vue - The Story of Roses

Support Brilliant Botany on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/brilliantbotany Today Claire discusses the history and cultivation of Valentine’s Day’s most popular flower: the rose. Brilliant Botany is an educational STEM channel focused on inspiring enthusiasm about the plant world. The channel features videos highlighting topics in current research, the fundamentals of plant science and tutorials. http://www.brilliantbotany.com Twitter: @brilliantbotany Merch: http://www.brilliantbotany.com/stickers Have a question about the video, or anything botany-related? Post it in the comments and I'll answer it in a future video. Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Rose_%283597420417%29.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_cultivar_Bonica_82_2.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_Kardinal.jpg (thumbnail) Sources: https://extension.illinois.edu/roses/history.cfm http://www.rose.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/History-of-Roses-Species-Part-A.pdf http://www.decodedplants.com/rose-cultivation-brief-history/411 http://web.csulb.edu/~odinthor/oldrose.html Stewart, Amy. Flower Confidential. Algonquin Books. 2008. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00606-007-0540-3#/page-1 http://www.cc.lu/fileadmin/user_upload/cc.lu/Manifestations/20150701_Mexico_Colombia_Mission/Colombia_floral_market_final.pdf https://www.organicbouquet.com/i_504/msnbc-article-roses.html