Nature is full of surprises, and nowhere is that more evident than in the plant kingdom. Beyond the familiar roses, ferns, and trees, there are plants that seem like they ve stepped out of a fantasy ...

The corpse flower Amorphophallus henryi blooms at the Houston Botanic Garden, a brief display that lats just a few days.

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In 2019, researcher and nature guide Mohamad Alias Shakri spotted an unusual plant in a forest in the Malaysian state of Terengganu. The plant grew in proximity to a well-known hiking trail, but it ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first glance. Its knobby flower stalks look more like a mushroom than a flowering ...

A strange plant that has existed since animals first walked on land can distil water to an extreme degree, making it look more like water from meteorites than regular water from Earth. As well as ...