Editing Triffid (section)

===Origins=== 
In [[The Day of the Triffids|the novel]], the origin of the triffid species is explained as being the creation of the [[Soviet Union]] (portrayed as being a mysterious country), although the exact way they came to be present around the world is unknown. The main character, Bill Masen speculates as follows:

{{quote|It is my guess that over the [[Pacific Ocean]] ... cannon-shells from Russian fighters ... blew to pieces a certain twelve-inch cube of plywood ... in which, according to Ferdor, the seeds were packed. [...] Millions of gossamer-strung triffid seeds, free to drift wherever the winds of the world should take them...<ref name="day">Wyndham, ''The Day of the Triffids'', ch. 2.</ref>}}

The [[The Day of the Triffids (film)|1962 film adaptation]] portrays them as extraterrestrial lifeforms transported to Earth by comets, contradicting the novel.

In the [[The Day of the Triffids (1981 TV series)|1981 TV series]], the triffids were the creation of real-life [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[biologist]] [[Trofim Lysenko]]. The seeds were spread across the globe when a plane smuggling them out of Russia was shot down during the Cold War.

In the [[The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series)|2009 two-part TV series]], the triffids are a naturally occurring species from [[Zaire]], discovered by the West and selectively bred as an alternative to fossil fuels, to avert [[global warming]].