@jby@ecoevo.socialNot all flower visitors are equally helpful to the flower; separately tracking bees that buzz to release pollen and bees that steal pollen from flowers in a bunch of Chamaecrista species shows how tracking visitation alone would misrepresent the interactions
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70758
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@primonatura@mstdn.social"Scientists Perfect Cooling Sunscreen from Pollen"
#Sunscreen #Cosmetics
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@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialwarm lamb’s tongue and goat-cheese tortelloni dusted with fennel pollen
@jby@ecoevo.socialNice demonstration of different pollinator species "pulling" floral morphology in different directions for optimal pollen deposition, in two South African wildflower species
#science
@UP8@mastodon.socialPair of small cosmos, what I liked about this batch was seeing the little grains of pollen that had migrated to the petals
#photo #photography #flowers
@jby@ecoevo.socialOrchids are famous for specialized flowers that create species isolation by manipulating pollinators— but these ones don't have specialized pollinator relationships. Instead, they're isolated by pollen incompatibilities.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf271
