Pollination: Self-fertilization strategy in an orchid
@article{Liu2006PollinationSS, title={Pollination: Self-fertilization strategy in an orchid}, author={K. Liu and Z. Liu and Laiqiang Huang and Li-qiang Li and L. Chen and Guang-da Tang}, journal={Nature}, year={2006}, volume={441}, pages={945-946} }
Mating in flowering plants normally relies on animals, wind, gravity or secretion to convey pollen grains from the male (anther) to the female (stigma) organ. Here we describe a new type of self-pollination mechanism in the tree-living orchid Holcoglossum amesianum, in which the bisexual flower turns its anther against gravity through 360° in order to insert pollen into its own stigma cavity — without the aid of any pollinating agent or medium. This mode of self-pollination, which occurs under… CONTINUE READING
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