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Strange New Flowering Plant That Neither Photosynthesizes nor Blooms Discovered in Japan
A researcher from Kobe University has discovered a rare flowering plant in Kuroshima Island on the southern coast of Kagoshima prefecture. Tagged as Gastrodia kuroshimensis, this plant neither photosynthesizes nor blooms -- but why?
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