It´s a boy updated with explanation on how i did the flowers

[Da_elf]

set speed of particles as 0 and growth time to 0 also. and use a total amount not per frame. also you want to set your particles start and end time and visable time to something within the range of your anim

[Miguel]

Thanks for the info guys, I managed to create a nice set of plants, but found them too heavy for my ultra tight animation deadline, so ended up creating some planes with opacity map, lame but effective :P anyway, now I am using particles for something useful in old boring and unexciting architectural viz. :P

Cheers,
Miguel.

By the way, since I dont have enough horsepower here to meet such deadline I am using the services of efx one, and i must say that it has been pretty good... just sharing the experence. :P

[Miguel]

Hey! I used that silly face three times in a post :P

[jujubee]

That's awesome!