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Con_Stripes · 10-09-2008, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Zellanna

"... Once you have room, please take a Cardia Mythos and plant it where you have made space. While you are doing that, someone tell me what you know about the plant just by looking at it. I'll give you a hint: the leaves are long and slender, there are no branches, just stems, and the resulting flower will be three-petaled."

Nicholai planted a Cardia Mythos in the space he and Anna had made in their planter and when he had finished he raised his hand.

"Well three petaled flowers are classified as either a monocot or a magnoliid, so we know it is one of those. I'd guess a monocot- which means that the stem contains vascular tissues in bundles around the outer part of the stem rather than in rings. Because the vascular bundles are on the outer part of the stem that is why the leaves are long and slender; growing up around the stem to protect it."

Nicholai paused as he thought about it; not being able to remember much else from his reading, but deciding to clarify a little , "The vascular tissue is what transports resources around the plant."

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Con_Stripes Mooncalf Join Date: May 2008 Location: GMT +12 or 13 Posts: 7,031 Hogwarts RPG Name: Oz Thickey Sixth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Leon Odessa	The Eye of Sauron \| Zan-y \| Snake Charmer Quote: Originally Posted by Zellanna "... Once you have room, please take a Cardia Mythos and plant it where you have made space. While you are doing that, someone tell me what you know about the plant just by looking at it. I'll give you a hint: the leaves are long and slender, there are no branches, just stems, and the resulting flower will be three-petaled." Nicholai planted a Cardia Mythos in the space he and Anna had made in their planter and when he had finished he raised his hand. "Well three petaled flowers are classified as either a monocot or a magnoliid, so we know it is one of those. I'd guess a monocot- which means that the stem contains vascular tissues in bundles around the outer part of the stem rather than in rings. Because the vascular bundles are on the outer part of the stem that is why the leaves are long and slender; growing up around the stem to protect it." Nicholai paused as he thought about it; not being able to remember much else from his reading, but deciding to clarify a little , "The vascular tissue is what transports resources around the plant."