For centuries, biologists have used taxonomy to sort living things into groups based on appearance, behavior and other perceptions of identity. They have christened plants and animals with binomials ...

A plant I never get tired of admiring is selloum philodendron (P. bipinnatifidum, formerly P. selloum). One of several large-growing, self-heading philodendrons (which means they don’t climb), this ...

I have a perplexing problem and I am hoping you'd help me (and the plant!) out. We live in PGA Village and two years ago had it completely re-landscaped. However, the philodendron selloum planted in ...

THE dead horse arum is a curious flower. On a gram-by-gram basis, the male parts produce more heat than any known species. More even than the flight muscles of a hummingbird. The heat helps dissipate ...