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Divide irises when they are dormant in midsummer. After blooming in spring, plants slowly move into a dormant period that lasts for about six weeks during the warmest part of summer. July and August ...
Mr Gann said the "why is poo so smelly?" question inspired his favourite item in the exhibition. He said: "Skatole, which is ...
Phil – one of Cal State Long Beach’s rare corpse flowers – is getting ready to bloom, even as early as Saturday, said the university’s botanical curator.
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Some plants lure pollinators not with sweet fragrances, but with the rank stench of decay. In a new study, researchers show how plants pull this off. In Asarum flowers, a gene typically used for ...
With a nickname like ‘skunk cabbage’, the infamously stinky flowers of Symplocarpus renifolius are unlikely to grace a bridal bouquet. But for the beetles and flies that pollinate the plant ...
Hold your noses: One of the world's stinkiest flowers, which smells like deceased, rotting flesh, is about to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Even though this might sound like the stuff of ...
It stands metres high, takes a decade to flower, smells like death and draws huge crowds when it blooms. But scientists are still unravelling the baffling lifecycle of the titan arum.
They’re the smaller and slightly less-smelly cousins of “Wally,” the towering 6-foot corpse flower that captivated Bloomington’s hearts and noses in the summer of 2023. A short-lived bloom ...
Smelly stinkhorn mushroom isn't welcome in the garden. Here's how to keep it far away. Pllus, mulching with blueberries, planting pineapples and fighting insect pests.
One of the rare — and pungent — corpse flowers at Cal State Long Beach is set to bloom. The phenomenon could take place as early as Saturday, June 14, said the university’s botanical curator.