«The Flowering of the Strange Orchid»
Plants are organisms whose great biological distance from humans has aroused cultural interest as powerful and/or dangerously unfamiliar creatures, especially during the Victorian period. «The Flowering of the Strange Orchid» (1894), by Herbert George Wells, tells how an orchid collector is attacked...
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| Palabra clave: | Plants Orchid Victorian Horror Monstrosity Plantas Orquídea Victoriano Terror Monstruosidad |
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«The Flowering of the Strange Orchid»From Plant Science to Victorian Horror From a Multidisciplinary Approach«La floración de la extraña orquídea»Sánchez-Verdejo Pérez, Francisco Javier|||0000-0003-1112-5995Poveda Arias, Jorge|||0000-0002-1415-3580PlantsOrchidVictorianHorrorMonstrosityPlantasOrquídeaVictorianoTerrorMonstruosidadPlants are organisms whose great biological distance from humans has aroused cultural interest as powerful and/or dangerously unfamiliar creatures, especially during the Victorian period. «The Flowering of the Strange Orchid» (1894), by Herbert George Wells, tells how an orchid collector is attacked to near death by his latest acquisition. The plant attacks the human with its «tentacle-like aerial rootlets», like a vampire feeding on his blood. However, Winter-Wedderburn is saved by his housekeeper, and the plant dies instantly. The story is written at a historical moment of great fascination with orchids and carnivorous plants. Literarily, the story has numerous comparisons to great characters, such as Medusa and her tentacles, Dracula, Carmilla, and even IT. At the same time, it is a story with a strong plant science content, dealing with aspects such as the mechanisms used by orchids to obtain nutrients, their flowering, the importance of «hunting» for the survival of carnivorous plants or the biology of parasitic plants. In conclusion, Wells' story makes an important critique of the way man relates to nature using literary fiction and the cutting-edge plant science knowledge of his time.Las plantas son organismos cuya gran distancia biológica de los humanos ha despertado el interés cultural como criaturas poderosas y/o peligrosamente desconocidas, especialmente durante la época victoriana. «La Floración de la Extraña Orquídea» (1894), de Herbert George Wells, cuenta cómo un coleccionista de orquídeas es atacado hasta casi la muerte por su última adquisición. La planta ataca al hombre con sus «raíces aéreas tentaculares», como un vampiro que se alimenta de su sangre. Sin embargo, Winter-Wedderburn es salvado por su ama de llaves y la planta muere al instante. El relato se escribe en un momento histórico de gran fascinación por las orquídeas y las plantas carnívoras. Literariamente, la historia tiene numerosas comparaciones con grandes personajes, como Medusa y sus tentáculos, Drácula, Carmilla e incluso IT. Al mismo tiempo, es un relato con un fuerte contenido de ciencia vegetal, que trata aspectos como los mecanismos que utilizan las orquídeas para obtener nutrientes, su floración, la importancia de la «caza» para la supervivencia de las plantas carnívoras o la biología de las plantas parásitas. En conclusión, el relato de Wells realiza una importante crítica a la forma en que el hombre se relaciona con la naturaleza utilizando la ficción literaria y los conocimientos de vanguardia en ciencia vegetal de su época. 22023-01-0120232023-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/275729https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/brumal.960reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2757292026-06-06T12:50:31Z |
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Sánchez-Verdejo Pérez, Francisco Javier|||0000-0003-1112-5995 Poveda Arias, Jorge|||0000-0002-1415-3580 |
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Plants are organisms whose great biological distance from humans has aroused cultural interest as powerful and/or dangerously unfamiliar creatures, especially during the Victorian period. «The Flowering of the Strange Orchid» (1894), by Herbert George Wells, tells how an orchid collector is attacked to near death by his latest acquisition. The plant attacks the human with its «tentacle-like aerial rootlets», like a vampire feeding on his blood. However, Winter-Wedderburn is saved by his housekeeper, and the plant dies instantly. The story is written at a historical moment of great fascination with orchids and carnivorous plants. Literarily, the story has numerous comparisons to great characters, such as Medusa and her tentacles, Dracula, Carmilla, and even IT. At the same time, it is a story with a strong plant science content, dealing with aspects such as the mechanisms used by orchids to obtain nutrients, their flowering, the importance of «hunting» for the survival of carnivorous plants or the biology of parasitic plants. In conclusion, Wells' story makes an important critique of the way man relates to nature using literary fiction and the cutting-edge plant science knowledge of his time. |
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