What is it about?
Greenhood orchids trick their male fly pollinators with the promise of sex - but it is the plant that wins - three different orchids and three different male flies (fungus gnats) - each had matching orchid pollinaria on their backs.
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Why is it important?
Plants and insects have co-evolved fascinating relationships, and by understanding the conversations of nature we can hope to truly appreciate the bigger picture
Perspectives
Liezl Thalwitzer did a great job with this project, I hope she comes back to science someday.
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: Species-specific male pollinators found for three native New Zealand greenhood orchids (Pterostylis spp.) suggest pollination by sexual deception, Australian Journal of Botany, January 2018, CSIRO Publishing,
DOI: 10.1071/bt17111.
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