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- Title
- <em>Helosis</em> Flowers
- Author
- Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
- Keywords
- Helosis, flower
- Description
- Helosis, flower
- Here are the male flowers of the Helosis from Iquitos, Peru. Each flower has three petals (or what appear to be petals) surrounding a group of three united stamens. Filling the male flowers are droplets of sweet liquid. Flies are attracted to these drops. In the process of feeding on the liquid, the flies pick up pollen grains, which they transfer to female flowers.
Return to the Helosis [1] page or the Parasitic Plant Index [2].
- Publisher
- Botanical Society of America
- Additional data
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copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
- Collection
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Parasitic Plants
- Botanical Name
- <em>Helosis</em>
- Location State
- Iquitos
- Location Country
- Peru
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