Notes... those were a good thing to take when you had no clue about almost anything. So since Lily did not know much about plants and definitely did not know anything about these magical plants, she took notes and lots of them. But she had a guess for this question. So she raised her hand before answering. "Do they need it to be night and have the moon be out? to stimulate activity or something like that?"

Emrys squinted at his notes again,straining to see what he had already written. He wasn't sure from what the professor had said whether his example was correct and he made a note on his parchment to revisit the matter in the library. He tried to recall what he had read in the text, but he certainly couldn't pull it out to check.

As the class moved on to reproduction, Emrys' hand flew fast across the paper, pausing only when someone asked if the plants bounced on one another. He entertained the thought for a moment, if only to imagine how that would work with a root structure. He chuckled to himself, imagining one plant stretching and pulling itself out of the ground and then walking around as if the roots were tippy-toes and finding an appropriate plant of the opposite gender.

He snorted. Aloud.

Instantly mortified, he tucked his head down and went back to his notes, hoping that between the diffusion of sound in the outdoors and the fact that vision was partially obscured, that no one would know it was him.

For once, there wasn't a single response that really stood out to her. Even Kurumi's response had her confused in parts, which was good, she liked to be surprised. In the end though, their responses combined, did amount to something. "Most of you are on the right track," she said giving them a small clap. "The Norandola, being in its true form only under the Moon light," Seren indicated to the two bushes, "rely on a special type of abiotic pollination."

"The little bubbles you see on the male bush, will burst, and the little stars within it will be drawn to the crescents on the female bush. The energy of the full Moon is the driving force of the pollination process. Without it, the strength of the attraction is lacking." Pausing, and stepping out of the way, Seren moved to stand beside her beanbag, her back to the students.

"It's important to remember that while Norandolas change their appearance under any amount of Moon light, pollination can only occur under a full Moon."

There was no sound to signify it, but the little bubbles of stars on the male bush had begun to burst. Little glowing stars began to rise and drift in the air, each being pulled in the direct of the female bush.
"Once those little stars, or the pollen, has attached itself to the crescents, Norandola beans will be formed. This doesn't take very long, they literally form overnight."
There were hundreds of little stars rising from the bush now. The whole atmosphere was a mix of peace and electricity.
"Tomorrow we will continue with our lesson on Norandolas, but for the time being feel free to stay and observe the spectacle for a short while, otherwise you are free to return to your Common rooms."

OOC: Part One has officially ended, I'll be leaving the thread open for a while so you're welcome to continue RPing. Chatting is welcome, there are still more hot drinks and you can watch some magical bean making.

Alyssa decided to stay behind for a while and watch the Norandola plants. She could see little stars forming on the bush. The plants looked so beautiful under the direct moonlight. She couldn't wait for the next part of the lesson to start tomorrow. For now she went to fill up her mug with another round of cocoa as she continued to look at the plants.

Kurumi knew she should have left the mythology aspect out of her answer. It was her grandmothers fault for that really. She had been a shinto priestess and took mythology and spirits very seriously. Some of that had been passed down onto Kurumi, but Kurumi had also inherited her father's logical side.

Blushing, and averting her eyes from Professor Bentley for a moment, Kurumi returned to her notes, looking up only when she heard Emrys snort and found herself giggling in response. What had she been doing? Oh yes, note taking.

At least she had been right on the abiotic pollination aspect and on the right track with the unique parts to the male and female bushes.
Kurumi couldn't help but wish that this plant had been brought to their attention last term with the joint lesson with Astronomy. It would have been a fantastic example of how plants and the moon interacted and relied on each other. What it really came down to, really, was that Kurumi was very VERY skeptical about the whole lunar planting process. It was just guesswork without any real results as far as she was concerned. But, that was Kurumi's judgemental logic taking over for the time being.

Jotting down some final notes and considering packing up her things, Kurumi noticed that one of the capsules -several really - had burst open and it was like a miniature galaxy were dancing in the air right before her violet eyes. Quill and parchment in one hand and her cup of tea in the other, Kurumi crept a little closer to watch the process. It really was like watching galaxies dance in the moonlight...and the pollen!stars began to blend together, which made her think of the Milky Way.

The process was slow...slow enough that she figured she could try and sketch the process. So, quill to parchment, Kurumi began to sketch. She watched as what could only be hundreds of pollen!stars attached themselves to some of the crescents and Kurumi cocked her head to the side, pausing from her diagram sketching for a moment. "Professor Bentley, do Norandolas ever run the risk of over pollination? Like...if one crescent attracts more pollen than another?"

Amelia started taking notes now as she listened to Professor Bentley go on to explain how the pollination of these plants worked. It was all rather interesting for her, especially since she had never heard of plants doing it in this specific way before.

When she was done with her notes, she decided to stay and watch the plants some more.

Ella stayed behind to watch as the little stars started to rise off of one norandola and head towards the other. It was like a hundred little shooting stars floating in the sky. The moonlight only added to the beautiful scene. She continued to watch as the stars moved closer to the other norandola, eventually attaching to the crescents there. She smiled, thinking of the many norandola beans that would be there when she saw the plant next. Rubbing her eyes, she realized she was getting quite sleepy and she packed up her things, deciding to head back to the castle to get some rest.

Harvey decided to stay and watch the beauty of this pollination.. obviously there were no muggle plants that were pollinated this way.. and he was curious and wanted to watch the whole process concentrating on every little detail of what was happening.. he watched the stars rising up over the bush and then as if by magic... well a magical force as if they were being pulled towards the female plants the little stars attached themselves to the crescents .. he was so fascinated by this whole process.

Settling herself on a bean bag to watch the spectacle, Seren then turned her head as Kurumi asked a very good question.
"Ahh, I'm glad you asked. Over pollination... no, under pollination, yes. In the case of the Norandolas, more... is more. If it's under pollinated, then the bean won't form."