A great post on flowering that complements the one I wrote this week. It is true, plant scientists don’t know exactly how cold is perceived by plants with respect to flowering. They just know it ends up silencing FLC.
Next up in the Frozen series… we’re talking about flowering for the first time in ‘forever’ (really, just after winter). Here’s the Disney version for your reference.
FRIGIDA’s gone, so’s FLC
Winter is over? Can it be?
We need to transcribe a thousand different genes
For months we’ve waited in dormancy
Halted all pluripotency
Finally, it’s time to make some scenes!
There’ll be actual real live flowers
It’ll be totally great
I’m so ready for this activated state!
‘Cause for the first time in forever
There’ll be flow’ring, there’ll be growth
For the first time in forever
Translating AP1 and LFY both!
It must be the gibberellic acid
There’s active meristematic zones
‘Cause for the first time in forever
FLC is gone
I can’t wait to bloom, everyone!
What if I meet… the one?
This Spring imagine me petals and all,
Fetchingly vining up the wall
My flowers a…
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The Quiet Branches 