But how did these immobile organisms manage to spread so far? One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollinators—typically wind, water, and animals—carry pollen from one ...

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 ...

reveal that the plants predominantly self-pollinate, that is, they don't rely on insects to transfer pollen from other plants, and that they do so about three days after the flowers open.