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I remember having read somewhere that among the bees and other pollinators, foxes also do some pollination. No explanation was given (it was just a list of pollinators to show the variety of agents) -- can anybody confirm that this is true and add an example of plant pollinated in this way? Tuf-Kat 21:20, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC)

I dont know of a specific instance, but I can surely imagine that....; a fox, with its bushy tail, could certainly inadvertantly transfer pollen. However, I'm sure that foxes aren't a major contributor to the reproduction of plants. DryGrain 21:24, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Clever plant

I remember watching a documentary and there was a plant which did something strange to pollenate. It attracted the bee to a hole in the flower. It fell down and landed in a sticky substance. Then, the bee came out through another hole. It went through a tunnel and finally emerged from the plant, and while exiting had packs of pollen stuck to its back. Does anyone know the name of this plant?

The scientific name of that flower is Coryanthes, commonly called a bucket orchid. If you interested in learning more about it, see the movie "Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind"--it's a very interesting movie which also explores other "clever plants".


The Alluring Factor If pollinators are enticed by fragrance, what is the evolutionary significance of a flower's aesthetic appeal?

A better way of stating that is "What is it about humans that attracts them to flowers?" I'm totally guessing here, but many animal-pollinated flowers present the same visual contrast to the background that animal-dispersed fruits do, and humans, like other apes, are attracted to fruits as a food source.--Curtis Clark 16:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I believe it is the African water lily.

[edit] This page has serious errors

There are a number of egregious errors on this page and I plan to edit it soon. Am too busy just now. First on the list: pollen is not male gametes it is a gametophyte. Sperm is not produced until after pollination (typically). Nor is the ovule the female gamete. Yikes!

Szplotki 22:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)szplotki

[edit] De-emerge Cross-Pollination with Pollination

The should be separated and the other meanings for Cross-Pollination (eg cross-pollination of ideas) should be explained in a disambiguation page. --200.171.18.132 14:44, 17 December 2006 (UTC)LeonTolstoy2

What other meanings of cross-pollination do you have in mind? Cross-pollination of ideas is unlikely to merit its own article, and is only a borrowed metaphor from the real term. Richard001 04:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Percentages of biotic/abiotic pollination

"About 80% of all plant pollination is biotic. Of the 20% of abiotically pollinated species, 98% is by wind and 2% by water and sun."

This first sentence needs to more precise. Is it 80% of all species or 80% of pollinations occurring in a year? This makes a difference, since grasses are very common plants in comparison to many of the biotically pollinated ones. I assume from the second sentence that the first one refers to species. Mtford 16:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Also, how can the sun drive pollination? Debivort 18:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article destroyed...

I think someone just ruined the whole article, just reporting it.

Just revert it, it's quicker than reporting it, and no more difficult. Richard001 09:14, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Funny words

Funny words are made up by funny people





That was funny words —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.164.122 (talk) 15:47, 15 May 2008 (UTC)