#pollinated — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pollinated, aggregated by home.social.
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The #redclover #Trifolium #pratense (#Faboideae) is a common #plant in Central Europe, growing on nutrient-rich #meadows. It is native to Europe, Western Asia, and Northwest Africa, but was introduced to North/South America a long time ago. It is #pollinated bumblebees/bees with long proboscis. It is #parasitized by, i.a., #seedweevils of the genus Tychius. A weevil of may be this taxon, is visible in my #photos. #Biodiversity
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
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© S.F. Wirth, Berlin 2025
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How cool is a #palm that #flowers and #fruits underground?
Explainer 🔗: https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/the-palm-that-flowers-underground
OA 🔗: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10393
Of course, questions abound. E.g., how on earth is this #pollinated?
While scientists only learned about this #plant recently:
"It is known in at least three #Bornean #languages by four different names: Pinang Tanah (Malay, West Kalimantan), Pinang Pipit, Muring Pelandok (both Kadorih, Central Kalimantan), and Tudong Pelandok (Iban, Sarawak)."
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Hypothetical question because #writing #alternatehistory. If #bees vanished, how much impact would it make on #tea? Camellia sinensis is #pollinated by bees, right? So would need to be hand pollinated? #horticulture #apiarist #entomology #botany