"First Flower (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flower/)" will be airing on PBS in April 2007, so check your local listing. The show will be about the evolution of flowering plants and will take the viewers to a remote mountain in China. I'm hoping they show orchids :fcrossed: but I really doubt it. They did mention some kind of ancient lily which orchids are very closely related to so, who knows! I'll be looking forward to watching this show! Looks interesting!

Cool! Thanks for the tip....I'm off to look up the local time.

EDIT: Sadly they're not showing it :( They're doing the pledge drive which means replacing their regular broadcasts with schlocky concerts and such that for some odd reason they think will pull in more viewers than the usual, quality programming. Go figure.

Thanks! I will look it up!

Ron

I think they will have short portion about orchids they are the most diverse of the angiospermae and I can't imagine them leaving them out. I don;'t have PBS :(

:cool: Thnx for the heads up!

There is a picture of the plant hunter with a crypt in the preview. It is only a very short shot but looks as if it will be longer in the program.
Dawn

There is a picture of the plant hunter with a crypt in the preview. It is only a very short shot but looks as if it will be longer in the program.
Dawn

Oh cool, their site is finally up and now I'm even more interested in watching the show! Has anyone seen The Orchid Hunter PBS aired about 3 or 4 years ago? I have it recorded on my PC and watch it every now and then. They have a little segment on the kovachii discovery.

Here is a screencap from The Orchid Hunter. While hunting for a new undiscovered orchid species to be named after his grandmother, they stumbled upon an open grassy area and found many Paph wilhelminiaes growing and blooming and it was a such a sight to see! Even the orchid hunter went almost wild when they found them. Here he is showing the camera/audience a Paph wilhelminiae in flower.

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5629/oh1bv3.jpg

Awesome...I have never watched that show...thnx

Oh cool, their site is finally up and now I'm even more interested in watching the show! Has anyone seen The Orchid Hunter PBS aired about 3 or 4 years ago? I have it recorded on my PC and watch it every now and then. They have a little segment on the kovachii discovery.

I remember that show and I heard he went back and made another follow up sort of a sequel.

I remember that show and I heard he went back and made another follow up sort of a sequel.

:cool: I can't wait to see the sequel!

I remember that show and I heard he went back and made another follow up sort of a sequel.

Excellent :cool: Pete can you send me a copy of that show? Ill pay for it...:Thnx:

Excellent :cool: Pete can you send me a copy of that show? Ill pay for it...:Thnx:

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Sorry pete:embarass: I just emptied it...thnx

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Guy, please double check your mailbox. It still says it's full and I can't send you any PMs.

:OMG: All gardeners and slipper lovers should definitely watch this show. Dan Hinckley from the show was a guest on Martha today and they showed a short clip of Dan looking for rare plants and lilies in a remote place in China and as he was looking for lilies, suddenly he gets very excited and walks over to a bush and under the bush was a Cypripedium and it was GORGEOUS!!! I'm pretty sure he said it was Cyp tibeticum. Now I can hardly wait to watch this show. Check your local PBS listing! Don't miss it!!!

Thanks Pete!!! I do see it listed and set up a reminder to be emailed to me before it airs!

Thanks Pete! This looks like a great show.

Thanks Peter will check it out:cool:

John

What is the date and time????

What is the date and time????

April 17 at 8pm but check your local listing.

Excellent! It's showing here. I totally misunderstood when you first posted about this. I can't wait to see it. It's a Nova episode.

:cool: thnx!

I was sad and thinking that this wasn't going to show here...I just couldn't find it listed. I did a search on the DirecTV box and all. I'm such and airhead...it was under NOVA and will be on, here in a couple hours! I'm recording it since I have to start work soon.

I was sad and thinking that this wasn't going to show here...I just couldn't find it listed. I did a search on the DirecTV box and all. I'm such and airhead...it was under NOVA and will be on, here in a couple hours! I'm recording it since I have to start work soon.

I'm recording it on my PC and I can't wait to watch it tonight!

