Claim · model-written summary
Flowers have labellum lines that act as nectar guides.
- Taxon
- E. mapuerae
Encyclia mapueraee0 - Organ / stage
- flowerse0
- Outcome
- longitudinal lines on the labellum that act as a nectar guidee0
Verbatim
e0“The flowers of E. mapuerae show longitudinal lines on the labellum that act as a nectar guide.”
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 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.
- Mechanism Natural reproductive success is low, attributed to scarce pollinators and deficient pollen transfer.
