Claim · model-written summary
Natural reproductive success is low, attributed to scarce pollinators and deficient pollen transfer.
- Taxon
- Encyclia mapuerae
Encyclia mapueraet0 - Outcome
- reproductive success in natural conditionse0
- Direction
- lowe0
- Qualifier
- deficient pollen transference due to the scarcity of pollinatorse0
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Verbatim
e0“The reproductive success in natural conditions is low because of deficient pollen transference due to the scarcity of pollinators.”
t0“Encyclia mapuerae”
Title
A. H. Krahl; D. R. P. Krahl; J. J. Valsko; et al. Australian Journal of Botany 2017. doi:10.1071/bt16253
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Flowers have labellum lines that act as nectar guides.
- Observation The secretory epidermis has papillae with ornamented cuticles.
- Observation The tissue beneath the secretory epidermis is three layered collenchyma.
- Observation The flowers attract several Hymenoptera species.
- Observation Only one Centris species was recorded pollinating the orchid.
- Observation Bees collect nectar from inside the cuniculus.
- Observation Pollinaria attach to bees heads when the bees leave flowers.
- Observation The orchid is self compatible.
- Observation The orchid depends on pollinators.