On a remote tallgrass prairie in North Dakota, a secretive orchid pokes up from the ground. You’ll only find it if you know ...
When the bee flies off and lands on another orchid it deposits the pollen, allowing the flowers to reproduce. Despite the elaborate deception, bee orchids also engage in self-pollination, transferring ...
The mysterious Dracula vampira, known as the Vampire Orchid, is one of the most dramatic orchids we’ve digitised. Native to ...
Human impacts go beyond fragmentation of habitat to other modifications. We are interested in how anthropogenic impacts from farming to logging to cattle grazing affect bee communities and pollination ...
When the stigma opens it comes in contact with the pollen on the style. Holcoglossum amesianum orchid This unique orchid actually moves to pollinate itself! The cap covering the anther falls off, a ...
big moths that are just the right fit and size to reach the orchid’s nectar, in a long spur, while also pollinating the plant. The western prairie fringed orchid is mostly found in reserves ...
Lots of plants rely on insects like bees to reproduce. To make a seed, a flower needs to be pollinated. This means that pollen from one flower needs to travel to another. Bees are very important ...
Plants that self-pollinate include several types of orchids and sunflowers. Dandelions are capable of self-pollination as well as cross-pollination. The remaining 15 percent use bugs, birds ...
Its flowers are incredibly attractive to butterflies and bees, so it’s an important plant for pollination. This happens because the orchid blooms for a short time each spring - just after male ...
Therefore, long stems represent an adaptation to aid bat pollination. "This work suggests long stems make bat-flowers more 'visible' to bats in the same way that bright red petals help ...
Orchids Paper Products Company is a manufacturer of tissue products serving the at-home tissue market. The Company produces bulk tissue paper, known as parent rolls, and convert parent rolls into ...