How did they get these strange names? The largest and most striking tree in the Flower Dome, the African Baobab (Adansonia digitata), also known as the Upside Down Tree, is one of nature's most ...

These sweetly scented, light-colored flowers bloom in the late afternoon and evening, just in time to attract this nocturnal pollinator. As with the fuchsia, the baobab's flowers hang downward and ...

Baobab flowers are large and have evolved alongside large nocturnal, sugar eating animals like hawk moths, fruit bats and the ...

A baobab is something you will never ... depending on the variety. Flowers are lavender, pink, purple or white and redolent of mint. Hirsute, grayish-green leaves appear opposite along the ...

Learn about 5 of the weirdest killer plants on the planet. Learn about the Corpse Flower, Pitcher Plant, Venus Fly Trap, African Baobab Tree and Gympie Gympie. The Corpse Flower native to the ...

Baobab flowers are the size of saucers – measuring up to 15cm across – and open as the sun sets. They are then pollinated by moths and bats. The flowers remain alive for just 24 hours ...

It also produces large aromatic flowers up to seven inches wide and some trees also produce fruit. It is said that the African Baobab tree has fruits appealing to baboons and is thus nicknamed ...