Paul thought young Matthew could figure out if the flowers were dead or not...and if he couldn’t, then Paige--well, yes, there she went, explaining things. Good girl! He nodded at her to show her he had seen her finish up the potting process for the roses.

Olivia, of course, had a good question! Paul smiled gently. “I suppose it doesn’t really matter. Some people prefer to cut off an entire flower from the bush and use all the petals on that flower--I, however, did not feel like dealing with cutting off flowers today. SO we did it this way,” he nodded. He eyed Matthew, again, and wondered if the boy hadn’t heard him correctly or…? He wasn’t fussed, really, more...well, that poor flower.

Pfft.

“Yes, yes they do, Kitty!” he said with a smile once more. He was glad the students at least seemed to be enjoying the floo flowers. He wished they could have done more with them...however, being very delicate, they probably couldn’t have done much.

Once students looked like they were wrapping up, Paul cleared his throat. “Good good, everyone, just place your baggies up here on the table!” he called out. “I’ll have them shipped off to the Ministry where one way or another, since the recipe for floo powder is STILL secret, your petal dust will be turned into that very substance!” he beamed, and hopefully they thought it was neat. HE thought it was quite neat!

“Now, as Kitty mentioned, floo flowers turn to dust in the fall but the FLOWERS themselves grow again from the seeds that come from their ashes,” Quite cool, eh? “And speaking of their ashes….the funny thing about floo flowers is that...and this is ANOTHER reason why we keep them separated from other plants--if their smolders...or any of the ash that falls from the petals were to be picked up by the wind….touching another plant, magical OR mundane, the ash would then pollinate that plant...and give it some of its own very properties. It’s very dangerous to let them do this because other plants react so unpredictably to floo flowers…” he cleared his throat and took a deep breath. “The same...well, the fire roses have a similar property! Their smoke...does the same thing as floo flower ash!” All very...interesting. “Did everyone get that? Because it’s VASTLY IMPORTANT--”


Paul checked his watch and OH MY. :O They were SO LOW ON TIME. Where has it all GONE? He glanced at the door to the greenhouse and then back at the students. “I am afraid we are running out of time before I want to get to weird stuff--however, we can start it...and I’ll announce to you all later what we’re going to do. SO if everyone will listen to closely--keep in mind everything I just told you about the floo flowers and the fire roses pollination! And….go into the Greenhouse, any of them (be CAREFUL!) and pick a plant. Any plant. Jot the name down on a piece of paper with your name and hand it to me before you head out--quickly now, go go!” he shooed at them.

BECAUSE YEAH TIME CONSTRAINTS. “I’ll tell you more later, I promise!”


OOC: OKAY GUYS I AM SO SORRY. I had a hectic week and then I went out of town (still am out of town) but I wanted to wrap up my lesson--it might seem unfinished or a QUICK ending, but that's okay. I'm gonna post an extra credit assignment shortly (this week, hopefully) that has to do with this lesson. IT WILL BE INTERESTING SO KEEP ALOOK OUT. Again, SORRY FOR MY SLOWNESS! I love you all <3

You can post however many times you want with your character going over to the greenhouses and picking a plant....go in pairs, groups, friends, IDC. I'll be keeping this open for a good bit...24-36 hours! Any questions, ask me or Paul! Muwah!