The Infinite Vulcan

The idea of the Phylosians was forced upon Walter Koenig by Gene Roddenberry, who wanted a race of talking plants in the animated series because it was not possible to do on the original Star Trek (1966). Koenig had to write ten to twelve drafts of the script before it was accepted by Roddenberry. According to Koenig, he was offered the chance to write additional scripts for the series; however, he turned it down because of Roddenberry's excessive and controlling demands for rewrites. As a result, this is the only episode involving him.

McCoy mentions his grandfather's weed spray "brewing in sickbay." This would not be necessary. He could have given the formula to the ship's replicators and had it produced instantly; however, McCoy is a bit obsessive and quirky about certain high-tech matters (e.g., his legendary discomfort with transporters in Star Trek (1966)), so he might regard a replicated weed spray as inauthentic.

Featured in Drawn to the Final Frontier (2006)