Help??? if u can.?

I’m trying to encourage my phal. orchid to flower by changing the enviroment temp., since my apartment is always warm, being that it’s winter, i place the plant in front of the window (open) for about 3hrs to give it a little chill. the plant gets about 8-9 hrs of light from the grow lamp. Its very healthy, has grown about 3 new leaves and plenty of roots….its jus that it hasnt produced any flowers. the fertalizer i use has a higher phosphate level, which encourages flower growth, so i heard. ne way, is it a good idea to put it infront of this open window, for a little chill?

Tillandsia Bulbosa 10 POINTS……..Step by step instructions on what to do with my Tillandsia Bulbosa?

I have a Tillandsia Bulbosa that Is not blooming at all and it is brown and dried at the bases of the vines pretty much the first 1” from the base of the roots are brown and dried on the tips as well.There are some roots that are all brown and there are some roots that have brown in the middle Im not sure to clip them or not. All of the bulbs are brown,dry peeling. The top where im assuming the flower comes out is brown and looks dead. It mostly lookis like it is dried out .so what I did was place it on some bark on one of those waterfalls that plug in and you put rocks around them for relaxion and the sounds and such…Well I thought it would look cool if the plant grew off of the top of it So I put some tiny pieces of orchid bark on the top and then put the tillandsia bulbosa on top of the bark so it is all wobbley and I know that is not good. There is water constantly hitting the vines but not too much just at the tips
It looks like the vines are getting a little healther but there is still browning through the base of the vine and the bulb is still dried out also has some small root looking things stcking out that are very thin and brown and dry as well It gets morning sunlight. I live in South Florida how do I get them to grow? I have seen them huge
What I need to know is how should I place it?
Should I clip off the roots that are only brown at the base but are green throughout.
What is the best way to for it to grow big off this waterfall?
There is 1 large rock that I can place it on but that rock is constantly wet is that ok? What can I mount it on and what do I use to mount it?
When I first got it I placed it in a tree and that is when it turned brown and dried. So what should I clip off and how do I help get this bulb there are actually 3 of them all in the plant 1 larger then the other 2.
And I also heard that you have to mount it a certain way facing up or down but how do you know which way is what?
Thank you so much and if you can put the answer in steps it would be very helpful im blonde lol Here is a link of what it looks like when it was healther Now the bulbs are dark brown and I just want the beauty of this thing to get big and beautiful!
Can I mount it on a rock that gets some minor constant water and what would I use to mount it so it gets large?

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=32619669&albumID=2962811&imageID=65299374

who can paraphrase this poem line by line?!! HELP no joke?

Everglades Ballad
I. The Vision
The Grass, the glass-edged blades, the countless knives,
the stuff of sand and crystal in its cells,
drinking solar light and singing back
the diamond glint, to water at its roots.
The Grass, one single creature, in a dream
alone with water, sunlight and the sky.
Immortal, never older than a year,
the blades will die, the seeds grow fat and fall,
and the unnumbered leaves conspire to hide
the River’s power, running to the Bay.
Pa-hay-okee: grassy river, wide
as Amazon, and shallow as a pond.
In its universe, the galaxies
of cypress, hardwood hammock, mangrove, pines,
live their separate realities.

click

The cypress spread their dripping, skirted roots,
still as granite angels on a tomb,
still as the gator, watching, onyx eyed.
Over dangerous pools, the ghostly moss
murmurs to the turtles, looking up
from logs, with reaching necks, as if in prayer.
Steps away the land is inches raised,
and possessed again by grass and sky
The hardwood hammock islands in the Grass
float like mythic, misted Avalon.
The orchid’s unexpected color lights
the darker shadows of the moss and fern
where the unconquered tribes made their last stand,
rooted, like the great mahoganies.
At the water’s edge, the Grass gives way
where the River’s mouth is licking salt
in the tangle of the mangrove roots.
(Only birds have seen the knotted heart
where no beast that walks on legs can go.

