The rainforest in Borneo, where ‘Pinanga subterranea’, which flowers underground, grows. The palm is one of 74 plants that scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London named as new to science last year. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
AS a group of European botanists prepared to travel across Borneo by motorboat and four-wheel-drive vehicles, they heard about a species of palm with an extremely rare quirk.
It flowers underground.
