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Orchid Does a Great Roadkill Imitation to Lure Flies
By Jennifer Welsh published
The orchids trick the flesh flies into pollinating them by smelling like rotting flesh.

ScienceLives: How Flowering Plants Prevent Inbreeding
By Teh-hui Kao published
Teh-hui Kao, who studies how plants prevent inbreeding, answers the ScienceLives questions

New Dandelion Species Found in Spain
By Live Science Staff published
Species discovery is surprise in well-studied Iberian Peninsula.

Stop and Frisk the Roses: Customs Agents Eye Valentines Flowers for Pests
By Brett Israel published
Bouquets can bring unwanted pests and disease.

Hold Your Nose: 7 Foul Flowers
By Brett Israel published
These stinkers will make your stomach turn.

At Kew Gardens, A Corpse Flowers Blooms
By Brett Israel published
Giant flower stinks up the joint.
Kew Gardens Corpse Flower Set to Blow
By Brett Israel published
Flower dazzles while rotten flesh smell repulses.

Flowers' Stripes Serve as Bees' Landing Strips
By Live Science Staff published
Snapdragons with stripes get most attention from bees.
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