250521-Suetsugu-Nonblooming-Plant (IMAGE)
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On the Northern Ryukyu Islands of Kuroshima, Takeshima and Yakushima exist the only wild populations of plants known to reproduce solely by self-pollination (pictured: Gastrodia kuroshimensis). “Our group spent over ten years working with local plant enthusiasts, monitoring more than a hundred individual plants across several islands, so we can say with certainty that these orchids never open their flowers in their natural habitats,” explains Kobe University botanist SUETSUGU Kenji.
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YAMASHITA Hiroaki
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