Why thank you.

I’ve been saying the same thing the entire time

This is hibiscus sabdariffa

The picture you posted is of the wrong species, which I assume is why you were confused.

The calyx is red (and the petals are yellow/white) on hibiscus sabdariffa, which is the species they use commercially.

Suit yourself I guess, it’s a common misunderstanding.

You can also eat the petals, but the stuff you’ll find commercially are calices. I assume the petals are perhaps too fragile to process ? https://www.tyrantfarms.com/hibiscus-a-tasty-addition-to-your-edible-landscape-or-garden/#edible-parts-hibiscus-sabdariffa

Yup, those are calices, it’s the bottom part of the flower, that holds the petals together.

The inability to use words to say stupid shit does confer a certain air of wisdom, however.

It’s actually made with the calyx rather than the petals, same as with hibiscus tea.

I miss trader Joe’s dried chili mango and candied hibiscus, their entire dried fruit section really.

Someone who goes to casinos would come to the same conclusion, thinking that the surgeon is ‘running hot’.

Right, the problem has nothing to do with the people perpetuating it. Sure.

To be fair the supposed point of the snap elections is to make the far right seem impotent by forcing them into a divided government (which is already a terrifying “strategy”: just give them the keys to the building and hope for the best?) They’re just refusing to play that game. The fact that the president is playing around with the country’s future like this is a fucking unconscionable disgrace.

No, you must always throw the other half away.

You’ve got the right idea though, PCR is usually necessary before electrophoresis in order to amplify the sample being tested so that it will give a legible result.

A loris