Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 13 April 2001:
Vol. 292. no. 5515, p. 186
DOI: 10.1126/science.292.5515.186a
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

News of the Week

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY:
Philodendrons Like It Hot and Heavy

Leigh Dayton

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--The reproductive antics of the tree philodendron, Philodendron selloum, generate as much heat as would a 3-kilogram cat. The behavior, say biologists, apparently serves to attract and reward pollinating beetles, who bask in its warmth. And it's made possible by a finely honed system for rapidly getting oxygen to heat-producing cells.

Read the Full Text

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)