Tag: Corpse flower

  • Nation & World

    Stages of bloom

    Harvard researchers have solved the nearly 200-year-old mystery of how Rafflesia, the largest flowering plants in the world, develop.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘Stealing’ life’s building blocks

    Researchers have found that a parasitic flower takes large portions of its genetic code from its host, and that some genes borrowed by the flowers may even be functional. The surprising finding suggests that the process may convey some evolutionary advantage to the flowers.

    5 minutes