Orchid fossil reveals flowers' domination of Earth
Orchid fossil reveals flowers' domination of Earth
Researchers have discovered the first fossil orchid, a 15 to 20-million-year-old pollen specimen encased in amber, in the Dominican Republic. It suggests that the first orchids bloomed about 84 million years ago. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago
tags orchid fossil reveals flowers domination earth
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 DrNothin...
1 year ago
I love orchids and WORSHIP amber...

*begins to plan heist*
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 misswink...
1 year ago
« DrNothing : I love orchids and WORSHIP amber...

*begins to plan heist*
I have an uncle who lives in Santo Domingo. They have the greatest amber in the world there. You're right. Amber rules!
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 DrNothin...
1 year ago
« misswinkle:I have an uncle who lives in Santo Domingo. They have the greatest amber in the world there. You're right. Amber rules!


*drools*

Something about amber and opals as well for me. Not sure why, but other minerals/whatever don't interest me in the slightest, but I can imageine spending a lot of $ on these two alone. (if I HAD a lot of $...)
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 2manyuse...
1 year ago
Of course, there's always Lazarus Long's quote:

Have you noticed how much they look like orchids? Lovely!
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 dollylla...
1 year ago
Great. Orchids have been blooming for 20 million years and I can kill one off in a week.
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 TraumaMa...
1 year ago
« dollyllama : Great. Orchids have been blooming for 20 million years and I can kill one off in a week.
Me too, chickie. I could kill mold.
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 dollylla...
1 year ago
« TraumaMamma : Me too, chickie. I could kill mold.
At least you use your superpowers for something useful :)
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