In this brief timelapse, a single acorn germinates from seed to sapling over a period of 196 days, transferred carefully from vessel to vessel as it sprouts. The simple yet wondrous clip is just one of many plant growing timelapse videos produced by Youtube channel Boxlapse (also on Instagram) where you’ll find a new clip almost every weekday. The clips include all manner of plants and fungi captured in interesting ways, including the growth of a mango tree over a yearlong period or the first 113 dragon fruit cactus, seen below.

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