You, Me And The Orchid ....... !
We
have a great deal more in common than you would imagine
... ! ask most people which is the most beautiful
flower they would buy or want to recieve or which is the
most erotic plant they can think of? and a very large
majority will say the orchid. Not the same orchid
probably but like the human race the orchid comes in
many hundreds of different colours, fragrances, sizes
and shapes. Just like us they have evolved to survive in
almost any environment and then develope into
individuals but all remaining part of the same species.
Around 120 million years ago, when the dinosaurs
ruled the land, much of the world was covered by
primordial forest, and plant life was rapidly becoming
diverse, flowering plants were evolving and one of the
first of these was the orchid.
As the world underwent many changes species of both plant and animal life died out or were replaced, but the orchid family expanded, as did the human race, populating every corner of the world except Antarctica, the human race did manage here where the orchid failed,
By living on trees, rocks, in the ground or under it, tropical rainforest or lush grassland, high mountain or bog, the orchid thrived; nothing seems capable of upsetting their evolutionary process, indeed it is generally accepted that in the world today, there are over 35,000 different species of orchid in existence. Once again we the human race have evovled in much the same way.
