Cinematographic Studies Carried out on Impatiens, Vicia, Tulipa, Mimosa and Desmodium by W. Pfeffer (1898-1900) (1900)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 3M
Director : Wilhelm Pfeffer
Sinopsis
Plant movements in historical films by Wilhelm Pfeffers: geotropic bending of a horizontal Impatiens glandulifera; germination of Vicia faba; development and flowering in tulip, leaf movement in Mimosa speggazzinii and Desmodium gyrans.
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