Claim · model-written summary
The orchid flower offers no reward, and most of more than 15 visitor insects only alighted or rested.
- Taxon
- Cypripedium henryi Rolfe
Cypripedium henryie0 - Outcome
- rewardlesse1
- Value
- over 15 insectse1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The pollination ecology of Cypripedium henryi Rolfe”
e1“The flower is rewardless; over 15 insects belonging to Araneida, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Coleoptera were recorded as flower visitors, but most only alighted or rested on the flower.”
Title
Pollination of the lady's slipper Cypripedium henryi Rolfe (Orchidaceae)
PENG LI; YI-BO LUO; YIN-XIA DENG; et al. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00767.x
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Cypripedium henryi flowers are self-compatible but require pollen vectors for reproduction.
- Observation Female Lasioglossum bees were the most frequent visitors and only pollinators during 32 hours over two years.
- Observation Female Lasioglossum bees revisited the same orchid flowers frequently.
- Observation Only L. sauterum among three visiting Lasioglossum species carried pollen.
- Observation L. flavohirtum was too large and climbed out through the flower entrance.
- Observation L. sichuanense appeared morphologically capable of pollination, but collected bees carried no C. henryi pollen.
- Mechanism The authors speculate that the orchid’s scent discourages L. sichuanense from entering.
- Observation L. sauterum fits the flower morphologically, but some repeat visits do not pollinate after pollen removal.