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Pollination by flies, known as myophily, is the second most prevalent method of pollination among orchids, involving pollinators from twenty different dipteran families. [13] These flowers typically emit scents reminiscent of decaying organic materials, excrement, or carrion, which attract flies seeking food or suitable sites for egg deposition ...
Orchids in the genus Pterostylis have been found to attract male fungus gnats with chemical attractants and then trap them using a mobile petal lip. [2] The general observation of insects being trapped and aiding pollination were made as early as 1872 by Thomas Frederic Cheeseman [ 3 ] and did not go unnoticed by Charles Darwin who examined the ...
Fly pollinators are typically attracted to pale, dull plants or those with translucent patches. Additionally, these plants produce pollen, do not have present nectar guides and flowers resemble a funnel or complex trap. [8] The host plant can sometimes trap the pollinator during the pollination/feeding process.
The uptake of pheromone precursors from plants is also known for certain species of orchid bees and peacock flies. Male bees collect a mixture of terpenoids from orchids and use them as an aggregation pheromone to form lek mating. Sometimes the plant constituents control the development of the pheromone glands of male butterflies. [48]
Dancing lady orchids are light loving orchids that can live in 40-70% humidity. I also love boat orchids ( Cymbidium ). They are cool growing, so they work well in indoor environments, provided ...
Ophrys insectifera, the fly orchid, is a species of orchid and the type species of the genus Ophrys. It is remarkable as an example of the use of sexually deceptive pollination and floral mimicry, as well as a highly selective and highly evolved plant–pollinator relationship.
Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton) nectaring at daisy (Argyranthemum)Pollination syndromes are suites of flower traits that have evolved in response to natural selection imposed by different pollen vectors, which can be abiotic (wind and water) or biotic, such as birds, bees, flies, and so forth through a process called pollinator-mediated selection.
Drakaea is a genus of 10 species in the plant family Orchidaceae commonly known as hammer orchids. All ten species occur only in the south-west of Western Australia . Hammer orchids are characterised by an insectoid labellum that is attached to a narrow, hinged stem, which holds it aloft.