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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 page or the Parasitic Plant Index.
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
<em>Helosis</em>
Location State
Iquitos
Location Country
Peru
Categories
  • Image
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