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---Plants seem to know which ants will steal their nectar, closing when | ---Plants seem to know which ants will steal their nectar, closing when | ||
these ants are about, opening only when there is enough dew on their | these ants are about, opening only when there is enough dew on their | ||
- | stems to keep the ants from climbing. The more sophisticated acacia | + | stems to keep the ants from climbing. The Acacia |
actually enlists the protective services of certain ants which it rewards | actually enlists the protective services of certain ants which it rewards | ||
with nectar in return for the ants' protection against other insects and | with nectar in return for the ants' protection against other insects and | ||
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form of a prolonged upward sweep of the recording pen. Backster had | form of a prolonged upward sweep of the recording pen. Backster had | ||
not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine. | not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine. | ||
- | **Could the plant have been reading his mind**? | + | **Could the plant have been reading his mind**? |
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* [[plant perception]] | * [[plant perception]] | ||
* [[groworld HPI ii]] | * [[groworld HPI ii]] | ||
+ | * [[plant_tricks]] | ||
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- | < | + | < |
- | a variety of new products: the red color seen on television screens; | + | ---Marcel |
- | fluorescent crayons; tags for insecticides; | + | |
- | to determine, from their urine, the secret trackways of rodents in cellars, | + | |
- | sewers, and slums. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ---Vogel found that some of the philodendrons he worked with | + | |
responded faster, others more slowly, some very distinctly, others less | responded faster, others more slowly, some very distinctly, others less | ||
distinctly, and that not only plants but their **individual leaves had their | distinctly, and that not only plants but their **individual leaves had their | ||
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faces into a moist interior, virtually eliminating all the variability in | faces into a moist interior, virtually eliminating all the variability in | ||
signal output caused by pressure on leaves when clamped between ordi- | signal output caused by pressure on leaves when clamped between ordi- | ||
- | nary electrodes. This system produced | + | nary electrodes. |
- | that Was perfectly straight, without oscillations. | + | |
+ | ---1972 related notes: "As an example, while working in the laboratory with leaves of a plant attached to a galvanometer by electrodes, Bob accidentally yawned, and this was markedly recorded on the machine' | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | " If that seems rather far out, an electronics engineer not too long ago was able to build sophisticated equipment to mentally trigger a device through a plant at considerable distance. In one experiment he set a philodendron on a laboratory bench 2 1/2 miles from his home, and sent a strong emotion to the plant. When the plant **received his telepathic message**, it triggered a radio signal that turned on the ignition of a car in the laboratory parking lot, starting the motor." | ||
- | ---"How about sex?" To their surprise, the plant came to life, the pen recorder | + | ---the pen recorder |
oscillating wildly on the chart. This led to speculation that talking of sex | oscillating wildly on the chart. This led to speculation that talking of sex | ||
could stir up in the atmosphere some sort of sexual energy such as the | could stir up in the atmosphere some sort of sexual energy such as the | ||
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are next to worthless here, since ' | are next to worthless here, since ' | ||
of the known electromagnetic spectrum." | of the known electromagnetic spectrum." | ||
- | |||
- | ---1920s the Russian histologist Alexander Gurwitsch and his | ||
- | wife, proclaimed that all living cells produce an invisible radiation. | ||
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supersensory perceptions verifiable? Of the 350,000 plant species known | supersensory perceptions verifiable? Of the 350,000 plant species known | ||
to science, which were the most promising from the electronic point of | to science, which were the most promising from the electronic point of | ||
- | view**? | + | view**? |
- | + | ||
- | "There are certain qualities here," he wrote, | + | |
"which do not enter into normal experimental situations. According to | "which do not enter into normal experimental situations. According to | ||
those experimenting in this area, it is necessary to have a 'green thumb' | those experimenting in this area, it is necessary to have a 'green thumb' | ||
- | and, most important, a genuine love for plants." | + | and, most important, a genuine love for plants." |
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of its ' | of its ' | ||
the equivalent of " | the equivalent of " | ||
- | wanted water.** " | + | wanted water.** " |
- | continued, "it did not guzzle the water indiscriminately but limited | + | |
itself to a two-minute drink each hour, thus regulating its water need | itself to a two-minute drink each hour, thus regulating its water need | ||
with the help of an artificial mechanism. | with the help of an artificial mechanism. | ||
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discovered the " | discovered the " | ||
mineralized ore was placed next to it. They reported that, after condi- | mineralized ore was placed next to it. They reported that, after condi- | ||
- | tioning, the same plant, anticipating the hurtful shock, would get "emo- | + | tioning, the same plant, anticipating the hurtful shock, would get "emotionally |
- | tionally | + | |
more, said the Kazakh scientists, the plant could distinguish between | more, said the Kazakh scientists, the plant could distinguish between | ||
- | mineralized ore and a similar piece of barren rock containing no miner- | + | mineralized ore and a similar piece of barren rock containing no minerals, a feat which might indicate that plants will one day be used in |
- | als, a feat which might indicate that plants will one day be used in | + | |
**geological prospecting.** | **geological prospecting.** | ||
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volumes in 1906 and 1907. Pg 94 | volumes in 1906 and 1907. Pg 94 | ||
- | Boses invention the crescograph | + | Boses invention the Crescograph |
- | far beyond the powers of the strongest microscope, but could automati- | + | far beyond the powers of the strongest microscope, but could automatically |
- | cally record the rate of growth of plants and their changes in a period | + | |
as short as a minute. | as short as a minute. | ||
Bose showed the remarkable fact that in countless plants, **growth proceeds in rhythmic pulses.** each pulse exhibiting' | Bose showed the remarkable fact that in countless plants, **growth proceeds in rhythmic pulses.** each pulse exhibiting' | ||
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the soil. Leaves turn to light because they are " | the soil. Leaves turn to light because they are " | ||
bending against the flow of a stream " | bending against the flow of a stream " | ||
- | is known as its " | + | is known as its " |
- | + | ||
- | // | + | |
related libarynth topic: // [[plant movement]] | related libarynth topic: // [[plant movement]] | ||