Secret Life of Plants (was: Re:Andreas home page)

Shep's CP mailbox (plants@shepnet.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 3 Aug 1995 20:09:19 +0000

> According to the review, there will also be "a meat-eating pitcher plant
> equipped with its own, two-litre casserole dish bubbling with a gruesome
> stock of wax and acid" (Nepenthes rajah wouldn't you say?)

This series aired a while back here in the UK - it is a *real*
must-see; the whole show is based around state-of-the-art timelapse
photography, which makes the behaviour of the plants covered seem
very animal-like.. perhaps some of the most memorable footage of the
whole series is that of 'time-lapsed' Nepenthes pitchers swelling up into
shape, and then the lids 'bursting' open to eerie sound-effects
reminicent of the alien movies!

Yeah.. I know this description might sound a bit tacky, but it's
amazing footage, and the sound effects fit really well!

Don't miss this series - I can't reccomend it highly enough!!

-Shep