Claim · model-written summary
Pterostylis brumalis relies on insects for cross-pollination
- Taxon
- P. brumalis
Pterostylis brumalise1 - Outcome
- relies on insects for cross pollinatione1
Verbatim
e1“P. brumalis is self‐compatible but relies on insects for cross pollination”
Title
Flowers, phenology and pollination of the endemic New Zealand greenhood orchid Pterostylis brumalis
EJ Bodley; JR Beggs; R Toft; et al. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2016. doi:10.1080/0028825x.2016.1147470
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Pterostylis brumalis is self-compatible
- Observation Natural fruit-set of P. brumalis averages 2.6% across two populations
- Intervention effect Hand-pollinated flowers of P. brumalis set fruit at a high rate of 66.7%
- Mechanism Pollinator limitation is severe in P. brumalis
- Observation Only one collected insect, a female Mycetophila vulgaris, bore orchid pollinia
- Observation A categorical fly vision model indicates excellent camouflage of P. brumalis flowers against herbivory
- Observation A generic tetrachromat vision model indicates P. brumalis flowers are easily distinguishable against the background
- Observation P. brumalis has putative scent-releasing osmophores on the lateral sepals
- Observation P. brumalis labellum has uniform papillate trichomes
