Cannabis is a different kind of flower
The cannabis flower is a curious specimen. While not what most people would picture when they think of a flower, this is the common name for the part of the cannabis plant used for smoking.
Comprised of small dense nubs, the flowers are frosted with hair-like crystalline structures called trichomes. This is the “business end” of the plant and thousands of different strains of cannabis are selectively bred to display a range of different profiles: effect, potency, flavor and color. The different strains will also have flowers that are different in appearance, some shorter and fatter, some longer or skinnier, and some in different hues. Experts – like your budtender – can tell certain attributes of the cannabis based on the flower’s appearance.
“Right now, as far as cataloged strains, there are roughly 350,000 different varieties,” Nicholas Cretecos, recreational budtender at Choice Organics, said. “Of course, people are also creating...
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