Flower Power Midterm

Why did the scent of flowers sold at stores become less powerful after flower breeding got more popular?

Other things are selected for, like size or durability that makes the flower have a more dull scent

What kind of flowers did the Giribaldi family grow?

Violets

A violet can live at most for...

4 days

How much does a grower earn in return for a flower that a customer has purchased?

one-tenth

How did Leslie Woodriff fertilize his lilies?

He used black bottles and camel hair brushes

What chemical is responsible for flower wilting?

ethylene

Many flowers shut down __________ production after they've been pollinated.

scent

what type of chemical do some growers use to treat flowers?

What type of flowers are called turkscap, because the petals curl back and almost touch behind the flower?

Lilies

What gas do plants release that some fruits produce to speed up the ripening process?

ethelyne

Who bred the Star Gazer lily?

Leslie Woodruff

According to Flower Confidential, white roses typically symbolize ___________

Happiness and Love

Leslie Woodriff, creator of the 'Star Gazer' Lily ___________

Was never interested in selling the flower to make a profit

Easter lilies are very profitable holiday for vendors in floriculture. One of the interesting features for flower is its ability to lure pollinators, what is this structure?

anthers

According to Chapter 2 in Flower Confidential, what is true about flower scent?

Flowers produce scent when they are ready to be pollinated.

The lily was slow to gain acceptance among _______

American florists

Why are lilies easy to breed?

They're anatomically simple

When you cut a flower, what is the smell it secretes, as defined by florists?

The scent of a wounded plant

What is the Plant Patent Act of 1930?

Act that helped plant breeders be financial rewarded for their invention.

In the first chapter, it revolves around the development of what flower?

Stargazer lily

Why did Woodriff choose to call his lily a "star gazer"?

The flower faces upwards towards the sky instead of hanging downwards

What's the first thing a person does when you hand them flowers?

Smell them

Which types of lilies did Leslie Woodruff use to create the famous Stargazer Lily?

The exact combination of lilies is unknown due to his randomized pollination methods

Who patented the "Stargazer" lilly?

Kirsch

Which flower was considered "a finished product right off the bat"?

Stargazer

Ethylene is a colorless gas that causes flowers and fruits to age/ die quicker. Which fruit is stated by the book to release a large amount of ethylene?

Apple

Which of the following flowers is the most popular cut flower, ranking just behind roses, carnations, and chrysanthemums a century ago?

violets (page 60)

Ethylene gas will

cause flowers to wilt

What are most popular species in the cut flower industry?

Trumpet lilies

Asiatic hybrids

Oriental hybrids

Who's work proved that plants adapt themselves to their pollinators?

Darwin

How did breeders ensure they would receive money from their flowers when they collaborated with a manufacturer?

Creating a patent for the flower

Where did Kirsch get inspiration for the name "Star Gazer"?

The flower was looking straight up at the sky.

What makes up the pistil?

Stigma, Style, Ovary

Where does the book start (location on page one)?

San Francisco

What part of a flower will have cells with more chloroplasts?

leaves and stems

What profession does Leslie Woodriff hold?

horticultural legend

Each stamen of a lily contains___________

filament and anther

What color of roses has yet to be bred?

Blue

How many stamens are arranged in a hexagon shape around the center of a lily?

Six

Who is the grower that farms flowers in outdoor fields?

Don Garibaldi

Who is the author of "Flower Confidential?"

Amy Stewart

Two of the most popular cut flowers are?

Carnations and Chrysanthemums

Don Garibaldi produces his violets within numerous Halfmoon Bay greenhouses? True or False

False

how do flowers attract pollinators?

Bull's-eye pattern

Scent

Beelines

Florigene was able to produce a new rose that was advertised as blue. It is called

Lavande

Why oriental lilies are not often used in the cut flower trade?

They are downward-facing flowers which have a tendency to snap off the stem

What is responsible for scent in most flowers?

essential oils

What is the process that Leslie Woodriff did to pollinate?

brush pollen from the stamen of one flower onto the stigma of another

What type of flower is Amy Stewart searching?

