This new development has made it possible to explore further below the outer surface of plants and has uncovered how a key gene controls stem growth ... to give clear live images.

We edge past collections of carnivorous plants and below overhanging rhododendrons, but we're all here to see one thing: a titan arum is in flower ... tuber-like storage stem) the size of an ...

Ernesto Sandoval, curator of the conservatory, stands next to the bloomed titan arum ... the plant for testing, and Sandoval is hoping to set up temperature monitoring equipment as well. The plant ...

Titan arum gives off its scent, which has been compared to rotting fish, bad eggs or a dead elephant, for about eight hours after the flower begins to open. The stink is produced when the plant ...