The Private Life of Plants - Season 1 - Eps 3: Flowering
Flowers are the most eye-catching feature of plants, but they are there for only one thing - sex. In order to procreate, a male seed from one flower must be carried to the female parts of another. Flashy colours and lurid perfumes entice a host of animal couriers to collect their rewards.
About The Private Life of Plants
Title: The Private Life of Plants
First Air Date: 1995-01-05
Last Air Date: 1995-02-09
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.9/10 (from 8 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 6
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
Without plants, there would be no food, no animals of any sort, no life on earth at all. Yet for most of the time their lives remain a secret to us, hidden, private events.The reason is merely a difference of time. Plants live on a different time-scale from ours. Though not obviously to the naked eye, they are constantly on the move: developing, fighting, avoiding or exploiting predators or neighbours, struggling to find food, to increase their territories, to reproduce themselves, to find and hold a place in the sun. We only need to learn to look.
Cast
David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
