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| For those of you who might have missed this fascinating story on Yahoo!
News today, thought you might enjoy a look. Carl |
Here is a link that might be useful: 30,000 Year Old Flower
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- Posted by gottagarden z5 western NY (My Page) on Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 5:51
| I saw that - a white silene. |
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| Very neat! Karen |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 9:42
| yeah ... its neat ... but when you think about it.. why should it be surprising that the seed could be kept in perfect cold storage for a long time ... didnt they find hops seeds somewhere related to the pyramids???? and that dryness is not even perfect storage .... what surprised me .. was that it was basically indistinct as compared to the current plant ... negligible evolution in 30K years .... if i recall properly ... ken |
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| I tried to find out if it was fragrant, some of the silenes are fragrant. It is white, so it will work well for those moonlight gardens! This link has the infamous ground squirrel, and NPR's coverage yesterday was pretty good. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Here is the culprit
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- Posted by christie_sw_mo Z6 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 7:12
| The article I read said they found lots of seeds in the burrows and I assume different kinds, so it'll be interesting to see if they are able to resurrect anything that is now extinct. |
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| I wonder if squirrels 30,000 years ago where as annoying as they are now? Kevin Years ago there was a story about lotus seeds found in a tomb in Egypt. They sprouted and grew when given water. |
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 14:01
| I saw the story on the news a couple nights ago- pretty amazing. -Kevin, LOL! I remember seeing a story on PBS a number of years back about a palm seed being found in an ancient toumb (don't know if it was in Egypt or elsewhere). They were able to grow it and found out it was an ancient kind of palm long since gone extinct in that region. Quite interesting. |
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| That is pretty cool. An awesome and natural "cryobank" with storage conditions that preserve a seed's viability for 30,000 years (or longer). I store my seeds in the fridge, using mostly paper packets, and with dessicants to absort any extra moisture for insurance. Thought I was doing pretty good using basil seeds for the past 4 years that were packed for 1991! (And the viability of herb seeds is supposedly "short" lived - ha.) |
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