What is the logic behind the survival success of..?

[clapstyx]

Hi everyone,

I am part of a scriptwiting team making a movie to raise money to preserve the worlds oldest rainforest. Some of the things we hope to save are the worlds first flowering plant, first songbird and first fruit tree.

One of the scene we are developing revolves around a dinner party held in the forest and we are looking for dialogue inspiration.

As a starter we are wondering if anybody out there has any theories on how the first flower might have aided the chances of survival of the first flowering tree. ie what was it that made the flower as "an invention" (created or evolved) a success.

Thanks for your help on this one.

Darren

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by clapstyx

As a starter we are wondering if anybody out there has any theories on how the first flower might have aided the chances of survival of the first flowering tree. ie what was it that made the flower as "an invention" (created or evolved) a success.

Thanks for your help on this one.

Darren

___First Flower Scenario: First Tree, before First Flower, reproduced by sprouts. This constrained First Tree to a crowded ground so First Tree grew up; however, this did not relieve the crowding. One day, Highest Leaf Bud on First Tree felt the full blow of a First Sun erruption, which cooked Highest Bud so that when it opened it looked not at all like the other Buds. Highest Bud became First Flower & plucked the moment & itself, declared itself First Seed, & flew off in the wind to found First Forest.

[Eclogite]

A: Plants have been on the land for hundreds of millions of years. Right?
B: True, but it was only around 135 million years ago that flowering plants emerged. They offered a much more efficient way of reproducing.
A: 135 million. Dinosaurs and such. So, do we know what the first plant looked like?
B: We think they were pretty much like magnolias or water lilies. They lack several of the more sophisticated components found on modern flowers.
C: Turns out that isn’t quite true. Well, actually it’s wrong. We now think the closest to that first flower is something called Amborella, a small, cream coloured flower found only on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia. The ancestral flower was probably pollinated by prehistoric beetles.

Based upon the following: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/DeepGreen...ngtonPost.html

New Caledonia isn’t exactly the Amazon. I hope that doesn’t screw things up.

[clapstyx]

No it doesnt screw things up..but thanks for trying! lol

The first flower by the way relied on perfume as its primary attractant component.