Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

So, some might say that understanding pollination is one of the most important things we can understand about our gardens, ...

The hardy fuchsia is adapted for hummingbird pollination in a variety ... around until they hit the stigmas on female flowers of other wild celery plants. (The stigma is the sticky section of ...

Mutualistic interactions are mutually beneficial species interactions. Plant-pollinator mutualisms are particularly important, and involve nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species.

they don't rely on insects to transfer pollen from other plants, and that they do so about three days after the flowers open. This delay in self-pollination carries important ecological implications.