Sexual deception in Australian orchids
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Genes involved in the biosynthesis of Chiloglottis semiochemicals
Selection on duplicated plant volatile genes is thought to have enabled the evolution of floral volatiles crucial to plant-insect interactions.
Orchid seeks the most passionate pollinators
It’s not enough to mimic a female – you have to do it well.
Sexually deceptive orchids
The Chiloglottis trapeziformis orchid attracts male wasp pollinators using chiloglottones, a newly discovered class of volatile substances.
Botanists uncover the secrets of sexual attraction
Pollination by sexual deception in Pterostylis
A single species of male gnat (Mycetophilidae) visits and pollinates the rewardless flowers of P. sanguinea. The gnats often show probing copulatory behaviour on the labellum, leading to its triggering and the temporary entrapment of the gnat in the flower.
