Postpollination Nectar Reabsorption and Its Implications for Fruit Quality in an Epiphytic Orchid1
2002
Luyt, R. | Johnson, S. D.
We present evidence that pollination triggers nectar reabsorption in flowers of the epiphytic orchid Mystacidium venosum. The amount of sugar in nectar of M. venosum decreased significantly by more than 50 percent within 72 hours of pollination. Hand-pollinated flowers from which nectar was previously removed set significantly smaller fruits with a lower percentage of viable seeds than hand-pollinated flowers containing nectar, suggesting that resources reclaimed by nectar resorption are allocated to fruit production.
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书目信息
Biotropica
卷
34
期
3
页码
442
- 446
ISSN
0006-3606
出版者
The Royal Society of Chemistry
其它主题
Nectar reabsorption; Mystacidium venosum
语言
英语
类型
Text; Journal Article
2024-02-27
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