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The spiky shape of sunflower pollen may clear bee guts of parasite

Sunflower pollen’s spiky texture dramatically reduces the prevalence of a widespread gut parasite in eastern bumblebees

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Beetle daisy (Gorteria diffusa), Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa - Image ID: C119J6 (RF)

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How daisies make deceptive petals that look like female flies

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Stunning new orchid species grows in lawns and parks in Japan

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DNPBE6 The field of red poinsettias being grown for Christmas in Cambridgeshire.

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Learn the secrets of poinsettias to help them thrive

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Orchidomania: A history of our obsession with orchids

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Orchidomania: A history of our obsession with orchids

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Containers with Tulipa 'Brilliant Orange' underplanted with Myosotis 'Bluesylva' bedding.

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How to grow tremendous tulips

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How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance

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How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance

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Wild Wild Life newsletter: When species steal each other’s genes

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Wild Wild Life newsletter: When species steal each other’s genes

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Flowering plants may be 100 million years older than we thought

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Soap bubbles covered in pollen could help fertilise flowers

As bee populations continue to decline, researchers are looking for alternative ways to fertilise flowers. One suggestion is using soap bubbles to deliver pollen

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Orchids at Kew Gardens review – celebrating the colour of Colombia

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Most UK plants will flower at once in short ‘condensed spring’

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Weird 'underground' flower has evolved to look like a mushroom

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What the first flower on Earth might have looked like

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