It stands metres high, takes a decade to flower, smells like death and draws huge crowds when it blooms. But scientists are ...
Each inflorescence (group of flowers) has a spathe (the "pulpit") and a flower-studded spadix (the "Jack"). The plant continues on like this, its reproductive capabilities uniquely waxing and waning ...
Each waxy "flower" is actually made up of a modified leaf called a spathe and a yellow or red spike called a spadix. The ...
The Panama hat plant seriously looks good enough to eat. The stamens inside its leaves resemble “somen” noodles.
Most palms are tapped with an incision below the spadix, the fleshy inflorescence at the top of the male palm, but some, like date palms, are cut lower down the trunk. James McHugh, in An Unholy ...
Dandemutande has announced its new status as an authorized reseller for Starlink services in the African region. This ...