[3][4] Alice Woodard is a plant breeder who works in a lab that focuses on creating new strains of flowers.

While her colleague Bella is failing at creating a hardy plant that will survive even weeks of undernourishment and neglect, Alice and her team have successfully created a flower that requires more care than an ordinary plant but which makes their owners happy.

Alice's son is accidentally pollinated by the plant and begins to act strangely, sneaking his classmate Selma into the lab and stealing a Little Joe.

Bothered by her son's behaviour, Alice begins to examine test footage of subjects who have been exposed to the pollen.

After Alice's boss dismisses her concerns, she takes matters into her own hands and decides to kill the Little Joes before they are commercialized, lowering the temperature in the lab.

Later, Alice learns that Little Joe has been nominated for an award, meaning that the plant will be sold worldwide.

The site's critics consensus reads: "Little Joe's unorthodox approach may baffle horror fans lured in by its premise – but like its title character, the end result exerts a creepy thrall.