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  • Kingdom of Plants Life in the Wet Zone (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV Episode | Documentary

Kingdom of Plants

Life in the Wet Zone (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary
David begins his journey inside the magnificent Palm House, a unique global rainforest in London. Here, he explores the extraordinary plants that are so well adapted to wet and humid environments and unravels the intimate relationships ...See moreDavid begins his journey inside the magnificent Palm House, a unique global rainforest in London. Here, he explores the extraordinary plants that are so well adapted to wet and humid environments and unravels the intimate relationships between wet zone plants and the animals that depend on them. It was in the wet zones of the world that plants first moved on to land and in the Waterlily House David reveals how flowers first evolved some 140 million years ago. Watching a kaleidoscope of breath-taking time-lapses of these most primitive of flowers swelling and blooming in 3D, he is able to piece together the very first evolutionary steps that plants took to employ a wealth of insects to carry their precious pollen for the first time. David discovers clues to answer a question that even had Charles Darwin stumped: how did flowering plants evolve so fast to go on to colonise the entire planet so successfully? He marvels with signature enthusiasm at orchids, plants at the very pinnacle of the plant tree of life. Many of these captivating flowers evolved to be pollinated by a single insect species and in doing so developed such complicated contraptions of pollination it's hard to imagine anything more beautiful. One orchid even looks like a bee. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Martin Williams
Producer
Oliver Page
Cinematographer
Tim Cragg
Editor
Peter Miller
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Updated Nov 8, 2012
Release date
May 26, 2012 (United Kingdom)
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1 win & 2 nominations

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