OFF THE CURVE. “The ability to attract pollinators without offering them a reward has evolved independently in many angiosperm lineages, but usually in only a few species per family. In contrast, it has been estimated that around one-third of orchid species are pollinated by ‘food-deception’.”
http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/5/1085.full.pdf
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022