Submissions tagged with pollination
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The unique mouse pollination in an orchid species
The Chinese orchid, Cymbidium serratum, is pollinated by the wild mountain mouse Rattus fulvescens. The flowers use both odor and colour as attractants, and provide labellum as food reward for the ...
Received 22 April 2008 05:07 GMT; Posted 22 April 2008
Posted to: Evolution and Ecology, Earth and Environment