5 Facts You Probably didn’t know about flowers
- Sunnyslope Floral
- Jul 22, 2019
- 3 min read
1. TULIPS CAN BE USED AS SALAD INGREDIENTS.. YES THEY ARE EDIBLE
A number of varieties of tulip have edible petals and make delicious salad ingredients. Crisp, colourful and peppery; they’ll brighten up your healthy meal and add a unique twist to your greens. This is a great way to add color to your salads and to switch things up. Tulip bulbs can be substituted for onions in most recipes. It’s important to only use fresh bulbs that haven’t been exposed to pesticides, otherwise your dish may not taste too good.
2. A 32,000-YEAR-OLD EXTINCT ARCTIC FLOWER WAS RESURRECTED USING SEEDS FOUND BY AN ICE AGE SQUIRREL.
The researchers were studying ancient soil composition in an exposed Siberian riverbank in 1995 when they discovered the first of 70 fossilized Ice Age squirrel burrows, some of which stored up to 800,000 seeds and fruits. Permafrost had preserved tissue from one species—a narrow-leafed campion plant—exceptionally well, so researchers at the Russian Academy of Sciences recently decided to culture the cells to see if they would grow. Team leader Svetlana Yashina re-created Siberian conditions in the lab and watched as the refrigerated tissue sprouted buds that developed into 36 flowering plants within weeks.
3. SOME FLOWERS ONLY RELEASE POLLEN WHEN A BEE BUZZES ON THEM
The anthers of buzz-pollinated plant species are typically tubular, with an opening at only one end, and the pollen inside is firmly attached. With self-fertile plants such as tomatoes, wind may shake loose the pollen through pores in the anther and complete pollination.
In order to release the pollen, bees are able to grab onto the flower and move their flight muscles rapidly, causing the flower and anthers to vibrate, loosening the pollen. Pollination involving vibrations is called buzz pollination. About 9% of the flowers of the world are primarily pollinated using buzz pollination.
4. THE FOXGLOVE FLOWER CAN CAUSE YOUR HEART RATE TO DROP BY JUST HANDLING THE PLANT.
Thus the name is recorded in Old English as foxes glofe/glofa or fox’s glove.[7] Over time, folk myths obscured the literal origins of the name, insinuating that foxes wore the flowers on their paws to silence their movements as they stealthily hunted their prey. The woody hillsides where the foxes made their dens were often covered with the toxic flowers. Some of the more menacing names, such as “witch’s glove,” reference the toxicity of the plant.
Digoxin was approved for heart failure in 1998 under current regulations by the Food and Drug Administration on the basis of prospective, randomized study and clinical trials. It was also approved for the control of ventricular response rate for patients with atrial fibrillation. American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommend digoxin for symptomatic chronic heart failure for patients with reduced systolic function, preservation of systolic function, and/or rate control for atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response. Heart Failure Society of America guidelines for heart failure provide similar recommendations.
5. THE STORY BEHIND DAISIES
Daisies symbolize innocence.They are known for ‘two in one’ flower i.e. white petals peripherally and tiny yellow disc petals that form the eye.Its medicinal properties include relieving indigestion, easing of cough, slowing the bleeding and easing back pain.Daisies can become serious weed if not controlled as they thrive in very rough conditions and are resistant to many bugs and pesticides.Some daisies open their petals in day’s sun time but close them in evening when sun sets giving them the name “day’s eyes”.
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