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More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been ...

A rare corpse flower bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours Saturday to get a whiff of ...

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Scientists have solved the 130-year mystery of Stigmatodactylus sikokianus, a fungus-consuming orchid with a unique ...

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