click

The slash pine stands on naked bones of stone,
a forest without shade, all lines and light.
In the breaking day, the spider webs
that run from trunk to trunk above the fans
of jagged green palmetto leaves, are lit
like burning letters written in the books
of elves, spelling mystic messages.
On the water in the grass, the sky reflects,
and nothing else but clouds can comprehend
the even reaching miles, the whispered voice
of insects, and the sawgrass and the air
repeating stories to the towered clouds
that breathe the water in, and pile it up
in miles-high thunderheads, and then exhale
in summer’s furious and drowning rain.
The breath and heartbeat of the ‘glades is rain.
There are no springs, no rivers underground.
This land is the planet’s newest born,
still dripping from the womb of Mother Earth.
Our ancestors were sitting at their fires,
chewing on their bones and singing songs,
when it found the shape it wears today.
Nourished from the sky by sun and rain,
It doesn’t have the fat of wells or soil.
Tender as an infant, it is frail
yess right now you don’t have anything important to do you are just browsing the web after all

biology questions, about plants. Answers please =) thank you!?

if you know just one, it would help. you dont have to answer all of them. but it really would be helpful. the first few are true and false then a few multiple choice. and thank you so much, even if you just give me one answer =)

true or false:
1.) certain orchid species have evolved so that they look like female insects.
2.) The production of spores by plants evolved earlier than the production of seeds.
3.) The protective layer of cells that covers the apical meristem in young roots is called the vascular cylinder.
4.) Plants with colorful flowers are most commonly pollinated by wind.
5.) Pollen tubes grow through the style toward the ovule.
6.) Cytokinins promote growth through increased cell division.
7.) A long-day plant flowers when exposed to day lengths that are shorter than the plants critical length.

Multiple choice:
1.) plants covert water and carbon dioxide into glucose and:
a. carbon monoxide
b. nitrogen
c. oxygen
d. potassium

2.) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria often form symbiotic relationships with:
a. grains
b. legumes
c. root crops
d. fruits

3.) All land plants are divided into two groups according to whether or not they have:
a. starch
b. gametangia
c. cellulose
d. vascular tissue

Answer my plant questions please?

I’ve included a link to photobucket with pictures of some of my plants. If you have any info to improve them then I would appreciate it. My peace lily is browning around some of the leaves. My orchid that i’ve had since october doesn’t look like it has grown any. One of the leaves is yellow on the very tip. My spider plant I think is doing okay. I’ve had it for a few weeks now and it may not have rooted yet. The other photos are of chestnut oak acorns I planted. Some seem to have rooted and others not, but the one in the picture has some kind of mold or fungus I want to get rid of. It’s grey and looks like a bunch of tiny mishapen balls all stacked up. It looks like it could be moss or lichen, but I have no idea. None of the others are afflicted and I want to keep it that way. Any info will help. Thank you.

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee196/M_Hatter/Plants/

I’d like to thank everyone for trying to help. I’ll answer some of the questions you asked that I wasn’t specific about. I just moved, and while the water is chlorinated, I’ve only watered them twice and it been with filtered water. They were on well water at home. I try to research my plants when I get them. The spider plant is in the smallest pot I had and doesn’t seem to be doing bad, just not excellent. The peace lily is actually in a bigger pot than it might like. They like to be root bound somewhat. I allow the orchid to dry out and the lily somewhat between watering. I know they both burn so they are in the brightest indirect light possible. The acorns are from my uncles mountain place where it is already cold. Upon research I found they shoot tap roots in the cold which all of them have and then branch out when it warms, which they’ve started while inside. The fungus doesn’t look so much like mushrooms as lichen. Thank girls.
I’d like to thank everyone for trying to help. I’ll answer some of the questions you asked that I wasn’t specific about. I just moved, and while the water is chlorinated, I’ve only watered them twice and it been with filtered water. They were on well water at home. I try to research my plants when I get them. The spider plant is in the smallest pot I had and doesn’t seem to be doing bad, just not excellent. The peace lily is actually in a bigger pot than it might like. They like to be root bound somewhat. I allow the orchid to dry out and the lily somewhat between watering. I know they both burn so they are in the brightest indirect light possible. The acorns are from my uncles mountain place where it is already cold. Upon research I found they shoot tap roots in the cold which all of them have and then branch out when it warms, which they’ve started while inside. The fungus doesn’t look so much like mushrooms as lichen. Thanks.

