Botanist pun joke

Why was the botanist so wise? He was very sage.

How was the botanist paid? With a stipe-nd.

What was the greenhorn botanist sent on? A stipe hunt.

What type of drawings do botanists enter in? Raffle-esias.

What does a botanist sleep on? A monocot.

What keeps a botanist going? Tomentum.

Why was the botanist crying? She had THYRSE in her eyes (what can I say it was a tendril moment).

Why couldn't the botanist see very well? She had A-stigma-tism.

What does a botanists do when he/she finds a new orchid? Labellum.

The botanist was broke, so she took out a lawn, or was it a loam.