Perhaps we should consider the combination of the column and the lip,
that remarkable morphed petal which can act as an attractant, landing
place, pollinator manipulator, and so on as a key to orchid
speciation.
The more specialized the flower becomes in its effort to attract a
vector, the mor
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From: "Martin Epstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [OGD] Evolution and Speciation
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> Do orchids that escape in the wild jungles
At 05:25 PM 7/4/2004 -0400, David S. wrote:
>On the Hawaiian island of Maui, Spathoglottis plicata is found in lots of
>places on the windward side. It definitely is pollinated by something as
>most plants that are flowering have several seed pods forming on them.
>Here's a picture of a typical p
Hi David et al.,
When I was on Maui a few months back a friend of mine told me that the naturalized
Spathoglottis plicata are self-pollinating. I saw a number of plants in bloom, both
on Maui and on the Big Island of Hawaii. Nearly every faded flower on every plant I
saw had become a seed
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