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The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany August 17, 2026
This week: A sneaky orchid, the two sides of a leaf, and why a plant needs the bear necessities.
Plant of the Week
*Epilobium latifolium*
The national flower of Greenland.
Science Shared
Science Shared: August 15
This week: Fire, Immunity and Tangerine Starships.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
Happy Birthday to the "Linnaeus of Mycology”.
Ecosystems
What Happens When a Climate Niche Closes
If you were to travel back in time six thousand years to North America, you could wander through Hemlock forests. There were places where it dominated forests but somehow, in the middle of the stable Holocene, something changed.
Close Encounters
Aphids Leave Fingerprints on the Underside of Oak Leaves
Half the world's leaf surface faces downwards, and until recently nobody had checked whether the bacteria living there were doing anything different.
Plant of the Week
Monotropa uniflora
Something strange in your neighbourhood? Who you gonna call? Skip the Ghostbusters and try a botanist.
Science Shared
Science Shared: August 8
This week: Difference in Monkeyflowers, Strange Harmonics in Bees and more
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
Celebrating International Cats
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany August 3, 2026
Photosynthesis hidden in hornworts, who works to sustain the Amazon rainforest and why plants aren't passive.
Plant of the Week
Nelumbo nucifera
A flower that holds itself at blood heat on a cold day, and seeds that can wait a thousand years for the right one.