Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...
Update: You can watch the massive plant bloom and wither away in a 30-second time lapse video. Syracuse, N.Y. – After nearly five years of waiting, the first “corpse flower” bloomed this week in the ...
The Balanopaceae, whose flowers were poorly known, have, in the past, been variously allocated to the Fagales, Euphorbiaceae, Salicales or other hamamelids and rosids (these groups being in Fagales, ...
Once upon a time on Earth, there was a first flower. Nature provides plenty of cues to help us imagine what the planet looked like 250 million years ago. But we lack concrete evidence in order to ...
A flower is the reproductive part of flowering plants. Flowers have colourful petals. The petals surround the male and female parts of the flower. The male parts are called stamens,The female parts ...
Syracuse, N.Y. -- The bloom of the first “corpse flower” at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry was five years in the making, and lasted a little over two days. And now you can watch it ...
The corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) also known as titan arum, reeks of rotting flesh and death when in bloom. Lucky for us, this stinky plant blooms once every seven to nine years according to ...