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"The Flower of the European Orchid: Form and Function" provides an elaborate overview of all aspects of the orchid flower. From each genus the following aspects are illustrated: habitat, flower close-ups, macrophotographs of the column, rosette and capsules, flower diagrams, SEM-photographs of pollinia, pollinaria or pollen grains, microscopic sections of the flower and pollinators. Precise descriptions of the morphology of the flower and the adaptations to the pollinator give an unprecedented overview of all aspects of flowers and pollinators In the introductory chapter the terminology is explained and illustrated with many macro-photographs. Included are various tables about all known pollinators, fruit set, bending speed of the caudicles, an overview of all autogamous species with autogamy mode and seed number per capsule. An extensive bibliography provides a survey of all old and recent literature   We recently made five updates of the appendices of our book available online, which can be downloaded below  

• Appendix 1: Pollinators - additions 2016 (625 kb)
• Appendix 2: Fruit set - additions 2016 (233 kb)
• Appendix 3: Autogamy - additions 2016 (122 kb)
• Appendix 4: Seed number per capsule - additions 2016 (298 kb)
• References: additions 2016 (581 kb)

 

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