Now, despite the black bat flower needing warm temperatures ... or with other tropical understory plants for added protection. If you're growing it inside, put it near a window with indirect ...

It behooves night-flowering plants to be thrifty with their nectar, because well-fed bats will visit fewer flowers. But if a plant is too stingy, a bat will take its services elsewhere.

Although various bat species eat different kinds of food ... They help to control night-flying insects, in some instances pollinate flowers, and scatter the seeds of plants. Their guano is rich in ...

Dubbed the "Bat Man of Mexico," Medellín convinced agave farmers to set aside part of their land to allow the plants there to flower and be pollinated. He also worked with a nonprofit to ...