Who Are Flowers Trying To Seduce?

Want to learn more? Here are some keywords to get your googling started: - Pollination: the process by which pollen is transferred to the female reproductive organs of seed plants - Pollinator: the agent that moves the pollen - Abiotic pollination syndromes: wind pollination (anemophily) and water pollination (hydrophily) - Self-pollination: when pollen from the same plant arrives at the stigma of a flower (in flowering plants) or at the ovule (in gymnosperms) - Stamen: the male fertilizing organ of a flower, typically consisting of a pollen-containing anther and a filament. - Carpel: The female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style. - Perfect flower: a flower that has both stamens and carpels. Also called bisexual, androgynous, hermaphroditic and monoclinous. - Monoecious: having male and female reproductive structures in separate flowers on the same plant. - Dioecious: having the male and female reproductive structures on separate plants. - Nectar guides: markings or patterns seen in flowers of some angiosperm species that guide pollinators to their rewards. - Some species featured in this video: common holly (Ilex aquifolium), stinking corpse lily (Rafflesia arnoldii), carrion fly (Calliphoridae), night blooming cereus, Massonia depressa, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum