• DOI:10.1038/441945A
Corpus ID: 4382904

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}
}

K. Liu, Z. Liu, +3 authors Guang-da Tang

Published 2006

Biology, Medicine

Nature

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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