Walking plants...

crazyswede · 21 Jul 2008 at 16:50

I am sure when I was a kid at school, we saw a video of a walking plant. It was a time lapse of a smal flatish plant, which slowly lifted itself and then slowly moved to a new spot. I think it was during the night.

My memory might be completely wrong :rolleyes:

but I would be grateful for any links or information to prove that I am not mad

ScarySquirrel · 21 Jul 2008 at 16:53

Are you sure it wasn't a film?

uv · 21 Jul 2008 at 16:55

http://boonedocks.net/pa/pa.php?p:339:15

BigglesPiP · 21 Jul 2008 at 16:58

Triffids are coming!

SourChipmunk · 21 Jul 2008 at 17:04

The OP sounds familiar to me, too. Hmm...

jpmonkey69 · 21 Jul 2008 at 17:14

http://hubpages.com/hub/Walking-Banana-Plants

Dj_Jestar · 21 Jul 2008 at 17:14

The Banana plant walks.

/QI

Begbie · 21 Jul 2008 at 17:28

Walking plants, I think you have been reading too much harry potter.

helmet · 21 Jul 2008 at 17:36

I've not seen a walking plant but one passed me on the M8 in a BMW whilst giving me the bird.

PhillyDee · 21 Jul 2008 at 17:37

They must do, I keep seeing signs warning of slow moving plant.

milkinc13 · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:17

if plants could walk would make watering a lot easier, as they could find their own water

Duke · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:22

Oh Hi just getting some water.

Gilly · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:23

Look up Ents.

milkinc13 · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:27

ents were trees, are tree's plants thou or just called trees?

Gilly · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:32

milkinc13 said:
ents were trees, are tree's plants thou or just called trees?

:/

milkinc13 · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:38

from that look gilly, i feel like i've made a stupid comment

Gilly · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:39

milkinc13 said:
from that look gilly, i feel like i've made a stupid comment

Really?

milkinc13 · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:45

i just thought that tree's were different to plants

The_blue · 21 Jul 2008 at 19:45

Dj_Jestar said:
The Banana plant walks.

/QI

from a training pack i made for work said:
A banana plant takes less than 18 months to grow from a small shoot to the point where its fruit is ready for harvesting. It will produce only one “stem” of bananas per plant – once these have been cut, the stem dies back and rots back into the soil. A new shoot from the rhizome (horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground- like root ginger) will grow and the cycle continues.

Basically the pseudostem (main part of the plant, but not true wood) dies back and a new one grows next to it, always on the same side so they give the impression of moving over the years (about 6 inch a year)

Gilly · 21 Jul 2008 at 20:26

milkinc13 said:
i just thought that tree's were different to plants

Trees (no need for an apostrophe) are plants.