Who Are Flowers Trying To Seduce?

Snap some photos of flowers, guess who or what pollinates them and post to social media using #FlowerSeduction Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/minuteearth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - 靛蓝字幕组 - Maletendo Bezenga - Duhilio Patiño - Alberto Bortoni - Valentin - Nicholas Buckendorf - Antoine Coeur ___________________________________________ ALSO check out these amazing time-lapse videos that entranced the entire MinuteEarth team during the making of this video: http://bit.ly/1IXVNjd http://bit.ly/24UZogw And this article on Water Pollinated Plants http://bit.ly/1Wgajvp Want to learn more? Here are some keywords to get your googling started: – Pollination: the process by which pollen is transferred to the female reproductive organs of seed plants – Pollinator: the agent that moves the pollen – Abiotic pollination syndromes: wind pollination (anemophily) and water pollination (hydrophily) – Self-pollination: when pollen from the same plant arrives at the stigma of a flower (in flowering plants) or at the ovule (in gymnosperms) – Stamen: the male fertilizing organ of a flower, typically consisting of a pollen-containing anther and a filament. – Carpel: The female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style. – Perfect flower: a flower that has both stamens and carpels. Also called bisexual, androgynous, hermaphroditic and monoclinous. – Monoecious: having male and female reproductive structures in separate flowers on the same plant. – Dioecious: having the male and female reproductive structures on separate plants. – Nectar guides: markings or patterns seen in flowers of some angiosperm species that guide pollinators to their rewards. – Some species featured in this video: common holly (Ilex aquifolium), stinking corpse lily (Rafflesia arnoldii), carrion fly (Calliphoridae), night blooming cereus, Massonia depressa, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ___________________________________________ Credits: Script Writer: Kate Yoshida (twitter: @KateYoshida) Script Editor: Alex Reich (twitter: @alexhreich) Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (twitter: @eversalazar) Video Director: Emily Elert (twitter: @eelert) With Contributions From: Henry Reich (twitter: @minutephysics) and Peter Reich Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder _________________________________________ Like our videos? Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: http://goo.gl/EpIDGd Get early access to all of our videos on Vessel: https://goo.gl/hgD1iJ Support us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ Also, say hello on: Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC And find us on itunes: https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ________________________ Image Credits: Rafflesia arnoldi - Wikimedia user: Rendra_Regen_Rais http://bit.ly/1RJvxhl Potentilla intermedia L. - Bjørn Rørslett (used with permission) http://bit.ly/1RZRQ57 ________________________ References: Cox, P. (1993 October). Water Pollinated Plants. Scientific American, 269(4): 68-74 Johnson, S.D. et al. (2001). Rodent pollination in the African lily Massonia depressa (Hyacinthaceae). American Journal of Botany, 88: 1768–1773 Leonard, A.S. & Papaj, D.R. (2011) ‘X’ marks the spot: the possible benefits of nectar guides to bees and plants. Functional Ecology, 25: 1293– 1301 Lunau, K. et al. (2011). Avoidance of achromatic colours by bees provides a private niche for hummingbirds. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214: 1607–1612 Reed, S. et al. (1998). Pollination of Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae). American Journal of Botany, 75(8): 1148-1162 Rodriguez-Girones, M.A., Santamaria, L. (2004). Why are so many bird flowers red? PLoS Biology, 2:e350 Rosas-Guerrero, V. et al. (2014). A quantitative review of pollination syndromes: do floral traits predict effective pollinators? Ecology Letters, 17: 388–400 Schiestl, F.P. & Dotterl, S. (2012) The evolution of floral scent and olfactory preferences in pollinators: coevolution or pre-existing bias? Evolution, 66: 2042–2055