While there is increasing recognition of floral mimicry in plants, there are few cases where any explanatory mechanism is confirmed. Scaccabarozzi et al. test for pollination by mimicry in western Australian Diuris...
Tag - pollinator behaviour
Alex Assiry
Robbed, yet replenished: nectar, pollination and reproduction in an alpine plant
Plant-robber-pollinator interactions are studied in an alpine plant, Salvia przewalskii, that is pollinated by long-tongued Bombus religiosus and short-tongued B. friseanus, and robbed by B. friseanus. Ye et al. find...
botanyone
Avoidance of interspecific pollen transfer in Pedicularis
Plants surrounded by individuals of other co-flowering species may attract more pollinators but can suffer a reproductive cost from interspecific pollen transfer. Yang et al. compare pollination and reproduction in...
