I heard that cyanide will not kill a flower that is blooming. Is this true and if so, why does this occur
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I heard that cyanide will not kill a flower that is blooming. Is this true and if so, why does this occur

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-10-07] [Hit: ]
I want to know if this is true and if so, why this occurs?-Gather a few leaves - ideally young ones - from Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus), chop them up and place them in a sealed jar. If you wait for a minute or two and unseal the jar you will notice a smell of almonds. This is a form of cyanide in a vapor form.......
And blooming is the stage of which a flower is opening it's petals. Yes, I have had that question. Obviously such people didn't know the answer to my question but in case if the rest of you out there don't know what "blooming" is I thought I would let you know. The Question itself is self explanatory I think: A friend told me that cyanide will not kill a flower while it is blooming. I want to know if this is true and if so, why this occurs?

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Gather a few leaves - ideally young ones - from Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus), chop them up and place them in a sealed jar. If you wait for a minute or two and unseal the jar you will notice a smell of almonds. This is a form of cyanide in a vapor form.

The point I am making is that cyanide is common in nature and is unlikely to greatly affect a flower, blooming or not. Certainly it will not affect the flowers of cherries and their relatives.

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Cyanide kills everything, including you if you mishandle it. Mine dumps containing cyanide that is used in the extraction of gold from crushed ore can remain too toxic to support plant or animal life for decades and when rain washes out the residual cyanide it can kill everything in nearby bodies of water at very low concentrations. Don't mess with that stuff!

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Why would you have cyanide anyway?
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