Vampire Flower changes the definition of plants
Haleigh Madi
(picture from article)
These flowers are unlike any other flower people have seen. Most plants take nutrients from soil in the ground and developer deep roots. But the langsdorffii flower gets its nutrients from other plants. It plants itself onto another flower or plant and takes its nutrients from that. This is often compared to it being the vampire of the plant world. These flowers are also exclusively male or female, meaning that one flower is either female or male. To pollinate and reproduce they have to colonize together. THey grow in central and south america and grow as little bouquets and only bloom once a year during a dry season. Scientists believe that these flowers only bloom once in their lifetime, so getting to see them bloom is rather uncommon.
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/parasitic-plant-vampire-plant-definition
How would you define a plant?
Have you heard of any other plants like the Langsdorffia flower?
WOuld you like to see these flower bloom?
My definition of a plant would be a living organism that grows from the ground and has roots. I personally have not heard of any other plants like the Langsdorffia flower, but there could be other plants in the world that are similar to the Langsdorffia flower. Yes, I would like to see these flowers bloom. -Kevin Gu
ReplyDeleteall i can think of would be honey suckle weeds. they grow near trees and suck their energy away from them
ReplyDelete-Ryan smith^
DeleteIt would be cool to see this bloom-Caleb
ReplyDeleteMy definition of a plant would be a living thing that grows in the ground. I haven't heard of any other plants like this one. It would be cool to see this flower bloom. -Campbell Marino
ReplyDeleteThis seems superficially similar to Kudzu, another parasitic plant.
ReplyDeleteI thinks it's cool to see other plants evolve to survive purely off of another plant's survival
ReplyDeletecharles poe
I would like to see this flower bloom since it is such a rare event. I think that the definition of a plant will have to be very vague so that it accommodates organisms like this one. -Joe Panthalani
ReplyDeleteI would love to see these flowers bloom. I think since it only happens once a year that it is very special and would be cool to see. This flower is not like other around that we have in Missouri, I do not know of any plants that are similar, so to be able to see it would be very cool.
ReplyDelete^ sophia becklenberg
DeleteI would like to see these flowers bloom,, because it only happens one time a year and it seems like it would be a cool and special experience. It will be different than any other flower I have ever seen, so I would love to see it in my like time. - Steven Solomon
ReplyDeleteI would like to see this flower bloom since it only does once a year.
ReplyDeleteI would really like to see these flowers bloom, it would be a really cool experience to watch because it only happens once a year.
ReplyDeletei would like to see this flower take over the other plant and bloom -Ryan Carter
ReplyDeleteI would like to see the flower bloom its very rare so it makes it more unique. sarah lachance
ReplyDeletei define a plant as an organism that has all of the same needs of a living thing just altered to fit their living needs, like soil, and water, and CO2- Maddie Silk
ReplyDeleteI would love to see these flowers bloom, they are rare and very pretty. -lannah
ReplyDeletei wonder how these flowers affect the plants they live on -sophia
ReplyDeleteI define a plant as something that lives and grows from the nutrients of the earth and sun. I would like to see this because you mentioned how rare it is. -Erik E
ReplyDeleteI think a plant would be defined as an organism that is multicellular, however unlike other organisms they have square-shaped cells. I wonder how big these plants are and I wonder if they're poisonous to any particular animals. Because this plant is so rare I would be fascinated to see it in bloom. -Kendall Dees
ReplyDeleteI define a plant as a natural living thing that photosynthesizes its needs to survive.-Takia McMorris
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