Orchid Mimics Aphids to Lure Pollinators in Intricate Trap Flower Scheme
You can listen to this page as an audio file (English only). A recent study by Cardoso and colleagues in Annals of Botany reveals an intricate pollination strategy employed by the lady’s slipper...
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Can Botanists Rescue the Endangered Orchids of Malaysia?
A study by Besi and colleagues sheds light on the worrying threat to orchid species diversity posed by human activity (anthropogenic) and natural disasters (naturogenic). Published in The Botanical...
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How Serapias Orchids Outsmart Self-Pollination
Among terrestrial Mediterranean orchids, the genus Serapias employs an unusual strategy known as “shelter imitation”, where the floral elements form a tubular structure that insects use during their...
View ArticleThe Love Lies and Sweet Rewards of Australian Orchids
At school we’re taught that pollination is a partnership. Plants provide a reward, like nectar, and in return insects carry pollen to other plants. Producing a reward takes effort, wouldn’t it be...
View ArticleEndangered Vanilla Orchids Hiding in Plain Sight
You might think vanilla is plain, but research shows it’s anything but. Emerson Pansarin’s latest paper in Plant Ecology and Evolution reveals that a plant thought to be one Vanilla species is two....
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