Ceropegia gerrardii smells of pain to attract ‘blood’ drinking flies

New research uncovers how this South African plant tricks kleptoparasitic flies into pollination by imitating wounded honey bees.

You can read the blog post at https://botany.one/2023/03/emceropegia-gerrardii-em-smells-of-pain-to-attract-blood-drinking-flies/

You can read the original research at https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nph.18888