Once you see skeleton flower (Diphylleia grayi) in the garden, it's clear how it got its name: Its white petals turn clear when wet with rain or dew, revealing the veins and support structures inside.

There are many eye-catching flowers in the world, but here's an exception: Diphylleia grayi, the so-called "skeleton flower." It's not that it's not beautiful; your eye just might miss it on account ...

On damp days in the mountains of northern Japan, one of the most remarkable flower transformations unfolds. A patch of unassuming white flowers, that you’d barely notice against the forest’s deep ...

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