[PDF.91yp] An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution

An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution

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 | #2671004 in Books |  2005-11-24 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.20 x1.00 x9.25l,1.62 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| an enthousiasm for orchids, sex and deceptoin in plant evolution, by John Alcock|By Fred Bos|This is a really fascinating book on both orchids and evolution. The author turns primarily to Southwest Australian orchids and gives a brilliant insight in evolutionary matters. Funny to realise that Darwin himself did not like Southwest Australia when he had a stop over there with his

The male thynnine wasp's extreme sexual enthusiasm is crucial to reproduction of hammer orchids in the wild. Hammer orchids have co-evolved to produce odors identical to those manufactured by female thynnine wasps. The male wasp's superb sensitivity to the scent of his female mate is the basis for the hammer orchid's deceit--in effect, orchids exploit the male insect's highly adaptive sense of smell for their own propagation. While pollinating orchids is a waste of time,...

You easily download any file type for your device.An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution   |  John Alcock. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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