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This helps the bats to find the plants with greater ease and hence pollinate them with more frequency. The shape of the leaves also helps to guide the bats in locating the hidden feeders. [ 6 ] The reflectors are convergent with those of a Bornean pitcher plant, Nepenthes hemsleyana , that attracts bats to its pitchers as roosting sites and ...
Tacca chantrieri is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. It was first described in 1901 by Édouard André. [1] T. chantrieri is native to southeastern Asia. It is commonly known as the black bat flower due to its shape and coloring. [2] The bat flower has unique pollination method in that it is mostly autonomous self ...
Ornithophily or bird pollination is the pollination of flowering plants by birds. Chiropterophily or bat pollination is the pollination of flowering plants by bats. Plants adapted to use bats or moths as pollinators typically have white petals, strong scent and flower at night, whereas plants that use birds as pollinators tend to produce ...
Heliconia solomonensis is pollinated by the macroglosine bat (Melonycteris woodfordi) in the Solomon Islands. Heliconia solomonensis has green inflorescences and flowers that open at night, which is typical of bat pollinated plants. The macroglosine bat is the only known nocturnal pollinator of Heliconia solomonensis. [15]
In addition to pollinating these plants, the cave nectar bat is an important pollinator for major crops, including up to 55 species of plants. Their tendencies to pollinate certain plants is determined by the proximity of their living quarters. There are at least thirteen plant taxa that the cave nectar bat feeds upon. The dependence on the ...
The well-known T. chantrieri goes by the names of black batflower, bat-head lily, devil flower or cat's whiskers. Tacca integrifolia is known as the purple or white batflower . Other cultivated varieties include the arrowroot , T. leontopetaloides , and T. cristata aspera .
Kigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the Trumpet Vine Family Bignoniaceae. The genus consists of only one species, Kigelia africana , which occurs throughout tropical Africa . The so-called sausage tree grows a poisonous fruit that is up to 60 cm (2 feet) long, weighs about 7 kg (15 pounds), and resembles a sausage in a casing.
All the "leaves" in this image are bracts. In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves; they may be of a different size, color, shape, or texture.