PLEASE NOTE: THE WHITE THING ON HEAD IS ORCHID POLLINIA. POLLINIA ON THE LEG BELONGS TO UNKNOWN PLANT. THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON FOR SHARING THIS PIC. MOST LIKELY IT LOOKS LIKE POLLINIA OF ASCLEPIAS. Thanks again for all your compliments. Pollination biology is a very interesting subject and it becomes more interesting once you study this on Orchids !! Best regards Pankaj
On Friday, 20 July 2012 12:10:20 UTC+8, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > > Attaching some pics. Hope you will understand the reasons behind. The > closeup reveals something extra if you can check the legs of the insect. > Just for information. When we study pollination biology there is > pollination success which can be divided into two parts. Male pollination > success: meaning how many times insect visited divided by how many times it > was actually able to take off the pollinia. > Female pollination success: meaning how many times insect or pollinator > visited the flower divided by how many times it was able to deposit the > pollinia on the stigma. Then overall pollination success can be represented > by ratio of first by second. > Best regards > Pankaj > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nZkV_cbjk_Y/UAjZKEvYyzI/AAAAAAAABM4/9mlP7vn-_QY/s1600/DSC_6832.JPG> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Dhej0_HNlVQ/UAjZUEYHo8I/AAAAAAAABNA/EMG5Xj4qtbU/s1600/DSC_6833+copy.jpg> > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mduu89o4PmU/UAjZbl3q45I/AAAAAAAABNI/yhxGI3sWiZU/s1600/DSC_6833+copy+01.JPG> > >
