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género Coryanthes
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Functional adaptation 1
Orch i d s cap tu re p ol l en : b u cket orch i d s
Bucket orchids complete their complicated pollination process by snagging pollen bundles from carrier
bees with an internal hook.
Get, store, or distribute resources > Capture, absorb, or filter > Solid particles
Move or stay put > Attach > Permanently
Move or stay put > Attach > Temporarily
Each of twenty or so species of bucket orchid that grows in Central America is pollinated by a unique
species of male bee. In the final step of an elaborate process of pollination, a bee carrying two lumps of
coagulated pollen, called the pollinia, struggles through a tight tunnel inside the orchid. As it does so, a
hook on the roof of the tunnel latches onto the pollinia and removes them. (Attenborough 1995:108-109)
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Statistics of barcoding coverage 2
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:77
Specimens with Sequences:110
Specimens with Barcodes:90
Species:8
Species With Barcodes:8
Public Records:22
Public Species:6
Public BINs:0
References
1. © The Biomimicry Institute, some rights reserved
2. © Barcode of Life Data Systems, some rights reserved