A population of Luisia curtisii (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae) in northern Thailand was studied with regard to pollination biology. Although a high level of self-compatibility was demonstrated ...

Many plants show obvious floral adaptations to attract and facilitate pollination by nocturnal visitors. Many of these flowers also receive frequent diurnal visits, yet little is known about how these ...

Olive reproductive biology is marked by a complex interplay between morphological adaptations and genetic self-incompatibility systems, which collectively mediate the process of wind pollination. The ...

Are plants tricking insects into taking their nectar? In today's Academic Minute, Widener University's Kate Goodrich explores that question. Goodrich is an associate professor of biology at Widener. A ...

This study was led by Prof. Shuang-Quan Huang, Director of Institute of Evolution and Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University. Prof. Huang has been dedicated to pollination ...

Recent research, published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, used the database to reveal that orchids show remarkable diversity of highly specialised pollination strategies that differ ...

V. 1. -- Part I Subfamily Cypripedioideae (The Slipper Orchids) -- 2 Cypripedium L. (The Lady's-Slippers), Introduction -- 3 Section Acaulia -- 4 Section Obtusipetala -- 5 Section Cypripedium -- 6 ...

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and nectar ...

The University of California, Riverside seeks outstanding candidates for three faculty positions in various aspects of pollinator and pollination biology to be filled at the Assistant, Associate or ...

When a hummingbird or a hawk moth sups on the sweet nectar of a wild tobacco plant, they're not just getting a tasty meal in exchange for their services in spreading the plant's pollen. Instead, a new ...