Dear Judy; I agree with Kelly that the answers are more anthropological than horticultural. Even birds and lower primates are attracted to bright colors Maybe it is in the genome. I suspect some brightly colored flowers ended up in a pile in a cave or around a camp fire with the gathered bulbs and roots for dinner and set aside. Which came first the bouquet or the vase? Just joking. Best Jim W. > > Does anyone have any idea of when >> posies were first brought indoors? Curiouser and curiouser. > >I don't know, however, I'm sure the early cavepeople (aka >cavemen) brought 'em in. I do wonder when they started >keeping them in water:-). > Flower Power is as Old as Flowers, KellyO -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +