Helen,

Recently I saw a programme about whether or not plants have feelings -
some
said "of course they don't" and there were others who said they were sure
they did. What do you think?

I only discovered this thread today, so I'm a bit late in answering....

O.K. My Anthurium didn't bloom since last autumn. On Monday I bought an
Alocasia sanderiana and showed it to my Anthurium saying: "Look, how
beautiful this plant is! But you, you only produce green leaves over and
over, but no flower. What is wrong with you?"
Believe it or not: a small inflorescence is showing up since Wednesday!

A friend of mine told me that she had a plant which didn't want to bloom,
neither. She shouted at the plant: "If you don't start blooming till the end
of the week, I will throw you away!". Guess what happened? No, she didn't
have to throw it away!

You may say: this was just by chance. But I happened to see things like
these often enough to assume that they are signs of feelings. Fear or
perhaps even jealousy are motives I see in these reactions.

Gaby

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Mrs. Gaby Chaudry
http://www.gaby.de/bilder/