New article: Parasitic plant cultivation: examples, lessons learned and future directions

Scientists at Oxford Botanic Garden, Bogor Botanic Garden and Munich Herbarium review recent propagation breakthroughs in temperate and tropical botanic gardens to identify guiding principles for the cultivation of parasitic plants. They document the life cycle of a range of holoparasites and assess successful and failed attempts to propagate Rafflesia specifically, which has been the focus of decades of research.

They end by recommending a dedicated global community of purpose as an intentional step forward in the research and cultivation of these long neglected plants.

You can read and download the article here: https://journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/article/view/1892