Originally Posted by kayquilz

“Well, Tenacius, the flames would surely NOT be good for the other plants, you’re right, but these flowers don’t need extreme heat year round to survive.” HE WANTED TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING AT ONCE BUT HE HAD TO WAIT TO SEE IF ANYONE KNEW FIRST. <snip>

No one else had anything to add? Paul smiled as he stepped up the board. “WELL I would like to look closely at the Rosa Igniferas first!” he smiled and gestured at that side of the room. The roses that were...on fire!

“Now, first thing about Rosa Igniferas is that they are not your typical hybrid plant. They are the result of a long time process of breeding fire bushes and mundane roses,” he began. “It’s taken years and years and years and YEARS but...they are they’re own breed now, of course, and they were originally bred by a man named Prometheus Rosier,” what a name, eh? He smiled. “Interestingly enough, when they were first bred, they were used to incubate and hatch orphaned dragon eggs. As far as I know, that has fallen out of practice completely.” And no longer in use. “They only flame in MIDSUMMER,” he started, “And THIS is one reason why I put them in the Greenhouse,....where they can drink up all the sun. This dome greenhouse is very good at simulating deep summer weather,” he explained. “But they live year round..can survive the bold..they just don’t flame at those times. Look at normal roses, I suppose! They burn for several hours during the days in the summer...and when the sun goes down, their flames eventually burn out.”

Was everyone getting this?

“Now, we’re going to get into simple handling of these bushes...before we move on to the Floo Flowers.” Paul was far more interesting in the grey-black cousins. He had left out ONE important detail about the fire roses, but he would CERTAINLY get to it at some point. “Handling these babies can be..difficult, since they do burn. The way herbologists have figured out how to do this is...keeping them wet.” He gave his wand a wave and sprayed a nearby bush with a well placed Aguamenti. As soon as the water hit the roses, the fire went out with a dying sizzzzzzzle noise. Paul kneeled down and touched the rose. “I can touch them and care for them all I want...see?” he smiled as he stroked the rose petals. “Now, as you can see...these roses are planted. In the ground. And I want them potted,” he stood up and stretched.

“Pots are in the back...number one rule is to KEEP THEM WET...if you see them starting to flare up, IMMEDIATELY shoot them with water. Second rule...when potting the plots, you need to scoot them up roots and all, so be careful not to harm the roots when potting them. THIRD RULE. You need to put soil in the pot, first, scoop out the bush, place the bush IN the pot, and then put more soil in.” He was going over it quickly mostly because they had learned to pot plants last term...he couldn’t remember WHICH plant he’d chosen to do it with, but yeah.

“Now, lets go!” Paul would be potting one, too. “If anyone has any questions, PLEASE ask me. Don’t forget to wear gloves, my dears!”




OOC: OKAY sorry I am so late you guys >.< I was not feeling well yesterday at all. BUT HERE WE ARE and you all have a good bit to RP potting the plants. Take however many posts you want, ask questions IC to Paul or OOC to me if you need to me <3

PS. Paul DID cast a cooling charm earlier when Blaise asked. So. It feels much better in the dome now! Thanks everyone!