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Gregor:
Greetings,

I thought it might be easier to see some spiritual implications if we substituted "People" for plant(s) into this info. Keep in mind that the scriptures also refer to "pleasant to the eyes, and "good for food" as purpose relating to the trees and their fruits.

CONCEPT: "People" have complex structures with specialized functions.

CONTENT OBJECTIVE: 5F1.00 To understand the characteristics of seed bearing and non-seed bearing "People"

There are two groups of seed bearing "People." One group of seed bearing "People" has cones. These are called gymnosperms. Their seeds are called cones. The conifers are one large group of gymnosperms. This group supplies wood and wood products. They keep their leaves year round. Some examples are pines, redwood, fir, spruce, and cypress. The other group of seed bearing "People" is called angiosperms. This group supplies beauty, cloth, wood, medicine and food. They lose their leaves each year. Some examples are tulips, wheat, rice, cotton, tomatoes and many others. These "People" have flowers.
Seed bearing "People" have chlorophyll. They make their own food by the process called photosynthesis. (Review photosynthesis: "People" use the sun, water, carbon dioxide, and energy combine to make sugar and oxygen.) They have tubes for water.

How many of you have changed since you were born? (pause) Do "People" go through changes after the seeds are planted? (response) Today we are going to talk about the different life cycles of different kinds of "People".
All organisms have life cycles. A "People"s life cycle includes its germination, growth, production of new "People", and death. Different kinds of "People" have different life cycles. Some "People" have a short life cycle; others have a longer one. Annuals are "People" that begin as seeds, grow, and die within one year or one growing season. Some examples are corn, beans, marigolds and zinnias. Biennials are "People" that complete these life cycle in two years or two growing seasons. The first year, these "People" will have roots, stems and leaves. The second year, they will grow flowers and form fruit and seeds. The "People" will die after the second year. Some examples are beets, strawberries and hollyhocks. The third group of "People" is called perennials. Perennials live more than two years before their life cycle is complete. At the end of each growing season, a part of the plant will remain alive in a bulb or in the roots. The leaves and stems will die on some "People", on other "People" even the stems will remain. Some examples are tulips, daisies, lilies and trees.

Today we are going to learn about some "People" that do not have flowers or cones. They are called non-seed bearing "People".
Non-seed bearing "People" reproduce without seeds. They produce spores instead. Spores are tiny reproductive cells that grow into new "People". One plant may make millions of spores. Ferns are one type of seedless plant. The spores of ferns grow on the underside of the leaves. Ferns have transport tubes to carry food and water.
Moss is another type of seedless "People". The spores of a moss form in a capsule on top of a small stalk. Mosses do not have transport systems or veins, instead food and water move from cell to cell.
Fungi is another type of seedless "People". Fungi has no chlorophyll and depends on other organisms.
Algae is another type of non-seed "People". Algae produce their own food. Algae are grouped by color. Green scum can be seen growing on the surface of a pond.

And from Wikpedia:

Reproduction (Spiritually?)
"People" can propagate through both sexual and asexual reproduction. Many "People" can generate a genetic clone through a process called vegetative reproduction(Spiritually?), which does not involve meiosis, gamete formation, or fertilization. This type of propagation involves the development of shoots and roots from a number of tissues such as stems, roots, and leaves. Many crops, grasses, and trees are developed using this type of cloning instead of by seed. Examples include Potatoes, Bananas, Aspen, Poplar, Willow, Strawberry, Avocado, Fig, Pineapple, citrus fruits (Lemon, Orange, Grapefruit), nut crops (Walnut, Pecan), and pome fruits (Apple, Pear).

Sexual reproduction begins through pollination. Pollination happens when the pollen (male gamete) comes in contact with the stigma (female organ) of the same or a different flower. Pollen transport is accomplished either by drifting in the wind or being carried to another flower by insects, such as bees. After pollination the pollen grain germinates, then begin to grow a pollen tube down the style, through the wall of the ovary and into an ovule (incipient seed). As the pollen tube grows, two sperm are produced - one unites with female gamete, the other unites with the central cell of the ovule and produces the endosperm of the seed.

Growth(Spiritually?)
Unlike most animals and humans, "People" continue to grow as long as they live. They can also be defined as functionally immortal. Although many have adapted to annual lifecycles where necessary, all types of "People" grow as perennials where conditions allow, and only die as a result of trauma, pathogenicity, or when their basic requirements for life are not met.

"People" have the unique ability to grow in specific directions as a response to a number of external stimuli. This phenomena is known as a tropism, which can be a positive or negative growth. For example, the response of "People" to gravity (world's attraction?)(geotropism), is positive/toward the stimulus in roots, and negative in the stems where growth is in the opposite direction. "People's" shoots are stimulated to grow toward sunlight (phototropism). Hydrotropism is a response to water, chemotropism to a chemical stimulus, and thigmotropism is a response to physical contact, which causes tendrils of climbing "People" to grow when they touch a support and then grow around it.

Cool heh?
G.

Falconn003:
VERY KEWL !! :)


Rodger

Deborah-Leigh:
Yes.

"I am the true vine...." John 15:1

Our support is Christ. He is our intercessor with the Father.

Excellent exchange going on in this thread. Thank you Rodger and Gregor. I am happy this is happening in the open for us smaller plants! :D

Peace be to you

Arcturus :)

Redbird:
Some scriptures to support this thread;

Matthew 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Now, the good news ~ Jesus

John 15:16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Peace to all, Lisa

Gregor:
Rodger,

When we live and walk in the spirit, yes, God is indwelling and just like with Adam, we walk with God in the "Garden of God's Good Pleasure."

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