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The green, veiny, three-leafed object held together by a reddish-brown stem was placed in front of me. At first glance, it was obvious to see the shapes of each of the three leaves were very similar but not quitely exact, making the leaves unique from each other. As the reddish-brown stem continues to where it meets the leaves at a single point, a color change from reddish-brown to a yellow is oberved. From there, this yellow vein runs from the base to the tip of the leaf, with more and more veins branching off of the main one. Looking even closer, a color of yellow runs around the perimeter of the leaves. The yellow perimeter runs around all the leaves and is joined at the base of the leaves at the reddish-brown stem. The sizes of the leaves on the left and right have a very similar length and width. The leaf in the middle is much taller and wider than the two on the sides. To be exact, the length from the base of the middle leaf to the tip is 5.0 cm, while the lengths of the two side leaves have an average length of 3.5 cm. The only leaf that was significantally different than the other two was the leaf on the left side that had a big brown spot on it. Besides the very small imperfections between the three leaves, the leaf as a whole was somewhat vertically symmetrical.

The object placed in front of me has threen green leaved connected by one major reddish-purple stem. Throughout each leaf, there are multiple veins running through for possible water transport to keep the leaves alive. Shapes and sizes between the leaves are very similar, but each have their own shape, size, and pattern making them unique. Looking closer at the leaf, there is a yellow color that runs arond the perimeter of the green leaf. The leaf as a whole has some vertical symmetry. Each leaf is joined at the stem at the same point, with the two on the outside being smaller in shape. There are two different shades of green on different sides of the leaf. One has a waxy layered bright green side while the other is a much lighter green in color. The brighter green side also has brown spots and streaks on it. One thing that is very noticeable about these leaves is that they are fragile and ery easy to rip and tear.