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a plant's brazen bid for sex, advertised in color and bribery to anything that buzzes.
means the reproductive structure of a flowering plant, typically with petals and a scent designed to attract pollinators — and, by extension, the bloom itself.
from From Old French 'flor,' descended from Latin 'flos' (stem 'flor-'), meaning blossom. The same Latin root branches out into 'flora,' 'florid,' and 'flourish' — and gave English a doublet, since 'flour' (the milled grain) is literally the same word, once meaning the 'flower' or finest part of the meal. So bread and blossoms share a name.
- oldest bloom
- Fossil flowers date back 130 million years.
- corpse trick
- Some mimic rotting flesh to lure flies.
- tulip crash
- Bulbs once cost more than Amsterdam houses.
- heat hack
- Skunk cabbage melts surrounding snow with body heat.
- hidden math
- Petal counts often follow the Fibonacci sequence.
corpse flower — amorphophallus titanum from sumatra, blooms once every 7-10 years with a 10-foot spike
rafflesia — largest flower on earth at 3 feet wide, parasitic plant in southeast asian rainforests
hooker's lips flower — psychotria elata from central america, looks like bright red lips when in bloom
bee orchid — ophrys apifera mimics female bee appearance to trick males into pollination in mediterranean regions