The flower hunters: how tropical orchids fueled a craze

Forever Ago

American Public Media

Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.4 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Uh oh! Joy picked up a free plant from a Buy Nothing group that can speak sign language and perform tricks. The bad news? It’s creating a jungle inside the Forever Ago studio!

Join Joy and co-host Cora as they get to know their new “totally normal” plant friend and explore the history of another truly amazing plant: the orchid! Orchids are some of the most stunning flowering plants on the planet. Their blossoms come in almost every color of the rainbow and tons of different shapes, from little ballerinas to smiling monkey faces. And around 200 years ago, orchids caused a wild craze in England – full of danger, tough guys, and lots and lots of money. All that, plus a new First Things First that’s truly unbeLEAFable!

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0:00.0	Who's the cutest old baby in the whole world?
0:04.0	You are. Yes you are.
0:07.0	Oh, tickle tickle, tickle.
0:10.0	Hey Joy, uh, do I even want to know why you're carrying a potted plant and a baby carrier strap to your chest?
0:17.2	Oh, this? It's not just a potted plant, Cora. It's the world's cutest plant, aren't you? Look at its perfectly shaped leaves, it's beautifully
0:28.3	curving vines, it's adorable little stem. Where did it come from?
0:34.0	I got it from this by-nothing group online.
0:36.0	Someone posted it on there with the message,
0:38.0	free free, free, please take this plant immediately,
0:40.0	get it out of my house, help me.
0:42.0	Ah! Okay, that seems really weird I know who would ever give a plant like this away for
0:49.2	free is it just me or is it getting bigger?
0:53.0	Oh, it's definitely getting bigger.
0:56.0	When I got it this morning, it was the size of a hamster,
0:59.0	and now it's bigger than a toaster.
1:02.0	Oh, and check this out. It can do tricks. Let me set it down. Okay, roll over. Sit. Give me to leave.
1:03.2	Joy. Let me set it down.
1:06.0	Okay, roll over.
1:09.5	Sit.
1:11.5	Give me leaf.
1:14.0	Joy, did that person say why they wanted to get rid of this plant?
1:19.0	They just said, it ruined my life!
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