Fake Plants, Fake Leaves (But you can't so much tell because I used a cutout filter)

The first giveaway on this plant being a 'fake' is probably the plastic branches visible at the bottom of the picture. Next, you might also notice a 'fabric' texture to the leaves. Other than that... it looks fairly realistic.

However, when you apply something like a cutout filter, all of the fake details get blended into the image, so that what you see looks something like this:

A special word of thanks to the nice young man who saw me taking pictures of foliage and plant life and wondered what in the world I was doing and cared enough to ask. In all seriousness, I think that people like you help to make the world a better (and safer) place.