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Jack-in-the-pulpit A blooming corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) with a tall yellow spadix and large maroon and green petal stands among tropical plants at the United States Botanic Garden. Monstera Peace lily inflorescence Rows of taro plants (Colocasia esculenta) with large, heart-shaped green leaves growing in cultivated soil in the Cook Islands. Fresh taro tubers with stems attached are lined up for sale at a market in Hawaii. Skunk cabbage Cluster of flamingo lily plants (Anthurium andraeanum) with glossy red spathes and yellow spadices, surrounded by large green leaves in pots. Spadix of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum) with a pale green, hood-like spathe surrounded by broad, green leaves growing from the forest floor. Caladium

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    Melissa Petruzzello (she/her) is Assistant Managing Editor and covers plants, algae, fungi, insects, spiders, renewable energy and environmental engineering. She also handles certain topics in Christianity, notably Protestant history and churches. 

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Deleted Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - A bacteria community sequencing data set from pothos (Epipremnum aureum). Nov 28, 2025
Added a photo gallery. Jun 02, 2025
Added a cross-reference to peace lily and modernized language throughout. May 28, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - A bacteria community sequencing data set from pothos (Epipremnum aureum). Nov 06, 2024
New article added. Jun 13, 2023
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