FAILSAFES. “In the absence of an effective pollinator some orchids use autopollination (10–15%) and very rarely apomixis (asexual propagation). Unlike many other flowering plants, orchids place the pollen on the pollinators in specific microsites to reduce cross pollination between species rather than using chemical inhibition. As a result most orchids are self compatible, with self-incompatibility being rare.”
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982208001723
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022