#thongphaphum — Public Fediverse posts

🍄 NEW: Botanists in #Thailand’s #ThongPhaPhum National Park found a new species, 'Thismia daemona', growing in seasonal #mountain forest at roughly 950 meters.

The nearly black #flower has three horn-like appendages and reddish-orange patches. Lacking #chlorophyll, it draws #carbon from #soil #fungi rather than sunlight, a strategy called #mycoheterotrophy.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-bizarre-devil-flower-that-doesnt-need-sunlight

#plants #botany #newspecies #photosynthesis #forests #nature #science #biology #conservation #discovery

🍄 NEW: Botanists in #Thailand’s #ThongPhaPhum National Park found a new species, 'Thismia daemona', growing in seasonal #mountain forest at roughly 950 meters.

The nearly black #flower has three horn-like appendages and reddish-orange patches. Lacking #chlorophyll, it draws #carbon from #soil #fungi rather than sunlight, a strategy called #mycoheterotrophy.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-bizarre-devil-flower-that-doesnt-need-sunlight

#plants #botany #newspecies #photosynthesis #forests #nature #science #biology #conservation #discovery

🍄 NEW: Botanists in #Thailand’s #ThongPhaPhum National Park found a new species, 'Thismia daemona', growing in seasonal #mountain forest at roughly 950 meters.

The nearly black #flower has three horn-like appendages and reddish-orange patches. Lacking #chlorophyll, it draws #carbon from #soil #fungi rather than sunlight, a strategy called #mycoheterotrophy.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-bizarre-devil-flower-that-doesnt-need-sunlight

#plants #botany #newspecies #photosynthesis #forests #nature #science #biology #conservation #discovery

🍄 NEW: Botanists in #Thailand’s #ThongPhaPhum National Park found a new species, 'Thismia daemona', growing in seasonal #mountain forest at roughly 950 meters.

The nearly black #flower has three horn-like appendages and reddish-orange patches. Lacking #chlorophyll, it draws #carbon from #soil #fungi rather than sunlight, a strategy called #mycoheterotrophy.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-bizarre-devil-flower-that-doesnt-need-sunlight

#plants #botany #newspecies #photosynthesis #forests #nature #science #biology #conservation #discovery

🍄 NEW: Botanists in #Thailand’s #ThongPhaPhum National Park found a new species, 'Thismia daemona', growing in seasonal #mountain forest at roughly 950 meters.

The nearly black #flower has three horn-like appendages and reddish-orange patches. Lacking #chlorophyll, it draws #carbon from #soil #fungi rather than sunlight, a strategy called #mycoheterotrophy.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-bizarre-devil-flower-that-doesnt-need-sunlight

#plants #botany #newspecies #photosynthesis #forests #nature #science #biology #conservation #discovery