Record Warmth Awakens Spring’s First Leaves, And Unleashes The Pollen
Even though spring won't officially arrive until next month, some areas are already showing signs of spring life. See where ...
In extraordinary timing, a second corpse flower has bloomed in Sydney
The incredible botanical coincidence comes just two and a half weeks after the flower named Putricia became a global ...
Adelaide corpse flowers spread endangered stench to Sydney and beyond
Hand-pollination of the pungent corpse flower results in hundreds of seeds that will be sent across the world to help ...
Hummingbird flower mites found to use electroreception to hitch rides on hummingbirds between flowers
A trio of biologists from the University of Connecticut; the Organization for Tropical Studies, in Costa Rica; and the ...
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Create a romantic cottage garden
Cottage gardens have a timeless appeal, and even more so in 2025 with the trend towards an informal, lived-in look. Here’s how to move away from pristine, clipped gardens to more romantic ones ...
The night I accidentally became a corpse flower’s bedside manservant
I ran to the Botanic Gardens late last night – and accidentally became involved with the stinky, intimate art of Putricia’s ...
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Japan's pollen season arrives early
An environment ministry survey found that nationwide the number of male cedar flower buds, which produce the pollen, slightly exceeds the average recorded in the last 10 years. The figure was ...
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The night I accidentally became a corpse flower’s bedside manservant
“Blessed be the bloom.” A small zip-locked bag of pollen is produced. Even though they possess male and female reproductive parts, corpse flowers rarely self-pollinate. This pollen was donated ...
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How Important Is Flowering in Potato Crops?
A potato grower asked me an interesting question. He wanted to know how flowering affects tuber yield and whether it even ...