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  1. That’s Why This Hairy Flower is a Trap botany.one/2025/04/thats-why-t @botanyone paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wile

    "The flowers of #Aristolochia are pollinated by #flies attracted by the smell of decaying flesh they produce. As they advance in the pipe-like structure of these #flowers, flies cannot fly back outside, forcing them to keep advancing until they reach the chamber with pollen... A new study investigates how specialised hairs called trapping #trichomes ensure #pollination in A. esperanzae"