Help??? if u can.?

I’m trying to encourage my phal. orchid to flower by changing the enviroment temp., since my apartment is always warm, being that it’s winter, i place the plant in front of the window (open) for about 3hrs to give it a little chill. the plant gets about 8-9 hrs of light from the grow lamp. Its very healthy, has grown about 3 new leaves and plenty of roots….its jus that it hasnt produced any flowers. the fertalizer i use has a higher phosphate level, which encourages flower growth, so i heard. ne way, is it a good idea to put it infront of this open window, for a little chill?

Tillandsia Bulbosa 10 POINTS……..Step by step instructions on what to do with my Tillandsia Bulbosa?

I have a Tillandsia Bulbosa that Is not blooming at all and it is brown and dried at the bases of the vines pretty much the first 1” from the base of the roots are brown and dried on the tips as well.There are some roots that are all brown and there are some roots that have brown in the middle Im not sure to clip them or not. All of the bulbs are brown,dry peeling. The top where im assuming the flower comes out is brown and looks dead. It mostly lookis like it is dried out .so what I did was place it on some bark on one of those waterfalls that plug in and you put rocks around them for relaxion and the sounds and such…Well I thought it would look cool if the plant grew off of the top of it So I put some tiny pieces of orchid bark on the top and then put the tillandsia bulbosa on top of the bark so it is all wobbley and I know that is not good. There is water constantly hitting the vines but not too much just at the tips
It looks like the vines are getting a little healther but there is still browning through the base of the vine and the bulb is still dried out also has some small root looking things stcking out that are very thin and brown and dry as well It gets morning sunlight. I live in South Florida how do I get them to grow? I have seen them huge
What I need to know is how should I place it?
Should I clip off the roots that are only brown at the base but are green throughout.
What is the best way to for it to grow big off this waterfall?
There is 1 large rock that I can place it on but that rock is constantly wet is that ok? What can I mount it on and what do I use to mount it?
When I first got it I placed it in a tree and that is when it turned brown and dried. So what should I clip off and how do I help get this bulb there are actually 3 of them all in the plant 1 larger then the other 2.
And I also heard that you have to mount it a certain way facing up or down but how do you know which way is what?
Thank you so much and if you can put the answer in steps it would be very helpful im blonde lol Here is a link of what it looks like when it was healther Now the bulbs are dark brown and I just want the beauty of this thing to get big and beautiful!
Can I mount it on a rock that gets some minor constant water and what would I use to mount it so it gets large?

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=32619669&albumID=2962811&imageID=65299374

who can paraphrase this poem line by line?!! HELP no joke?

Everglades Ballad
I. The Vision
The Grass, the glass-edged blades, the countless knives,
the stuff of sand and crystal in its cells,
drinking solar light and singing back
the diamond glint, to water at its roots.
The Grass, one single creature, in a dream
alone with water, sunlight and the sky.
Immortal, never older than a year,
the blades will die, the seeds grow fat and fall,
and the unnumbered leaves conspire to hide
the River’s power, running to the Bay.
Pa-hay-okee: grassy river, wide
as Amazon, and shallow as a pond.
In its universe, the galaxies
of cypress, hardwood hammock, mangrove, pines,
live their separate realities.

click

The cypress spread their dripping, skirted roots,
still as granite angels on a tomb,
still as the gator, watching, onyx eyed.
Over dangerous pools, the ghostly moss
murmurs to the turtles, looking up
from logs, with reaching necks, as if in prayer.
Steps away the land is inches raised,
and possessed again by grass and sky
The hardwood hammock islands in the Grass
float like mythic, misted Avalon.
The orchid’s unexpected color lights
the darker shadows of the moss and fern
where the unconquered tribes made their last stand,
rooted, like the great mahoganies.
At the water’s edge, the Grass gives way
where the River’s mouth is licking salt
in the tangle of the mangrove roots.
(Only birds have seen the knotted heart
where no beast that walks on legs can go.

