Oasis Greenhouse

"**Oasis Greenhouse**" is the eighth episode of the analog horror series, Eventide Media Center, created by Aidan Chick.

## Synopsis

This entry is reminiscent of an educational video or promotional video for Eventide Valley's Oasis Greenhouse and was created by the Botanical Foundation of Massachusetts and Eventide Media Group (it should be noted that the logo of the Botanical Foundation is a Venus Flytrap). Likely set in the early 1990s, the video gives viewers a tour of Eventide Valley's Oasis Greenhouse, introducing people to the different kinds of plant collections it houses. Each collection showcases two botanical examples, along with statistics regarding their height, place of origin, and "use."

The first collection, Floral Selections, shows samples of "Hydrangea macrophylla" (the bigleaf or French hydrangea), used for its reproductive cells, and "Hibiscus rose-sinensis" (the Chinese hibiscus or rose mallow), used for its "stamen and nectar". The second segment, "Tropical Selection," features samples of "Roystonea borinquena" (the Puerto Rico royal palm tree), used for its large leaves, and "Musa acuminata" (a banana tree), utilized for its "oversized stalks and roots."

The third segment features the Subtropical Selection, boasting "Hedera helix" (common or English ivy), for its "predatory tendrils" and "Dionaea muscipula" (the Venus Flytrap), which is used for its "base genetic code and carnivorous tendencies."

The fourth and final section, "Local Selection," boasts the most unusual of the plants. The first, looking suspiciously like a human digestive tract, is dubbed "Valvis concoctio," used for "digestive fluids," while the second, "Bota cerebro," looks identical to a human brain and is used for "consciousness." As per the segment title, both of these latter samples come from Eventide Valley itself.

The video then glitches to a recording outside, at 4:32 PM in March 1993. The viewers at first see what appears to be a cluster of surprisingly large Venus Flytraps just out of sight on the far left; these plants appear to be growling or groaning, before the recording changes. The time is now 5:21 PM, the camera pans over to the right, and above a house in the distance hovers an enormous Venus Flytrap-like monstrosity, bearing curled tendrils capped with the signature "trap" of the plant as the groaning gets louder. The recording pauses, giving the name of this creature, "Flora Amalgama," with its use being "protein production."

The recording glitches, cutting briefly to a shot of the Flora amalgama's mouth and throat (as though it was about to swallow the camera), before resuming over 3 hours later with a view of a human head and arm sticking out of a mixing vat of yellowish-green, bubbling liquid. A panoramic shot of industrial storage tanks is shown, as the video explains that Oasis creates a "special fluid" for "protein synthesis," and concludes by stating that this fluid concoction is used to make "energy drinks, protein bars" and other products for consumption (leading to the chilling thought that the people of Eventide Valley are unknowingly engaging in cannibalism).

The entry ends with a closing title card from Oasis, thanking the Botanical Foundation, and Eventide Media Group for their sponsorship. The Eventide Media Center logo credit then appears.

## Transcript

Note: All errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation are original to the video, and are not typos made by the editor(s) of this article.

"BOTANICAL FOUNDATION

*Video Brought to You By:*

BOTANICAL FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS

In Association With

EVENTIDE MEDIA GROUP"

"OASIS GREENHOUSE

*At Eventide Valley*

Video Tour Made Possible By:

BOTANICAL FOUNDATION."

"Floral Selection"

"Hydrangea macrophylla

Height: 2m

Origin: Japan

Use: Transferable reproduction cells."

"Hibiscus rose-sinensis

Height: 2.5m

Origin: Malaysia

Use: External stamen and nectar"

"Tropical Selection"

"Roystonea borinquena

Height: 16m

Origin: Virgin Islands

Use: Oversized palm leaves"

"Musa acuminata

Height: 11m

Origin: India

Use: Oversized stalks and roots"

"Subtropical Selection"

"Hedera helix

Height: Variable

Origin: Ireland

Use: Predatory tendrils"

"Dionaea muscipula

Height: 0.5m

Origin: United States

Use: Base genetic code and carnivorous tendencies"

"Local Selection"

"Valvis concoctio

Height: 1m

Origin: Eventide Valley

Use: Digestive fluids

"Bota cerebro

Height: 1m

Origin: Eventide Valley

Use: Consciousness"

"4:32 PM

MARCH 1993"

"5:21 PM

MARCH 1993

Flora Amalgama

Height: 45m

Origin: Unknown

Use: Protein production"

"5:25 PM

MARCH 1993"

"8:44 PM

MARCH 1993

Oasis"

"Special fluid produced in the Oasis is used for high energy protein synthesis."

"8:44 PM

MARCH 1993

This fluid is used in energy drinks, protein bars and other nutritious products."

"Oasis Greenhouse is sponsored in part by

BOTANICAL FOUNDATION

*With a grant from Eventide Media Group*

Thank You."

## "Bulletin"

On April 3, 2021, the official Twitter posted an image from the Oasis Greenhouse a year after the publication of the video tour. The Flora Amalgama is shown slumped over the ceiling of the greenhouse; all plantlife within appears to have withered or become hopelessly overgrown. It is revealed that Oasis Greenhouse has been shut down by this time.

## Trivia

* This is the second episode to be set in Eventide Valley, after "Deep Night."
* Similarly to "Unusual Architecture," Eventide Media Group had a hand in the creation of this video as well. Both videos were sponsored by major organizations of the state, and both reveal some kind of anomalous occurrence.
* A hint that the plants may have been used for something less than normal is when the banana tree is shown, as the primary use for bananas is food consumption as opposed to the collection of its roots.
* "Valvis concoctio," in Latin, translates to "digestion valves," while "Bota cerebro," if flipped to "Cerebro bota," translates to "brainstorm" (in normal order, it strangely means "brain boots.")
* The fact that the Local Selection samples come from Eventide Valley may mean, if they are not truly plants, that the Oasis Greenhouse is using actual human organs in their work.
* "Flora amalgama" literally translates from Latin to "flower amalgam," or "flower of many parts." This could heavily imply that the Oasis Greenhouse used the samples from each selection segment in order to create this creature (hence the subcategory of use for each plant.)
* This episode is highly reminiscent of the films "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Soylent Green."