Potted Plant

Potted Plant is a building in Oxygen Not Included. Its article text is a short piece of flavor that plays on the idea of decorative set dressing: when viewed from a distance, it passes as a normal potted plant, but a closer look reveals that it is fake.

The description is deliberately minimalist, and that is the point. It frames Potted Plant as something meant to be seen first and examined later, with the joke landing only when the player stops to inspect it more carefully. The text does not give any mechanical explanation, and no special interaction is stated in the source material; the entire identity of the building, as presented here, rests on the contrast between appearance and reality.

In practical terms, the line suggests a purely cosmetic object rather than a functional machine or utility building. The wording also makes clear that the fake plant is not trying very hard to fool anyone once attention is focused on it. That small visual gag fits Oxygen Not Included’s habit of mixing mundane household imagery with the game’s more technical and sometimes absurd colony infrastructure.

Because the source text is so brief, there are no additional documented details to expand on here. The only confirmed information is the building’s name and its flavor text: looking closely, it appears to be fake.