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Friday, July 1, 2011

BILBERGIA LISTENS

Hello from my Bromiliad Bilbergia sp. (aka Billy) and me.....

Can Plants hear? .. ..  Of course I think the answer is yes.  They are effected by sounds like we are!

The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, published in 1973, has a similar message. The book’s cover blurb — “a fascinating account of the physical, emotional and spiritual relations between plants and man” — speaks for itself.

There is little research on this subject and what work that has been done remains controversial. That is not surprising. The concept that plants can hear, and even observe, doesn’t fit very well into the conventional mechanistic image of the world.

Read more here: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/plants/news-feeling-plants-how-sensitive-flora 

Image by Mezza - My Bilbergia Plant in bloom

2 comments:

  1. my mother always speaks with his plants !!!!!!!!!! Your blog is very interesting !!!!!!

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