Instead of just Telling, We're Showing

摘要

Residents of southern Florida — especially ones who cherish privacy — love their ficus trees. The plants seem to be as common here as the summer heat, outlining countless condominium property lines, sidewalks and driveways. Seemingly overnight in 2008, many of these beloved plants turned yellowish, and the undersides of their leaves became coated with what appeared to be a white, pebbly-like residue. Strangely, if you shook the plants, it looked like dandruff falling out. One person described it as a snow-globe paperweight turned upside-down. People were intrigued.