Pollinator probing time determines plant fitness Flowers encourage pollinator visitation by producing nectar rewards, but there are also examples of deceptive flowers, such as many orchids, that provide nothing in return for pollination services. This raises the question of what are the actual benefits to plant fitness of providing a costly resource like nectar. In this video, Brandenburg et al. describe how they were able to introgress a trait conferring low nect
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