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The pollination of a self-incompatible, food-mimic orchid, Coelogyne fimbriata (Orchidaceae), by female Vespula wasps.

J Cheng, J Shi, F-Z Shangguan, A Dafni, Z-H Deng, and Y-B Luo

Ann Bot 104(3):565-71 (2009) PMID 19218578

The study of specialized interactions between species is crucial to our understanding of processes in evolutionary ecology due to their profound effect on life cycles and diversification. Obligate pollination by a single wasp species is rare in Orchidaceae except in species with sexually deceptive flowers that are pollinated exclusively by male insects. The object of this study was to document pollination of the food-deceptive flowers of Coelogyne fimbriata, a species pollinated exclusively by female wasps.

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp029
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