Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

re: Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

Giovana Velarde — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:47:06 GMT

Have you record this? PUYA RAIMONDI

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re: Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

Julie Woody — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:36:26 GMT

Re: Wollemia Nobillis. The Wollemi (you pronounce the i like 'eye') Pine is one of the world's oldest and rarest trees and has a very interesting story. The trees were discovered as recently 1994 by a bushwalker in Wollemi national park in the Blue Mountains only 200km from Sydney, Australia. It is one of the world's oldest and rarest plants, with less than 100 adult trees known to exist in the wild, and is believed to date to around the time of the dinosaurs. It is now being cultivated and sold as a garden plant in Australia - even sold as a christmas tree! Just Google "Wollemi Pine" and have a read about it.

Julie

re: Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

brazos2 — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:11:47 GMT

When I was a young gardener I could not understand why anyone (Like me Granny) would want to grow anything that you could not eat, i.e FLOWERS. Now that I no longer worry about dying young ;-), my garden still has veggies, but now has my favorite flowers as well, and indeed there as a few that are tasty in the salad (I wont even attempt to spell them here). In any case, my favorite flowering plant is the Poppie. Doesn't do that well here in Texas, but the few that I manage not to kill, what a show!

So while we are on the subject, I would be interested in seeing what everyones favorite flower is. (or is this too off subject).

re: Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

Susie O — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:03:43 GMT

Just a thought regarding what this has to do with health or nutrition. In homeopathy like cures like..........I wonder if any of these flesh rotting scented plants could prove to be a remedy for a flesh eating bacteria. You never know : )

re: Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

Cinnabar — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:29:26 GMT

How interesting: I saw Wolffia just a few hours ago in my Plant Diversity and Evolution class. Last week I saw a relative of the Welwitschia ( Gnetales) . What were the chances of coming across them twice on the same day? They are indeed beautiful!

re: Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

shiva — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:04:19 GMT

Welll it is well known just how erotic the plant kingdom can be,.... but it is less known perhaps just how raunchy it can be as well.

Fascinating and truly amazing beautiful plants. ... Nature never ceases to amaze and captivate.

re: Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

mmc88121 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:36:01 GMT

I thought it was interesting that 6 of the 8 were carnivorous plants.

Mary

re: Eight of the World's Most Unusual Plants

Russ Bianchi — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:30:53 GMT

Interesting topic, but not exactly sure how it may apply to health?

How about a post from Doc Guessa, resident Vital Votes Encyclopedia Botanica Faculty Chair, on his top ten curing plants instead?

Uncle Russ