the flower only dropped 9C.