Did any one see the Spiranthes sinensis at the beginning? The Cyp. tibeticum was awsome!!!! Great Show :cool:

Anyone that couldn't see it where they live should order a copy. I am thinking about it myself! I also thought it was cool to see Mark W. Chase. He is my neighbor’s cousin and I know his parents.

Adam

Here in Wi-MN. They are showing it again this weekend. once at 11.pm and once at 5am on sat sunday. I hope to see it then. You can follow the link and get to your Pbs station and see when they are showing it again. Remember tough it is Nova (First Flower) when looking it up.
Dawn

I watched and was amused but completely understood his reaction to finding the Cyp near the beginning! Unfortunately we were trying to fashion dinner while it was on (yummy crab cakes!) so I missed bits here and there. Those rebroadcasts are tempting but they're on at kind of inconvenient times :D

Ahhhh...I didn't end up recording it! I set the DVR to record it from a showing listed on a channel that we don't have! The next scheduled showing, here, is April 25th!

Ahhhh...I didn't end up recording it! I set the DVR to record it from a showing listed on a channel that we don't have! The next scheduled showing, here, is April 25th!

I watched the show but I forgot to hit the record button! :rolleyes: The best part of the show was the Cyp part.

Ooooo...it showed here last night...I recorded it and watched it. I loved the show! That place in China seems like flower heaven!!!!

Ooooo...it showed here last night...I recorded it and watched it. I loved the show! That place in China seems like flower heaven!!!!

Oh shoot! I forgot all about it. I was going to record it, oh well!

Oh shoot! I forgot all about it. I was going to record it, oh well!

Shoot! I wish I knew how to record it for you! It is saved on our DVR.

Shoot! I wish I knew how to record it for you! It is saved on our DVR.

Thanks Ralph! The best part of the show was when he found Cyp tibeticum by the roadside. It was really interesting to see fossilized ancient extinct flowering plants that grew millions of years ago and how they evolved.

Thanks Ralph! The best part of the show was when he found Cyp tibeticum by the roadside. It was really interesting to see fossilized ancient extinct flowering plants that grew millions of years ago and how they evolved.

You can stop by on your way to Florida! We could watch it and have popcorn dressed with olive oil, parmesean cheese and galic salt--just so you can get even with the dentist! :eek: :thumbsup:

I think it was aliens that brought flowers and orchids to Earth...LOL! They are just so amazing, I feel they really are out of this world!

Budsbud---->:rolleyes: (looking to the Heavens for more...LOL!)

You can stop by on your way to Florida! We could watch it and have popcorn dressed with olive oil, parmesean cheese and galic salt--just so you can get even with the dentist! :eek: :thumbsup:

I think it was aliens that brought flowers and orchids to Earth...LOL! They are just so amazing, I feel they really are out of this world!

Budsbud---->:rolleyes: (looking to the Heavens for more...LOL!)

That means I would have to fly all the way across the country and that to me is more scarier than seeing the dentist. I know I'm such a chicken! :rolleyes: I wish I was an eagle, then maybe I can actually fly with my own wings! :laugh2:

LOL...I wish I were a Screaming Eagle!

I know So Cal is not on the way to Florida, is it? Just kidding, I know!

Just remember, they say that flying is safer than driving in your car!

Cyp. tibeticum! I totally missed it too! Now you don't have to feel so bad, peter! It will be on again.... and then I will watch it!

LOL...I wish I were a Screaming Eagle!

I know So Cal is not on the way to Florida, is it? Just kidding, I know!

Just remember, they say that flying is safer than driving in your car!

Ralph, you should get a Screaming Eagle :D but they are so hard to find!

Cyp. tibeticum! I totally missed it too! Now you don't have to feel so bad, peter! It will be on again.... and then I will watch it!

I watched the whole show the last time it aired but forgot to hit the record button. I still like the other two orchid shows more, The Orchid Hunter and Obsession with Orchids and thankfullly I recorded both the shows!