Researchers have discovered a new species of the elusive 'fairy lantern' genus Thismia in a hill dipterocarp forest in ...

Its strange appearance has led to it being nicknamed the “fairy lantern,” but the majority of the plant actually lies underground where it sucks up nutrients from buried fungi. The flower of ...

A new species of plant has been discovered in eastern Peninsular Malaysia and researchers believe it is already critically endangered. The new plant has been named Thismia aliasii and is part of the ...