130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name—revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ...

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

Scientists have created a global database of pollination data for almost 3000 orchid species. Recent research, published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, used the database to reveal ...

July 29 (UPI) --The white egret orchid's frilly petals may look nice, but they serve an essential purpose -- to support the hawkmoth pollinator and increase pollen transfer -- according to a study ...

1. Pollination niches are important components of ecological niches and have played a major role in the diversification of Angiosperms. In this study, we focused on Euro-Mediterranean orchids, which ...

Pollination of orchids (Platanthera obtusata) by mosouitoes was first reported in 1913. Since that time the phenomenon has been reported from Michigan, Wisconsin, Alaska, Manitoba and the Northwest ...

China is home to more than 1,700 orchid species, reflecting a breathtaking range of landscapes – from the humid forests of Yunnan to the snowy slopes of the eastern Himalayas. Among them are iconic ...

Because the bumblebee that an orchid relies on for pollination does not exist on a remote island, the plant gets pollinated by an island wasp. Researchers found that this came at the cost of being ...

Researchers Yuta Sunakawa, Ko Mochizuki, and Atsushi Kawakita of the University of Tokyo discovered the first orchid species pollinated by gall midges, a tiny fly species. This is the first documented ...

Molecular ecologist Dr. Melissa McCormick studies orchid species native to North America. Take a tour of an experiment on orchid pollination in progress at the Smithsonian Environmental Research ...

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 ...