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snipe Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) Apr 18, 2007

Did anyone catch the program last night on PBS about the origin of flowers in the world? It was nature I think. I was astounded that most of all the flowers in the world today came out a very small region of China. There was a botanist in the early 1900's that brought over 1500 species of plants that are the common plants that you see in gardens today.

Don :)

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rosethyme Denton, TX(Zone 7b) Apr 18, 2007

Oh no, I missed it! Do you think it will be on again? I'll bet it was so interesting.

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snipe Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) Apr 18, 2007

Well I got it wrong it was Nova and the program was called First Flower. I don't know if it will air again.

This is the PBS link to the program.
Well that didn't work.:(

And if that don't work here is the link to the program through its listing (click on Nova).
http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/index.html?station=KERA&display_date=2007-04-17&display_time=18:30:00&feeds=754&

Don :)

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rosethyme Denton, TX(Zone 7b) Apr 18, 2007

Thanks for letting us know, Don. Looks like it's on tonight at 7pm...I won't miss it this time. :)

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blmlb Orange Park, FL Apr 18, 2007

Snipe, I caught that Nova program last nite. Fascinating. What really got me is that the plant DNA they were working with showed that cannabis (pot) was most closely related to strawberries.
I'm a big strawberry grower and my youngest likes to grow pot. (Don't tell anybody I said that) Who knows, I might try smoking strawberry leaves!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

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snipe Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) Apr 19, 2007

Well blmlb it will probably be a little tough growing strawberries if you start smoking all the leaves. :)

Don

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blmlb Orange Park, FL Apr 19, 2007

snipe, I'll try to stick with the berries and ignore the leaves, but it really is interesting to know that pot's closest realtive is my favorite fruit.

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snipe Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) Apr 20, 2007

Does seem strange doesn't it. I guess the most amazing thing to me is that almost all the flowering plants in the world came from the same place. I did notice though that the statement made was this area was protected from the ice age while the rest of the world was wiped out by moving glaciers.

Don

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