…and wouldn’t you know it, it’s not a bull-dog, or the horse feather, it’s a flower. But it’s more than a flower, it’s their ideal. (Hat tip: Hedplug)
Chinese Orchid Found to Have Sex With Itself
For one type of orchid in China, procreating is a lonely affair.
Rather than depending on insects or even the wind for pollination, scientists have discovered that the orchid Holcoglossum amesianum actually fertilizes itself, according to a report in this week’s Nature.
The orchid defies gravity to twist the male part of its flower into the necessary shape to fertilize the female one, a team led by LaiQuang Huang of Tsinghua University found.
The leader of the you’ve got to be kidding party was reportedly absent today trying it out. The flower I mean.
Instead, the pollen-bearing anther uncovers itself and rotates into a suitable position to insert into the stigma cavity, where fertilization takes place.
Liberals were heard to call for a renaming of the Parliament Buildings to “stigma cavity”.
This sexual relationship is so exclusive that flowers do not even transfer pollen to other flowers on the same plant, researchers found.
Liberals were heard to bemoan this fact.
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