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  1. Dec 28, 2012 · (Image credit: Alex Monro) The newly described plant was dubbed Pilea cavernicola. While it doesn't grow in total darkness, it survives with levels of light as low as 0.04 percent of full...

  2. Jan 7, 2013 · The botanists dubbed the new species Pilea cavernicola after the Latin for cave-dweller. In its subterranean lair, Pilea cavernicola only receives .04-2.78% the amount of full daylight. This feat ...

  3. Dec 31, 2012 · One might not expect flowering plants with pinkish petals to be flourishing on the floor of a dark cave, but that's exactly where researchers discovered such a species in southern China.

  4. Dec 31, 2012 · One might not expect flowering plants with pinkish petals to be flourishing on the floor of a dark cave, but that's exactly where researchers discovered such a species in southern China.

  5. Feb 8, 2018 · Monro and colleagues from Guangxi Institute of Botany in China surveyed more than 60 caves in the Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan regions. They identified 418 different plant species, 31 of which...

  6. Jan 1, 2013 · Surprising cave-dwelling plants discovered in China. Print; Jan. 1, 2013, 1:24 AM UTC. By msnbc.com technology & science. Flowering species survives on 0.04 percent of full sunlight, botanist reports.

  7. Oct 13, 2014 · In 1983, though, the top two floors of the tower were converted into an apartment space. The first person to rent the 2,500-square-foot space paid just $600 a month. Today, a mystery individual lives at the tip-top of our skyline, in a duplex penthouse whose floors are connected by a spiral staircase.

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