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The Private Life of Plants: Episode 3: Flowering

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Episode 3: Flowering

BBC Two - The Private Life of Plants, Flowering

David Attenborough reveals how flowers use colours and perfumes for procreation purposes.

David Attenborough continues his incredible journey into the world of plants. He reveals how flowers use colours and perfumes for procreation purposes.

David Attenborough's incredible journey into the world of plants. Flowers are the most eye-catching feature of plants, but they are really there for only one thing - sex. In order to procreate, a male seed from one flower must be carried to the female parts of another. Flashy colours and lurid perfumes entice a host of animal couriers to collect their rewards. Yet when it comes to attracting pollinators some flowers can be very deceitful.

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