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		<title>Fungus and bees help orchids diversify</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda MacPhee-Cobb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered why orchids are one of the most successful groups of flowering plants &#8211; it is all down to their relationships with the bees that pollinate them and the fungi that nourish them. The orchid family is one of the largest groups of flowering plants, with over 22,000 species worldwide. Today&#8217;s research suggests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venus flytrap chemical triggers discovered</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Venus flytrap has a “memory”. In order to avoid reacting to a “false alarm”, the plant does not snap shut at the first touch of the sensory hairs. Instead, there must be at least two stimulations of the hairs within 30 seconds. After that, the trap closes fast so that the prey cannot make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plant fakes fermentation to lure flies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[original photo Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have solved a case of fraud that has been pending for 40 million years. Arum palaestinum, also called the Solomon’s lily, attracts drosophilids (vinegar flies) as pollinators by emitting odor molecules that resemble those produced during alcoholic fermentation of rotting fruit [...]]]></description>
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