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Random observation: Cherry trees have done something brilliant from an evolutionary standpoint - a symbiosis with the most intelligent species on the planet - t

Random observation: Cherry trees have done something brilliant from an evolutionary standpoint - a symbiosis with the most intelligent species on the planet - to appeal to humans as irresistibly beautiful and it will only lead to more cultivation and expansion of the species.

tokyodude 8y ago
What I've noticed is rather it's culture. Cherry trees blossom all over the world as do other trees. Almonds, Plums, Jacarandas, lots of others. Nothing special about cherry trees except they got lucky that one culture decided to celebrate them and others didn't almonds: https://www.google.com/search?q=almond+tree+blossoms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=almond+tree+blossoms&tbm=isc... plums: https://www.google.com/search?q=plum+tree+blossoms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=plum+tree+blossoms&tbm=isch jacaranda: https://www.google.com/search?q=jacaranda+tree+blossoms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=jacaranda+tree+blossoms&tbm=...
- GuiA 8y ago
  Plum and peach trees are also common in Japan, and Japanese people frequently mistake them for cherry trees. A handy guide: https://m.imgur.com/a/zSpjPk0 https://m.imgur.com/a/zSpjPk0
  - tokyodude 8y ago
    Yes, part of my point was it's just culture. I grew up in Los Angeles. I lived in Japan for many years and got used to the various celebrations. I then came back to Los Angeles and noticed all the trees blossoming that I and pretty much everyone else had ignored in the past. So re post above, it's not the cherry trees are especially pretty. It's only that some people in Japan started appreciating them and promoting that appreciation until it spread throughout the country. It could just as easily have been any other blossoming tree or any other country. The only difference is culture not trees.
  - ekianjo 8y ago
    > Plum and peach trees are also common in Japan, and Japanese people frequently mistake them for cherry trees. In certain areas there are Almond flowers festivals in Japan too - they occur a couple of weeks before cherry blossoms. https://www.tons-cafe.jp/info/almond_festival/information.html https://www.tons-cafe.jp/info/almond_festival/information.ht...
  - andreareina 8y ago
    In order from left to right: plum, cherry, peach
schuke 8y ago
Pandas beg to differ!
setr 8y ago
If you want an evolutionarily human-symbiotic plant, you need look no further than wheat. It has probably achieved the greatest success, by far, out of anything we deal in

tokyodude 8y ago

What I've noticed is rather it's culture. Cherry trees blossom all over the world as do other trees. Almonds, Plums, Jacarandas, lots of others. Nothing special about cherry trees except they got lucky that one culture decided to celebrate them and others didn't almonds: https://www.google.com/search?q=almond+tree+blossoms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=almond+tree+blossoms&tbm=isc... plums: https://www.google.com/search?q=plum+tree+blossoms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=plum+tree+blossoms&tbm=isch jacaranda: https://www.google.com/search?q=jacaranda+tree+blossoms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=jacaranda+tree+blossoms&tbm=...

GuiA 8y ago
Plum and peach trees are also common in Japan, and Japanese people frequently mistake them for cherry trees. A handy guide: https://m.imgur.com/a/zSpjPk0 https://m.imgur.com/a/zSpjPk0
- tokyodude 8y ago
  Yes, part of my point was it's just culture. I grew up in Los Angeles. I lived in Japan for many years and got used to the various celebrations. I then came back to Los Angeles and noticed all the trees blossoming that I and pretty much everyone else had ignored in the past. So re post above, it's not the cherry trees are especially pretty. It's only that some people in Japan started appreciating them and promoting that appreciation until it spread throughout the country. It could just as easily have been any other blossoming tree or any other country. The only difference is culture not trees.
- ekianjo 8y ago
  > Plum and peach trees are also common in Japan, and Japanese people frequently mistake them for cherry trees. In certain areas there are Almond flowers festivals in Japan too - they occur a couple of weeks before cherry blossoms. https://www.tons-cafe.jp/info/almond_festival/information.html https://www.tons-cafe.jp/info/almond_festival/information.ht...
- andreareina 8y ago
  In order from left to right: plum, cherry, peach

schuke 8y ago

Pandas beg to differ!

setr 8y ago

If you want an evolutionarily human-symbiotic plant, you need look no further than wheat. It has probably achieved the greatest success, by far, out of anything we deal in