April 22, 2013 - Earth Day Orchid

CaliforniaMama · 04-22-2013, 03:08 PM

From DisneyNature's 2013 Earth Day video Wings of Life .

Lamplighter · 04-22-2013, 03:22 PM

Now I'm caught between Horsehead Nebula and the Geigo Pig

"Wheeee"

xoxoxoBruce · 04-22-2013, 03:57 PM

The Orchid family is amazing, so many different shapes and colors.
.........

I've been told you don't see them in people's homes because they are hard to house break. But maybe that's just the really cool ones, and the ones that look like more normal flowers are around, but we don't realize they're Orchids..

ZenGum · 04-22-2013, 07:56 PM

The reason orchids are so weird is that the genes which control the development of the flower are all on a single section of the DNA (just one chromosome, IIRC) which doesn't do anything else. This means random changes to the flower can take place without messing up stuff like the plant's biochemistry and overall structure.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-22-2013, 08:26 PM

Ah, dat splain it. Thanks.

Gravdigr · 04-23-2013, 01:21 PM

The plant we get vanilla from is an orchid...Do we eat any other orchids?

Lamplighter · 04-23-2013, 01:33 PM

Being familiar with the word "orchidectomy", my brain immediately
bounced your question over to: "Yes, Rocky Mountain Orchids"

Undertoad · 04-23-2013, 01:49 PM

What you mean "we" kemosabe?

BigV · 04-23-2013, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

What you mean "we" kemosabe?

*raises hand*

I had some at a Rockies game once during a visit to Denver.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-23-2013, 04:36 PM

Yeah, but you eat Lutfisk and slurp oysters, so we know that you're a human garbage disposal.

BigV · 04-23-2013, 04:44 PM

truuuuuuuuue....

what's your point?

04-22-2013, 03:08 PM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	April 22, 2013 - Earth Day Orchid From DisneyNature's 2013 Earth Day video Wings of Life .

04-22-2013, 03:57 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Orchid family is amazing, so many different shapes and colors. ......... I've been told you don't see them in people's homes because they are hard to house break. But maybe that's just the really cool ones, and the ones that look like more normal flowers are around, but we don't realize they're Orchids.. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-22-2013, 07:56 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	The reason orchids are so weird is that the genes which control the development of the flower are all on a single section of the DNA (just one chromosome, IIRC) which doesn't do anything else. This means random changes to the flower can take place without messing up stuff like the plant's biochemistry and overall structure. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-22-2013, 08:26 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ah, dat splain it. Thanks. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-23-2013, 01:21 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	The plant we get vanilla from is an orchid...Do we eat any other orchids? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-22-2013, 03:22 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Now I'm caught between Horsehead Nebula and the Geigo Pig "Wheeee"

04-23-2013, 01:33 PM	#7
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Being familiar with the word "orchidectomy", my brain immediately bounced your question over to: "Yes, Rocky Mountain Orchids"

04-23-2013, 01:49 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What you mean "we" kemosabe?

04-23-2013, 04:36 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, but you eat Lutfisk and slurp oysters, so we know that you're a human garbage disposal. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-23-2013, 04:44 PM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	truuuuuuuuue.... what's your point? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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