Blue Rose

what is a perfect flower?

has both stamens and carpels

what is an imperfect flower?

either lacks stamens or lacks carpels

How are certain flowers determined to be grown?

Based off the mass production and which one society tends to buy the most

Why was there so much controversy with creating a blue rose?

it cant exist in nature

no amount of crossbreeding can change it's delphinindin levels

it would corrupt the public's taste

people wouldn't know how to react to the meaning of a bouquet of blue roses

Ted Kirsch and the Woodriff famaily had many conflicts. Choose the one that is not true.

When the Woodriff family flooded the lillies for production and harvest, killing them.

At Woodriff's greenhouse, Woodriff would use what part of the little black bottles and for what?

outside, to gather pollen and fertilize another lily

Which of the following has to do with the use of a bulb in its production field?

Easter Lilies

Henry F. Bosenburg was the first breeder to patent what type of flower?

Climbing rose

What allowed the west flower farmers to transport their flowers around the country?

trains

The California Alien Land Law of 1913 prohibited Asian immigrants to own land therefore Chinese and Japanese growers decided to partner with what Italian growers association?

San Francisco Flower Growers Association

What is a pedicle?

Several dozen flowers conneted to the main stem.

What company developed developed the "blue" rose?

Florigene

How many species of lilies are there?

90

Which lily is referred to as Sun Valley's signature?

Stargazer

Who is the largest producer of cut flowers in the United States?

Sun valley

Who was the first owner of the Sun Valley Floral Farms?

Ted Kirsch

What state has attracted more flower growers than any other?

California

What is a feature of a calla lily?

spathe

What did botanist believe pollen was equivalent to?

sperm

All lillies have how many petals?

6

Which immigrant group was not involved in the development of the California floral industry?

Russians

Which of the following that the author used to describe Leslie Woodriff?

He was a horticultrural legend.

He always smile and surrounded by his lilies.

Which structure holds flower together

Receptacle

What characteristic are violets most known for?

Plesant scent

Which is a female structure of a lilly that is sweet and sticky?

stigma

What flower that Charles Darwin used to prove that plants may adapt themselves to their pollinators?

orchids

Roses lack delphinidin, the pigment that produces which petal color?

blue

ohn Mason's research is geared toward creating the first blue version of which flower?

Rose

Which category of lilies are the largest, most flamboyant and fragant?

Oriental Lilies

What is the most common pigment in chromoplasts?

Carotenoids

If you mashed up purple carnations in a test tube and slightly increased the pH of the solution, the flowers will turn

blue

When did botanists speculate that pollen was equivalent to sperm?

1600s

Today, most hybridizers work where?

In a laboratory

Who was Lane?

The head of sun valley flower company, a danish man

What is the main purpose Leslie Woodriff saw of cut flower breeding?

The main purpose that Woodriff saw was that a flower simply reproduces and dies

The first chapter was about what?

Plant breeding

In the first chapter, the author opens the newspaper to see an announcement about a blue rose, but the color of the rose was not actually blue. What color was it?

violet

Which is a plant pigment responsible for the green color of a plant?

Chlorophyll

According to the book, "Flower Confidential" the flower trade has been around since

Roman Egyptian times

Where is Sun Valley located?

Arcata, CA

Who is part of the last generation of true old-fashioned flower breeders?

Leslie Woodriff

What parts of the flower compose the male reproductive structure?

anther and filament

What was the most common flower initially patented?

roses

Who is working on devopling a blue rose?

John Mason

What is the pigment, that roses lack that creates the blue color in petals

delphinidin

Piet Koopman famous lily breed is called?

Star Gazer

Where does the quest for the perfect flowers begin?

Greenhouse

Why was the "Star Gazer" Lilly seen as a breakthrough in the flower industry?

It was the only oriental Lily at the time to face upwards while in bloom

What is an example of a transgenic flower?

Blue rose

What is the most scientifically-studied flower specifically for color?

Petunias

Acoording to Flower Confidential, how many petals do all lillies have?

6