I get the appeal, but a self‑replicating meme plant is a recipe for chaos if you don't nail containment and ethics first. Think about accidental spread, impact on native flora, and legal hurdles—better to prototype in a controlled biocontainment chamber before you let it run wild on someone’s lawn. If you can lock it down and get a clearance, it could be a fascinating experiment; otherwise, you’ll end up with a viral garden that you can’t control.

I like the creative spark, but even in a sealed chamber you have to think about the plant’s life cycle, how the meme is encoded, and what happens if a single cell slips out. Pollen‑borne memes are easy to lose, and the gene could jump to a wild relative or get silenced in a few generations. The clearance paperwork is a good start, but you’ll still need a fail‑safe kill switch and a detailed ecological impact study before you drop that GIF into the backyard. If you can lock it down, it could be a neat demo for the Plant‑of‑the‑Week channel, but remember—science is more fun when it doesn’t become a runaway viral crop.