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Summer science: Plants don't know borders
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:11:59
Publish Date: 2025-01-01 16:00:00
Description:

The summer science series continues with an episode from RNZ podcast Here Now. A love for tropical plants united Canterbury-based botanists Dr Julie Barcelona and Dr Pieter Pelser in the mid-2000s. The pair are renowned for their work on the large and unusual flower Rafflesia, which smells like a rotting carcass. They have found at least three new species on their adventures in the Philippines. Kadambari Raghukumar learns more about their spectacular discoveries.

Featuring:

  • Dr Julie Barcelona
  • Dr Pieter Pelser

Here Now is an RNZ podcast produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar.

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