click

The slash pine stands on naked bones of stone,
a forest without shade, all lines and light.
In the breaking day, the spider webs
that run from trunk to trunk above the fans
of jagged green palmetto leaves, are lit
like burning letters written in the books
of elves, spelling mystic messages.
On the water in the grass, the sky reflects,
and nothing else but clouds can comprehend
the even reaching miles, the whispered voice
of insects, and the sawgrass and the air
repeating stories to the towered clouds
that breathe the water in, and pile it up
in miles-high thunderheads, and then exhale
in summer’s furious and drowning rain.
The breath and heartbeat of the ‘glades is rain.
There are no springs, no rivers underground.
This land is the planet’s newest born,
still dripping from the womb of Mother Earth.
Our ancestors were sitting at their fires,
chewing on their bones and singing songs,
when it found the shape it wears today.
Nourished from the sky by sun and rain,
It doesn’t have the fat of wells or soil.
Tender as an infant, it is frail
yess right now you don’t have anything important to do you are just browsing the web after all

biology questions, about plants. Answers please =) thank you!?

if you know just one, it would help. you dont have to answer all of them. but it really would be helpful. the first few are true and false then a few multiple choice. and thank you so much, even if you just give me one answer =)

true or false:
1.) certain orchid species have evolved so that they look like female insects.
2.) The production of spores by plants evolved earlier than the production of seeds.
3.) The protective layer of cells that covers the apical meristem in young roots is called the vascular cylinder.
4.) Plants with colorful flowers are most commonly pollinated by wind.
5.) Pollen tubes grow through the style toward the ovule.
6.) Cytokinins promote growth through increased cell division.
7.) A long-day plant flowers when exposed to day lengths that are shorter than the plants critical length.

Multiple choice:
1.) plants covert water and carbon dioxide into glucose and:
a. carbon monoxide
b. nitrogen
c. oxygen
d. potassium

2.) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria often form symbiotic relationships with:
a. grains
b. legumes
c. root crops
d. fruits

3.) All land plants are divided into two groups according to whether or not they have:
a. starch
b. gametangia
c. cellulose
d. vascular tissue

Answer my plant questions please?

I’ve included a link to photobucket with pictures of some of my plants. If you have any info to improve them then I would appreciate it. My peace lily is browning around some of the leaves. My orchid that i’ve had since october doesn’t look like it has grown any. One of the leaves is yellow on the very tip. My spider plant I think is doing okay. I’ve had it for a few weeks now and it may not have rooted yet. The other photos are of chestnut oak acorns I planted. Some seem to have rooted and others not, but the one in the picture has some kind of mold or fungus I want to get rid of. It’s grey and looks like a bunch of tiny mishapen balls all stacked up. It looks like it could be moss or lichen, but I have no idea. None of the others are afflicted and I want to keep it that way. Any info will help. Thank you.

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee196/M_Hatter/Plants/

I’d like to thank everyone for trying to help. I’ll answer some of the questions you asked that I wasn’t specific about. I just moved, and while the water is chlorinated, I’ve only watered them twice and it been with filtered water. They were on well water at home. I try to research my plants when I get them. The spider plant is in the smallest pot I had and doesn’t seem to be doing bad, just not excellent. The peace lily is actually in a bigger pot than it might like. They like to be root bound somewhat. I allow the orchid to dry out and the lily somewhat between watering. I know they both burn so they are in the brightest indirect light possible. The acorns are from my uncles mountain place where it is already cold. Upon research I found they shoot tap roots in the cold which all of them have and then branch out when it warms, which they’ve started while inside. The fungus doesn’t look so much like mushrooms as lichen. Thank girls.
I’d like to thank everyone for trying to help. I’ll answer some of the questions you asked that I wasn’t specific about. I just moved, and while the water is chlorinated, I’ve only watered them twice and it been with filtered water. They were on well water at home. I try to research my plants when I get them. The spider plant is in the smallest pot I had and doesn’t seem to be doing bad, just not excellent. The peace lily is actually in a bigger pot than it might like. They like to be root bound somewhat. I allow the orchid to dry out and the lily somewhat between watering. I know they both burn so they are in the brightest indirect light possible. The acorns are from my uncles mountain place where it is already cold. Upon research I found they shoot tap roots in the cold which all of them have and then branch out when it warms, which they’ve started while inside. The fungus doesn’t look so much like mushrooms as lichen. Thanks.