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The Orchid that Pretends It's A Wasp
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The Hammer Orchid emits the scent of the female thynnid wasp to confuse the male.
One Sharpshooter Way to Stop an Invasive Plant
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Marksmen use paintballs filled with herbicide shot from a helicopter to stop Miconia.
How Do You Pollinate 40 Million Almond Trees?
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You truck in in 40 billion bees.
The Fungi that Help Trees Talk
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Fungi is able to link a whole group of trees through their root systems.
The War Between Fungi and Trees
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Watch vines and balsa trees fight out who will get to the top of the canopy.
Meet the World's Biggest Flower
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The Corpse Flower is more than 3 feet across and smells like a rotting... well, corpse!
How Venus Flytraps Count
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Venus Flytraps use two systems to make sure they're catching prey worth eating.
How the Giant Water Lily Dominates
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The Giant Water Lily creates around 40 leaves that each expand to more than 6 feet across.
What Photosynthesis Looks Like Underwater
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Where the plants are dense, it can create sea of fizzing bubbles.
How Leaf Cutter Ants Feed a Killer Fungus
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Leaf Cutter ants deliver their payload to a fungus underground to grow food.
A Plant Parasite with an Insatiable Appetite
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Meet the Dodder. It moves amongst the young nettles, sucking sap from their stems.
How "Weeds" Grow in the Sidewalk
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Some plants can survive anywhere, even the heart of the city.
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