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mellamaet · 01-07-2012, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Hera

"Mmm yes, you're sort of on the right track. Some plants do thrive on sunlight and seek it out, much like this ivy, but then there are plants that do not like the sunlight." The idea was there... she just needed to organise her thoughts.
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Taking a moment to let herself breathe... Seren wondered if she should go back to basics. Swatting away some of the creeping ivy that was attempting to entangle itself in her hair, she took a small step forward to place some distance between them.

"So I have mentioned previously, this is not a devils snare... it is merely creeping ivy.... now many of you were on the right track as to why the greenhouse has little light. Firstly, because our creeping ivy friend here is very fond of light an so it makes itself available to it by climbing the glass walls. Now the thing you should be considering is what use do we have for a greenhouse with little light. Seeing as most plants require sunlight to grow..."

Seren paused briefly to let this information sink in. Hopefully the students had their listening hats on now.
"Many of you were able to tell me that some plants are sensitive to light and therefore prefer dark and often damp conditions, and this is correct. But aside from that, darkness also impacts some plants and trees by influencing their behaviour, calming them down so to speak."

"Today I want us to have a look at a couple of different plants... not the ivy." She gave them all a look. The ivy played its role in here... keeping things dark, but now it was time to check out the main attraction for the day.

"Now if you'll all follow me please, keep close, and try not to walk into each other... and don't touch anything unless I say so." It was dark after all, and they were going deeper into the greenhouse.

The darkness began to intensify as they made their way deeper, but then soon began to glow a warm redish-orange.
After walking some way down a path, with pots and flowerbeds of plants skirting the area with the occasional rustling of leaves, Seren came to a halt. The strange glow seemed to be coming from a small, old, leafless looking tree. At the base of the tree a few low flames can be seen flickering to indicate a burning.

"Can anybody identify this particular plant?" she asked. "Simply name it, I don't need to know its entire history."

OOC: Lesson will resume in approximately 12 hours.

Plants that liked the dark, and plants that liked the light..Well, that certainly narrowed it down, right? Not! She looked around the room, eyeing the few vines warily as she did so, trying to listen to her classmates answers, some of them had as much as she did in guess about the vine thing...

She then turned her attention back to Professor Bentley just as she was summarizing everyone else's answers. Then she announced that they were going deeper into the greenhouse, which well, scared the life out of her truth be told.

Going deeper into the dark abyss filled with magic ivy that could grab you by the ankles and drag you off to Merlin knows where -- No thank you!

But, before she could protest, the resto f the class had already moved forward until all they could see was a sort of redish glow that seemed to grow brighter with each step that they take, until they came to a stop in front of a sickly looking tree which was burning? Weird.

"Could it be a fire seed bush, Professor?" She guessed as she glanced back at the plant before turning back to Professor Bentley once more. It would make sense you know...since it looked liked it was burning...but it could also be dittany, but everyone else had already beat her to it. Meh.

01-07-2012, 05:27 AM	#183 (permalink)
mellamaet DoM Jobberknoll Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Dreamland (GMT+8) Posts: 4,039 Hogwarts RPG Name: Serena Anastasia Anders Fifth Year x2	\|\| Laura's walking popcorn \|\| Lermaniac \|\| Tazzie's Sugar \|\| Mrs. Henderson Quote: Originally Posted by Hera "Mmm yes, you're sort of on the right track. Some plants do thrive on sunlight and seek it out, much like this ivy, but then there are plants that do not like the sunlight." The idea was there... she just needed to organise her thoughts. ------------------- Taking a moment to let herself breathe... Seren wondered if she should go back to basics. Swatting away some of the creeping ivy that was attempting to entangle itself in her hair, she took a small step forward to place some distance between them. "So I have mentioned previously, this is not a devils snare... it is merely creeping ivy.... now many of you were on the right track as to why the greenhouse has little light. Firstly, because our creeping ivy friend here is very fond of light an so it makes itself available to it by climbing the glass walls. Now the thing you should be considering is what use do we have for a greenhouse with little light. Seeing as most plants require sunlight to grow..." Seren paused briefly to let this information sink in. Hopefully the students had their listening hats on now. "Many of you were able to tell me that some plants are sensitive to light and therefore prefer dark and often damp conditions, and this is correct. But aside from that, darkness also impacts some plants and trees by influencing their behaviour, calming them down so to speak." "Today I want us to have a look at a couple of different plants... not the ivy." She gave them all a look. The ivy played its role in here... keeping things dark, but now it was time to check out the main attraction for the day. "Now if you'll all follow me please, keep close, and try not to walk into each other... and don't touch anything unless I say so." It was dark after all, and they were going deeper into the greenhouse. The darkness began to intensify as they made their way deeper, but then soon began to glow a warm redish-orange. After walking some way down a path, with pots and flowerbeds of plants skirting the area with the occasional rustling of leaves, Seren came to a halt. The strange glow seemed to be coming from a small, old, leafless looking tree. At the base of the tree a few low flames can be seen flickering to indicate a burning. "Can anybody identify this particular plant?" she asked. "Simply name it, I don't need to know its entire history." OOC: Lesson will resume in approximately 12 hours. Plants that liked the dark, and plants that liked the light..Well, that certainly narrowed it down, right? Not! She looked around the room, eyeing the few vines warily as she did so, trying to listen to her classmates answers, some of them had as much as she did in guess about the vine thing... She then turned her attention back to Professor Bentley just as she was summarizing everyone else's answers. Then she announced that they were going deeper into the greenhouse, which well, scared the life out of her truth be told. Going deeper into the dark abyss filled with magic ivy that could grab you by the ankles and drag you off to Merlin knows where -- No thank you! But, before she could protest, the resto f the class had already moved forward until all they could see was a sort of redish glow that seemed to grow brighter with each step that they take, until they came to a stop in front of a sickly looking tree which was burning? Weird. "Could it be a fire seed bush, Professor?" She guessed as she glanced back at the plant before turning back to Professor Bentley once more. It would make sense you know...since it looked liked it was burning...but it could also be dittany, but everyone else had already beat her to it. Meh. __________________