Scientists have solved the 130-year mystery of Stigmatodactylus sikokianus, a fungus-consuming orchid with a unique self-pollination method.
130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name -- revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure ...
L ife can get a bit lonely for the orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus. It grows in dark and secluded places where it’s easy to miss and rarely visited by pollinators, but a 130-year mystery has ...
More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been revealed ...
Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name—revealing a novel mechanism by ...
The results of cowslip observations carried out with the help of citizen scientists from 32 countries in over 5,200 locations shed light on the well-being of insect-pollinated plants under changing ...
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The majority of the commercial beekeepers are involved in the pollination of the almonds and are busy with their preparations. Some of the bees that will be going to California have been shipped ...
"We still would need to confirm," she says. "To have a wolf pollinating flowers is a new thing. I don't think it was ever reported before." "It is really exciting," says Sandy-Lynn Steenhuisen, an ...
This large carnivore, Lai says, could also be a pollinator. LAI: We still would need to confirm, but to have a wolf pollinating flowers is a new thing. I don't think it was ever reported before.