Spring flower

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The Hidden Nectaries on a Cherry Tree’s Leafstalk: Calling Ants from the Leaves, Not the Flowers

2024-04-232026-10-05

벚나무 잎자루 끝에 짝지어 돋은 붉은 꽃밖꿀샘 근접 사진

The two red dots on the leaf stalks of a cherry tree’s young leaves are extrafloral nectaries. We follow the research showing how their nectar,… Read More »The Hidden Nectaries on a Cherry Tree’s Leafstalk: Calling Ants from the Leaves, Not the Flowers

How Has Sansuyu Stayed a Medicine for 2,000 Years? Old Herbal Records and Two Pharmacopoeia Markers

2024-04-232026-10-05

가지 끝에 길쭉하고 윤기 나는 붉은 산수유 열매 여러 개가 한데 모여 매달린 모습

From the first record in the Shennong Bencao Jing to the notes layered age by age in one Bencao Gangmu entry, the lines the Dongui… Read More »How Has Sansuyu Stayed a Medicine for 2,000 Years? Old Herbal Records and Two Pharmacopoeia Markers

Peach Fuzz Begins Inside the Flower: The Peach Blossom and the One Gene Behind the Nectarine

2024-04-232026-10-04

분홍 꽃잎 다섯 장 안쪽으로 꽃밥이 붉은 수술 여러 개가 둘러선 복숭아꽃 한 송이를 가까이서 찍은 사진

A peach’s fuzz begins not on the fruit but inside the flower. We follow the hairs that appear on the ovary about four weeks before… Read More »Peach Fuzz Begins Inside the Flower: The Peach Blossom and the One Gene Behind the Nectarine

Is the Cherry Blossom Japan’s National Flower? A Flower No Law Names and the Somei-yoshino Spread from One Tree

2024-04-232026-10-03

만개한 소메이요시노 벚나무 가로수

Despite the saying, Japan has no national flower defined by law. Using statutes and research papers, we trace how hanami moved from plum to cherry,… Read More »Is the Cherry Blossom Japan’s National Flower? A Flower No Law Names and the Somei-yoshino Spread from One Tree

Plum Blossoms in Snow: Fragrance Chemistry and the Defenses of Unripe Ume

2024-04-232026-10-01

눈을 맞으며 핀 흰 매화 꽃송이

How Prunus mume blooms in the depth of winter, what gives its blossoms their bitter-almond fragrance, and how unripe ume defends itself with amygdalin and… Read More »Plum Blossoms in Snow: Fragrance Chemistry and the Defenses of Unripe Ume

Why Does Cornus officinalis Flower Before Its Leaves? Flower Buds Readied the Autumn Before

2024-03-192026-10-01

잎이 하나도 없는 산수유 가지마다 노란 꽃송이가 무리 지어 핀 모습

Cornus officinalis opens yellow flowers before its leaves. We distinguish that observation from bud, pollination and freezing studies on other species, and identify explanations still… Read More »Why Does Cornus officinalis Flower Before Its Leaves? Flower Buds Readied the Autumn Before

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