Plants – Creation Moments

Three Million Children!

1 Peter 5:6-7 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.“ There are five known groups of orchids that throw their pollen. These flowers...

Is It Orchid or Insect?

Exodus 15:11 “ Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?” There are at least four known types of orchids that effectively pretend to be female insects. They are so...

Plants that Fool Insects

1 Thessalonians 5:8 “But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” Many plants, especially orchids, offer different ploys to fool insects into pollinating the...

Bamboo’s Message to the World

Judges 13:18 “ And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?” Many plants reproduce simply by cloning. The most obvious example of cloning that comes to mind is the dandelion. Unless you get ...

The Venus Flytrap

Psalm 104:24a “O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all…” The exotic Venus flytrap is an insect-catching plant and a wonder of God’s engineering. For example, these meat-eating plants usually live in mi...

An Intelligent Fungus?

Matthew 6:11 “Give us this day our daily bread.” Late at night, in hundreds of thousands of homes around the country, people are watching a bewildering array of monster movies. In these films, shadowy and not-so-shadowy monsters attack, posses...

Listening to Plants

Genesis 2:10 “And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.” Some people have the green thumb in their family. Others may complain that they fail with plants because plants donR...

A Community in the Air

Psalm 148:7, 9-10 “Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl.” Much of the world’s surface is covered by ...

Bats Who Feed Trees

Psalm 104:27-28 “These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season. [That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.” The surface of the Earth 50 to 150 feet below the great...

Plant Self-Defense

Job 38:4 “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.” Every day, all over the Earth, plants engage in chemical warfare against insects and animals that would eat them. When this drama is desc...