Ceropegia species (Apocynaceae) have deceptive pitfall flowers and exploit small flies as
pollinators, supposedly by chemical mimicry. Only preliminary data on the composition of
flower scents are available for a single species so far, and the mimicry system is not yet
understood in any species. We collected data on basic pollination aspects of C.
dolichophylla, analyzed floral scent by gas chromatography linked to mass spectrometry
(GC/MS), identified electrophysiologically active scent components by gas chromatography …