Orchid seeds are spread by the wind, which is why they're so tiny. Varying when each seed germinates protects the population ...

Technology like LiDAR isn’t just used for scientific research though: it’s also the magic behind some incredible art. Of the Oak uses LiDAR scans, along with data from photogrammetry and CT scans of ...

Join Kew botanical horticulturist Vicki Thompson to discover where snowdrops originally come from, exactly who distributes ...

Get your head around its achievements with our handy list of 25 facts to celebrate 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) ...

Sir John Herschel: The inventor of cyanotypes. Sir John Herschel began by experimenting with sun prints (or photograms). These were one of the earliest forms of photography and involved laying an ...

Violets. Possibly one of the oldest queer symbols, violets have been linked to lesbian love for over two and a half thousand years – as long as the very origins of the word. The poet Sappho lived on ...

3) The 'black souled' Aphelandra from Colombia – Aphelandra almanegra Named after its distinct black heartwood, this new species of deciduous shrub is in the same genus as the widely cultivated zebra ...

On the roofs above our heads, on garden walls, and in cracks in the pavement; mosses are growing all around us. Often overlooked, these tiny plants have incredible properties. From hot deserts to damp ...

Notably, the third district, Kozhikode, has been chosen to host orchids rescued from the brink of destruction. Working with Kozhikode District Tourism Promotion Council we identified the 200 acre ...

In a new study, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners have described the only known member of the palm family (Arecaceae) to flower and fruit almost entirely underground.Owing to ...

Case in point Example 1: Tied together - Climate changes, flowering times shift . Research by Calinger et al., gives us a perfect example of the kind of insights herbarium specimens can provide us in ...

2. Henna comes from a tree. If henna comes from plant leaves, which plant leaves in particular? Henna is derived from the henna tree (Lawsonia inermis) which is found across Africa and West Asia. It ...