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just ask an angraecum sesquipedale
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just ask an angraecum sesquipedale |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Just ask an angraecum sesquipedale what it takes to flourish, not merely survive. The answers might well teach us how to go beyond staying alive, how to really thrive. As a species, we haven't yet figured it out. Each bud must have proper nourishment, the temperature must be just right. Purest waters are beneficial, and always, life giving light. Just ask any orchid for it's Darwinian techniques. Listen to the angraecums, I dare you. Perhaps the symbiotic relationships of plants and insects and animals that surround humanity can give us some clues to survival. Just ask an angraecum, and listen carefully, for it is a foreign language to most of us. **************** An epiphytic orchid, the angraecum sesquipedale, is also called a Star of Bethlehem, or Comet Orchid. It is fertilized by the Hawk moth's 12 to 16" proboscis, as predicted by Darwin, circa 1800's. [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (01-07-2003 11:53 AM).] |
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ctowen Member Elite
since 2001-10-18
Posts 2286Green Mountains of VT |
Soft, gentle music soothes a flower as much as it does one's soul ... ... perhaps if one asks the soul as well, an answer may surface. A great write KC ... true to you. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thank you, Craig. Yes, music does soothe and nourish, and looking within the heart and soul can provide insight.  Have a peace full day. |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
Ah, the care and feeding of humanity; sometimes just getting past the hatred, jealousy, envy and especially contempt takes so much strength... draining beauty ~if we let them~ That we all could be happy for one another and nourish each other.... That of course, would be heaven on earth....but we can feed those in our own garden and watch them flourish and flower! Which is in a way selfish, for it is we who get to witness and enjoy the beauty of such little effort of positive reinforcement... Thanks for this thinking piece... Hugs, Pat ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
wow! very creative work! what a message to listen to... |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
I love the comparisons you made here, Kacy. Simply beautiful...  "Love makes the world go around" |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Pat, shadows, Ethel thanks for reading. Glad you enjoyed this view of the orchid. |
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Rainbowdust Member
since 2002-12-05
Posts 320Sydney, Australia |
We humans think we're so clever don't we? Yet we have so much to learn from nature; if only everyone was as good a student as you Kacy.  The scientific name also reminded me of one of my favourite words: ses·qui·pe·da·lian (sskw-p-dlyn) n. A long word. adj. Given to the use of long words. Long and ponderous; polysyllabic. There's your useless piece of knowledge for the day! The soul would have no rainbows, had the eyes no tears. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
ahhhh Kacy girl...you do a moth proud  you KNOW I love this one...clever, clever and very cool... write on my friend..we have much to learn thru your eyes of wise. Will the wind remember the names it has blown in the past? |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
JM is SO right! You are so very wise Kacy... Great poem...I learned much from the read. ~Hugs~ ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Shireen, isn't that the coolest word? Thanks for reading and replying. JM,  I knew you would like this one. Nancy, Thanks! |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
One day mother nature will arise from her slumber and teach us all a lesson we;ll never forget. |
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