About the effect of the composition of those scents researchers know relatively little. Do plants with a more divers scent bouquet also attract more pollinators? And what about its effect on bacteria?
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Asymmetric flowers
Left-right asymmetry breaks with the expected symmetry. Think of flowers with their style and anthers located respectively left and right of the middle, Now, a group of international researchers show how a plant breaks with symmetry.
Green on green
Green on green Colourful flowers stand out between the greenery. There are, however, green flowers. Now Spanish and American researchers show in Annals of Botany that those do stand out, at least for bees and flies. ‘A green flower is not noticed, and is pollinated by wind.’ That was long the believe. But there areContinue reading “Green on green”
Blushing flowers
Blushing flowers Some flowers shift colour after pollination. In this way they signal to pollinators here is nothing more to get. Now Chinese and American researches discovered which gene is regulating this in Lotus species. The flowers of Lotus japonicus and Lotus filicaulis are both yellow. Only one of those, L. filicaulis, colours a blushingContinue reading “Blushing flowers”
Plant en Zo 