First confirmed case of pseudocopulation in terrestrial orchids of South America: pollination of Geoblasta pennicillata (Orchidaceae) by Campsomeris bistrimacula …
L Ciotek, P Giorgis, S Benitez-Vieyra… - … , Functional Ecology of …, 2006 - Elsevier
The attraction of male pollinating insects by sexual deception is known for several orchids
from the Mediterranean, Australia, South Africa and South America. The sexual delusion
may be so enticing in some species that it elicits males to attempt copulation with insect-like
structures of the labellum. Pollination by such a pseudocopulation mechanism is reported
here for the terrestrial orchid Geoblasta penicillata (Chloraeinae) from subtropical South
America. Observations of the pollination process were carried out in two wild populations …
from the Mediterranean, Australia, South Africa and South America. The sexual delusion
may be so enticing in some species that it elicits males to attempt copulation with insect-like
structures of the labellum. Pollination by such a pseudocopulation mechanism is reported
here for the terrestrial orchid Geoblasta penicillata (Chloraeinae) from subtropical South
America. Observations of the pollination process were carried out in two wild populations …
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