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In an experiment, skunk cabbages were found to maintain flower temperature 9°C(48F) higher when the air temperature was at 15°C(59F) When the air temperature was dropped to –15°C(5F), the flower was still at 15°C(59F), or 30°C higher than the air temperature.
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This was throwing me for a loop until I realized they've got a math error there... Actual 9°C correlates to actual 48°F, but they're talking about a quantity of 9 degrees, which is roughly a quantity of 16 degrees in Fahrenheit. The plant didn't maintain a temp of 107°F when the air was 59°F, it maintained a temp of 75°F (59 outside plus the 16 increase,) aka 24°C (15 outside plus the 9 increase.)