Desert Flowers!

🏜️ Atacama desert can bloom after years of dryness.

🏜️ Species like the desert lily have thick, waxy leaves that store water so the plant can keep flowering even when the soil dries.

🏜️ Ultraviolet patterns on petals - hidden from human eyes - help bees and other pollinators find the nectar fast.

🏜️ In certain desert blooms, petals absorb and store heat to keep pollen at the right temperature for fertilisation.

🏜️ Super flower blooms across deserts like the Atacama and Anza - Borrego can be seen from space.

- Deccan Herald, 12.8.2025

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