Orchids represent one of the most diverse and evolutionarily innovative plant families, with pollination ecology and evolution playing central roles in their success.

Because the bumblebee that an orchid relies on for pollination does not exist on a remote island, ... Feb. 18, 2022 — Why have some plant species changed pollinators in their evolution?

Broad scale phylogeny of orchids reveals secrets of their diversity (Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has conducted a broad scale phylogeny of orchids for the first time and in so ...

Because the bumblebee that an orchid relies on for pollination does not exist on a remote island, the plant gets pollinated by an island wasp. Kobe University researchers found that this came at ...