Researchers led by Bruce Anderson and Vinicius Brito conducted experiments to study the flower’s unique behavior. By placing fluorescently labeled pollen on the skull of a hummingbird and then placing it on a Hypenea macrantha flower, they observed that the flower’s “explosion” of pollen grains effectively eliminated competing pollen.
This discovery sheds light on the complex strategies that plants have developed to maximize reproductive success. Hypenea macrantha ensures the continuation of its species by removing pollen from its competitors and increasing the likelihood of its own pollen landing on a compatible plant.
Source: Ferra
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