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A water drop beads up on a Colocasia esculenta (red-eyed gecko) leaf. Photo by Beth Topinka. When a water drop lands on the Colocasia leaf, it beads up into a sphere and simply rolls away. Why doesn’t ...
A team of scientists found that water droplets on a smooth surface, such as maple or ginkgo leaves, cannot cause leaf burn. However in contrast the they found that floating fern leaves ...
Many gardeners swear you should not water in the midday because water droplets on plants can magnify the sun's rays and burn leaves. But the idea has never been rigorously tested, until now.
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