"The movement of the stigma appendage represents, to the best of our knowledge, a novel self-pollination mechanism in orchids," the Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji writes in his paper now ...

Kenji’s research sheds light on a unique pollination method. He found that Stigmatodactylus sikokianus predominantly self-pollinates, which means it doesn’t require insects to transport pollen from ...

The appendage thus acts “like a bridge”, says Suetsugu, transferring the orchid’s pollen in a self-pollination trick, but only as a last resort. The wilting mechanism allows a plant to hold ...

His findings, published in Plants, People, Planet, reveal that the plants predominantly self-pollinate, that is, they don't rely on insects to transfer pollen from other plants, and that they so ...

Self-hatred encompasses continual feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and low self-esteem. People may constantly compare themselves to others, perceive only the negative and ignore the positive, and ...

Behavior is said to be self-sabotaging when it creates problems in daily life and interferes with long-standing goals. The most common self-sabotaging behaviors include procrastination ...

Imagine a world where robotic insects take over the critical task of pollination, freeing farmers from relying on the whims of nature or resorting to manually pollinating crops with paintbrushes.

Netflix continues to lead the way with their feature animation output ... The film follows Totsuko, a teenage girl who struggles with self-doubt and the feeling of being lost in the world ...

A small zip-locked bag of pollen is produced. Even though they possess male and female reproductive parts, corpse flowers rarely self-pollinate. This pollen was donated by a corpse flower that ...