I know of Wells's "red weed" (from Mars), and Yggdrasil (from mythology), and the plants of Pern (from McCaffrey's stories), but... are there any others you might have heard of? Even normal plants with an important rôle in significant stories.
2007-05-09 04:45:40 · 9 answers · asked by ghart27 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
How about Triffids (John Wyndham)
2007-05-09 04:55:30 · answer #1 · answered by Steve A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about The trouble with lichen by John Wyndam Shall I compare thee to a rose Shakespeare, Daffodils by Wordsworth, the Scarlet Pimpernel, purely fictional aliantha from the science fantasy stories by Stephen Donaldson , or the Ents in Lord of the Rings by Tolkein. both the latter have an ancient connection in thier worlds to a spirit of the forest which are based on the green man of ancient pagan religions.There are so many a good search will find loads of them for you.
2007-05-09 07:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by wolfie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great question! I'll add Gundelia tournefortii, which was supposedly the 'crown of thorns' worn by jesus.
"According to Dr. Avinoam Dannin, Professor of Botany at the Hebrew University of Israel (1988), pollen grains of this species have been identified from the Shroud of Turin. The density of pollen grains is much higher than random samples from the air, suggesting that blooming plants of Gundelia tournefortii were placed on the Shroud during its flowering period of February to May. Some biblical scholars have also suggested that this spiny plant may have been the actual "crown of thorns" worn by Jesus."
2007-05-09 05:59:48 · answer #3 · answered by plantgirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At Charlecote Park in Warwickshire, near Stratford (a National Trust property) there is a whole garden planted with plants mentioned in the works of Shakespeare. Regrettably I can't remember any of them as I haven't visited for many years. If you are near, have a visit.
2007-05-09 05:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by Pete H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Triffids from 'Day of the Triffids' by John Wyndham is my first thought. Not actual plants, but what about 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck? The tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden is another one from mythology.
2007-05-09 04:59:59 · answer #5 · answered by SLH 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By far my favourite is the plant from 'A Scanner Darkly', a fantastic book adapted into a brilliant film, it concerns an extremely powerful drug called Substance D, that destroys the people who use it, and sometimes even the people who try to stop it. It is so addictive "You're either on it, or you haven't tried it yet".
The drug comes from a little blue plant with the latin name "Mors Ontologica" which means "death of being" or even "the being of death itself". Quite harrowing, but very powerful.
I reccommend the film.
2007-05-09 06:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by tom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it wasn't until some years in the past that I even heard of this asserting. I observed it on a friends bookmark and it had a image of a plant in a pot. She pronounced that she relatively enjoyed that asserting via fact now and back you out improve the pot and ought to be transplanted, yet different cases you only ought to be moved into the gentle to flourish. the secret is to comprehend which one. in case you repot a plant that's no longer root sure the plant is in all possibility to wither and die. whether, if plant desires a undeniable quantity of image voltaic and it somewhat is located in a gloomy part of the room, then it additionally will wither and die. a sturdy gardener knows of what's needed and is going approximately doing it. So for me, I only have faith the Gardener. now and back i think Him making waiting me to be repotted, othertimes i'm useful that He has moved me into the gentle. In a extra effective concept, I knew i grew to become into being prepped for repotting while it regarded that i grew to become into doing what i wanted to be doing, yet I saved feeling attracted to discover this one part of my lifestyles. while i in my opinion sat down and concept approximately it, I knew what i wanted to do. For me, while issues seem going downhill, and that i take a seem at those tried and authentic issues that I do while issues gave the impression to be going alongside relatively nicely, I take inventory and be conscious that i'm no longer doing lots of those issues anymore. it somewhat is while i comprehend i ought to recommit to doing those issues and hence circulate myself into the gentle.
2016-10-30 22:57:37 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the Tree of Life.
Genesis.
2007-05-09 05:18:59 · answer #8 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From "Hamlet"
"A violet in the youth of primy nature" (1.3.7). This, says Laertes, is how Ophelia should think of Hamlet's feelings for her. Laertes is willing to concede that Hamlet may be sincere, but his "favor" is like the violet--quick to bloom, quick to die.
OPHELIA
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there is pansies. that's for thoughts.
OPHELIA
There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's rue for you; and here's some for me: we may call it herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue with a difference. here's a daisy: I would give you (4.5.183)
some violets, but they withered all when my father died: they say he made a good end,--
2007-05-09 06:49:20 · answer #9 · answered by peace.ofmind 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