If you’re the type of plant parent whose orchids always end up in that great garden in the sky, you might doubt that you can grow your own tropical fruit – especially indoors, during the winter. But ...

Tropical starfruit tree was growing from seed to young plant over 109 days time lapse. Seed was extracted directly from store ...

A trial time lapse of growing dragon fruit from raw seed to cactus size over 126 days. Dragon fruit, also called pitaya, is a tropical/high temperature plant and popular in the East. The seed was ...

Woody vines, known as lianas, compete intensely with trees and their numbers are on the rise in many tropical forests around the world. A new study at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI ...

DETROIT — It's called the 'Michigan banana' and tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. While the Mitten is a powerhouse for things like apples and cherries, it's also home to a lesser-known ...

Fruit-eating bats play an important role in maintaining forest health by being seed dispersers. For decades, researchers have explored ways to harness this capacity as a reforestation tool. One method ...

"The seeds of most lianas in the tropical forests of the Americas are spread by the wind, whereas most trees seeds and fruit are spread by animals -- therefore, lianas reduce tree fruit production but ...