Can plants react to lies? An experiment

What is PHILODENDRON? Identification name: Philodendron scandens Family: Araceae Habitat: native to Americas and West Indies

An experiment was conducted by a professional psychiatrist and a chemist. A male subject brought along a philodendron he had nursed from seedling and had cared for tenderly. The scientists attached a polygraph to the philodendron and asked the owner a series of questions, to some of which he had been instructed to give false answers. The philodendron had no difficulty indicating through the galvanometer the questions which were falsely answered. The scientists concluded that a special bond of affinity appeared to be created between a plant and its owner, unaffected by distance.

​References Tompkins, Peter, and Christopher Bird. The Secret Life of Plants. No. QK50. T65I 1973. England: Penguin books, 1989.