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Old 04-22-2013, 02:08 PM   #1
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April 22, 2013 - Earth Day Orchid



From DisneyNature's 2013 Earth Day video Wings of Life .
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Old 04-22-2013, 02:22 PM   #2
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Now I'm caught between Horsehead Nebula and the Geigo Pig

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Old 04-22-2013, 02:57 PM   #3
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The Orchid family is amazing, so many different shapes and colors.
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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..
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Old 04-22-2013, 06:56 PM   #4
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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.
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Old 04-22-2013, 07:26 PM   #5
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Ah, dat splain it. Thanks.
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Old 04-23-2013, 12:21 PM   #6
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The plant we get vanilla from is an orchid...Do we eat any other orchids?
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Old 04-23-2013, 12:33 PM   #7
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Being familiar with the word "orchidectomy", my brain immediately
bounced your question over to: "Yes, Rocky Mountain Orchids"
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Old 04-23-2013, 12:49 PM   #8
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What you mean "we" kemosabe?
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Old 04-23-2013, 12:52 PM   #9
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What you mean "we" kemosabe?
*raises hand*

I had some at a Rockies game once during a visit to Denver.
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Old 04-23-2013, 03:36 PM   #10
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Yeah, but you eat Lutfisk and slurp oysters, so we know that you're a human garbage disposal.
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Old 04-23-2013, 03:44 PM   #11
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truuuuuuuuue....



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