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* {{Tuckerization}}: Armand is named after a friend of the author. May lead to FridgeHorror when considering [[ManipulativeBastard the character in question.]]

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* {{Tuckerization}}: Armand is named after a friend of the author. May lead to FridgeHorror Fridge Horror when considering [[ManipulativeBastard the character in question.]]



* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: The blurred line between reality and folklore is more believable than the sheer amount of exaggeration, research failures, and FridgeLogic.

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* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: The blurred line between reality and folklore is more believable than the sheer amount of exaggeration, research failures, and FridgeLogic.Fridge Logic.

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* FetchQuest
* GottaCatchThemAll: The [[spoiler:ten]] plants of desire.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Armand.]]

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* %%* FetchQuest
* %%* GottaCatchThemAll: The [[spoiler:ten]] plants of desire.
* %%* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Armand.]]



* MagicRealism

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* PlotCoupon: The titular plants.

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* %%* PlotCoupon: The titular plants.



* TheStoner: Kody.
* SurferDude: Kody.

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* %%* TheStoner: Kody.
* %%* SurferDude: Kody.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Lila is so consumed by lust that it results in several of these instances which allow the plot to happen: [[spoiler: telling Exley about the plants in the laundromat, accidentally giving Diego heart failure when trying to slip him an aphrodesiac...]]
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Only one character.


* AllWomenAreLustful: Lila, unlike other protagonists [[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek in such works.]]
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* EscapistCharacter: Lila.
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Removing wick to Did Not Do The Research per rename at TRS.


* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: The blurred line between reality and folklore is more believable than the sheer amount of exaggeration, [[DidNotDoTheResearch research failures,]] and FridgeLogic.

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* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: The blurred line between reality and folklore is more believable than the sheer amount of exaggeration, [[DidNotDoTheResearch research failures,]] failures, and FridgeLogic.
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* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: To an extent, considering that the protagonist is an escapist character who pities herself for being [[AcceptableFeminineGoals divorced and childless.]]

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* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: To an extent, considering that the protagonist is an escapist character who pities herself for being [[AcceptableFeminineGoals [[AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits divorced and childless.]]

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* FridgeLogic: What use (if any) was Lila to Armand if Diego could just as easily help him?
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''Hothouse Flower and the 9 Plants of Desire'' is an escapist novel by Margot Berwin. It follows Lila Nova, a divorcée with a job in advertising who stumbles upon a laundromat that contains nine plants rumored to have magical properties. Armand, the laundromat’s owner, gives Lila a fire fern cutting and tells her that if it roots, he will show her said plants. She misplaces her trust in a plant vendor, resulting in Lila accompanying Armand on a trip to the Yucatan peninsula to gather specimens of the stolen plants. While there, she falls in love with the enigmatic and spiritual Diego, who helps her on her quest.

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''Hothouse Flower and the 9 Plants of Desire'' is an a 2009 escapist novel by Margot Berwin. It follows Lila Nova, a divorcée with a job in advertising who stumbles upon a laundromat that contains nine plants rumored to have magical properties. Armand, the laundromat’s owner, gives Lila a fire fern cutting and tells her that if it roots, he will show her said plants. She misplaces her trust in a plant vendor, resulting in Lila accompanying Armand on a trip to the Yucatan peninsula to gather specimens of the stolen plants. While there, she falls in love with the enigmatic and spiritual Diego, who helps her on her quest.
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redirecting to the proper trope


* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: To an extent, considering that the protagonist is an escapist character who pities herself for being [[FemaleSuccessIsFamily divorced and childless.]]

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* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: To an extent, considering that the protagonist is an escapist character who pities herself for being [[FemaleSuccessIsFamily [[AcceptableFeminineGoals divorced and childless.]]

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