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World record? - The Titan Arum is flowering next week
The world's largest bloom can very soon be admired at the Botanical Gardens of the University of Bonn. In addition to the enormous size of this inflorescence, which can reach a height of over two-and-a-half metres, the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is also characterised by a powerful and foul... view more (2003-05-16)

The evolution of food plants: Genetic control of grass flower architecture
Scientists are interested in understanding genetic control of grass inflorescence architecture because seeds of cereal grasses (e.g. rice, wheat, maize) provide most of the world's food.   view more (2006-01-23)

Nature surrenders flowery secrets to international team
The poet Dylan Thomas wrote, "The force that drives the green fuse drives the flower." Now, a team of international scientists has unlocked some of the secrets of that force: it has described the rules that govern how plants arrange flowers into branching structures, known in technical... view more (2007-05-25)

Media Invitation - World record! -The Titan Arum expected to flower in Bonn on Friday or Saturday
The bloom with the world's largest inflorescence is about to flower at the Botanical Gardens of the University of Bonn. The Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) has already reached a height of 268 centimeters - 1 centimeter more than the specimen grown in 1932 in the Dutch town of Wageningen that... view more (2003-05-21)

How to build a plant
Walking through a tropical or temperate forest immediately impresses us with the myriad forms and soaring structures of the plant world, but our knowledge of how plants are actually built, cell by cell, is still incomplete.   view more (2008-06-26)
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