# Summer science: Plants don't know borders

An episode of [Our Changing World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/208013620), 1 Jan 2025, 12 min.

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The summer science series continues with an episode from RNZ podcast Here Now. A love for tropical plants united Canterbury-based botanists Dr Julie Barcelona and Dr Pieter Pelser in the mid-2000s. The pair are renowned for their work on the large and unusual flower Rafflesia, which smells like a rotting carcass. They have found at least three new species on their adventures in the Philippines. Kadambari Raghukumar learns more about their spectacular discoveries. Featuring: • Dr Julie Barcelona • Dr Pieter Pelser Here Now is an RNZ podcast produced and presented by Kadambari Raghukumar. • Listen to more episodes from Here Now. • Watch a video about this episode. Learn more: • What will happen to plants in a warming world? • Naturally rare and threatened Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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