The Chemistry Behind Flower Colours.
In the height of summer we see flowers of many colours and in many hues.
What is it that causes a flower to be red or yellow or blue? A question that has crossed my mind many times and to date I didn’t really know. So armed with my computer and a good search engine I decided to find the answer to this puzzle and came across some very interesting results.
Research on this subject has been carried out over the last 15 years in the USA by Robert J Grienbach working at the National Aboratum’s Floral and Nursery Plants research unit at Beltsville, Maryland. He has come up with some very interesting results. In his research he used petunias to show that specific shades of flower colours could be explained by the combined inheritance of plant pigments called flavonoids and the plants cell acidity or PH of the cell.
The Sexual Organs Of Plants Revealed.
Why Do Plants Display Beautiful Flowers?
Spring time in temperate countries is a time for celebration, the dark cold and wet weather of the dull winter months are well and truly behind us when spring arrives. For me it’s not just the warmer weather and lengthening days, it’s the promise of the colour and wafting sweet smells of one of natures greatest gifts to come, the flowers.
Many people take flowers for granted, they don’t really see the true marvel that lies behind a plants necessity to display its wonderful colourful flowers and to emit those irresistible scents. When you do stop and look at the multitude of different flower colours and shapes you see their sheer beauty, all designed to irresistibly attract insects and even small animals to ensure it’s own survival as a species. It prompts you to take a closer look at these marvels of evolution.
Posted by sidewallfusion Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Categories: Flora
Tags: beautiful, Bees, Biology, Flowers, kent, Plants., pollen, simbiosis, symbiosis, thorax
Miracle Cancer Cure Found In Cannabis Sap.
Could Cannabis Be A Cure For Brain Cancers?
A dOpE HeAd.
I don’t see any logic here at all, is the tail wagging the dog? I use the stumble thing quite a lot when I’m stuck for something more positive to do. I kinda enjoy the surprises that jump on to the screen each time I hit the stumble button. I notice there’s quite a lot of pages on Marry Joanna or Cannabis, Dope, Pot, or whatever they are currently calling it. There are those for it, those against it and those who want it legalised for certain medical conditions. I read it all, taking it all in, I mean if you are like me, then you were brought up with teachers, parents, cops etc. telling you that marijuana is a very dangerous drug. I’m in my 50’s now and still can’t understand it at all.
Why is marrywanna illegal if so many people want to use it? Where does the saying, “government by the people for the people” come into this lively debate. Surely if the majority of people agree that adults are in charge of their own destiny then why is marijuana illegal. It defies all logic, take alcohol for instance, a far more potent and dangerous drug yet it’s guzzled like there’s no tomorrow quite legally. It’s addictive, causes cancers of the mouth, and all the innards it comes into contact with, it also destroys relationships. Tobacco smoking is another example, we all know what that highly dangerous drug does to us, again quite legal. Yet if what I read is true, cannabis has highly beneficial effects for those who are sick and those who just want to unwind listening to music. It makes you happy, lethargic, talkative, and in love with life. It can also make you feel very paranoid and if you take a toke on every joint that’s invariably passed around at parties etc it can send you into a ‘whitey’ a kind of sensual overload Where you don’t know whether you want to crap, be sick or just lie on the ground and feel the earth rotate.
