Purple Plant

The Purple Plant was made available to all players on 24th June 2021, as part of the Summer 2021 Items.

Appearance
Planted into a square terracotta pot with a ridged band at the top and another at the base are a pair of purple lupins rising on long stalks, each of which is sprouting several pale green leaves.

Function
Placing a Purple Plant increases hospital attractiveness in a small radius surrounding it.

The Purple Plant's maintenance gauge will fall over time. When the gauge falls to 50%, the Purple Plant will visibly wilt, and its attractiveness effect will almost disappear. If it is allowed to fall to 25%, the Purple Plant will further wilt and the attractiveness effect will be gone. Below 10%, a negative attractiveness effect will be generated instead.

When placed in close proximity to a heat source, such as a radiator, a Purple Plant's maintenance gauge will fall more quickly.

Maintenance
Janitors are tasked with watering Purple Plants, although also capable of doing so are other staff members with the Green Fingers trait. When the maintenance gauge reaches 50%, a janitor will be called automatically. Before this, the player may call a janitor to the Purple Plant manually by pressing the appropriate button.

Room
The Purple Plant can be placed in every room except Surgery, for reasons of sterility.

Staff
The following Staff is required to water the Purple Plant:

Alternatively, any staff member with the Green Fingers trait will water plants in the room where they are working.