Orchid History // Part I - Before the Common Era

Hello Everyone! This is something we really wanted to do, but it is somewhat out of our comfort zone. Jay loves anything History, so we wanted to try and research where do Orchids fit in our History as Humans. Hopefully you enjoy this video, and if you do, please let us know, because we would love to make this into a series, but it is a lot of work! Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:35 Mesopotamia 01:42 China - Shennong 02:46 China - Confucius 03:22 Greece - Hippocrates 03:44 Greece - Theophrastus 04:34 India Music Perspectives by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song... License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Photos Michael Garlick / Vann Garden: Orchids growing in the wild part of the garden Ktrinko, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons chipmunk_1, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Patrice Bon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons By Shanghai Museum - http://www.ce.cn/culture/list02/03/ne..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Cymbidium cyperifolium var. szechuanicum Photo credit: Changhai Meng (孟昌海) sunoochi, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Goran tek-en, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Zunkir, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons No-color photograph: Gary ToddColor photograph: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Kerem Delialioğlu, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Pristurus, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons #OrchidHistory #history #orchid #orchids #plant #plants #houseplants #planthistory #bce #worldorchids #mesopotamia #india #china #greece #hippocrates #salep #theophrastus #vanda #ashurbanipal #educational #bletilla #causisplantarum #shennong #confucius #cuneiform #dendrobium #terrrestrialorchids #mediterranean #mediterraneanorchids #vedicperiod #vedic #eulophia #cymbidium #habenaria #herbal #herbalmedicine #medicine #traditionalmedicine #chinesemedicine #traditionalchinesemedicine #historiaplantarum #orchis #bencaojing #nineveh #rigveda #ayurveda #sanskrit #susrutasamhita