🌸 THE FIRST FLOWER: 130 MILLION YEARS AGO
PAGE 1 OF 5, A WORLD WITHOUT FLOWERS
130 MILLION YEARS AGO
EARTH BEFORE THE FIRST FLOWER
For hundreds of millions of years, Earth's forests had no flowers at all. No roses, no daisies, no fruit trees. Vast forests of dark ferns, towering conifers, and ancient cycads covered the land. The world was green, but silent. No bees buzzed. No butterflies danced. The flower had not yet been invented.
SILENCE...
GYMNOSPERMS
🌲 Conifers: naked seeds in woody cones
💨 Wind-pollinated, no need for insects
💨 Wind-pollinated, no need for insects
CYCADS
🌴 Cycads and tree ferns dominated
🦕 Dinosaurs ate these, no fruit existed
🦕 Dinosaurs ate these, no fruit existed