Orchids the size of a toddlers fingernail so delicate you hold your breath, but touching one gently does it no harm it is sturdier then it looks.
4 tiny orchid like flowers gowing in 4 different areas of my land The flowers are identical except the one that grows in the sun is paler with two colors. The plants are not alike at all
How is this possible? Anyone?
Possbily indigenous herbivores, during their nomadic foraging picked up the seeds and left them with other “deposits” … ?
Typically how plants get transferred. Seed transportation.
one is on a stalk with medium size leaves with the flowers blooming off thin stems, 3 are on vines but, different sizes and the leaves are different shapes.? I know about the transportation part, is it possible to mutate so different? Or is it copycat survival? I found out yesterday that some plants and animals seem to copy another for survival. I did not have time to research the whole issue,not even barely skim. Has anyone heard of this before? it sounds interesting and do people do it to?
I enjoy gardening. I spent about 5 years doing an extensive landscaping of my yard. Every tree, bush, and understory plant was carefully selected. (except the weeds) This was about 10 years ago. Since then, a number of plants have “arrived”, some are really interesting, some just more @%$&!! weeds. What isn’t brought in by birds or squirrels comes in the wind. It is interesting to note the similarities and differences of the various flowers. The various schemes plants use to attract pollinators are fascinating, and yes, there is some degree of “copycat” evolution as both the plants and the pollinators adapt to take advantage of each other. All plants and animals take advantage of their environment to the best of their ability.
Have you ever let your “weeds” develop flowers? The prettiest flowers I have seen down here, in Texas and in Arizona all seemed to be attached to “weeds”. I have never been able to fiddle with plants until getting this property. And as I see our woods and fields bloom with purples, violets, yellows reds , whites, and blues I find my self crawling under brushes braving spiders ticks and mosquitoes to look closer at awesome color and shape. I found a blue daisy yesterday, it looks just like a daisy I should say. A blue one! I never knew daisys could be blue. I can’t wait to gather some seeds. The rest I leave for natural spreading. If I had let my husband bush hog the field like he wanted to I couldn’t look out my kitchen window and see splashes of color in a field of green.
There are a number of copycat plants I have found some copy the plant some the flower.
I know there are snakes that copy other snakes for defense, and fish, there is an octopus that mimics lionfish. The word mimic is the word that the scientist types prefer to use.
Is there a human instinct that does the same? Do we mimic anything for survival or does any culture? I have given little thought to this it seems of some small interest.