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Sex & Lies (Part 2)
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Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species shook the scientific world and far beyond. Yet it was his next book, devoted entirely to orchids, which filled in gaps and firmed up his revolutionary ideas. ...
Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species shook the scientific world and far beyond. Yet it was his next book, devoted entirely to orchids, which filled in gaps and firmed up his revolutionary ideas. Orchids have an ethereal beauty, whether growing hundreds of feet up in a misty rainforest or along the verges of busy suburban roads. But their exotic flowers are shaped for just one purpose: to draw in pollinators.
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- PBS
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- Videos, Slides, Films
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- English
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- [Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2013]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2018
- ©2013
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (53 min., 18 sec)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- Originally released by PBS, 2013.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 01, 2018.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Mount Kinabalu (5:58); Europe (4:07); Appalachian Mountains (3:15); Pollination (3:14); Attracting Insects (3:04); Multiple Sources of Nectar (2:22); Madagascar (2:00); Orchids that Produce No Nectar (3:00); Deception and Trickery (4:40); Why Give Up Making Nectar? (4:03); Producing Thousands of Seeds (3:29); Threatened with Extinction (4:06); Commercial Orchid Nursery (2:00); Everglades (7:08); Credits: Sex and Lies (Part 2) (0:36)