flower can be disadvantage for
opened by the the palm only if
lemur.
there are no
Lemur
The lemur has a source of food.
lemurs or other animals present strong enough to open the flowers.
1 What’s the topic of the text? Co-evolution.
2 What three plants are featured? The yucca, the Traveller’s Palm, and the Ophrys
orchid. 3 What do the photos show you?
Yucca flowers, a Traveller’s Palm, and an Ophrys orchid. 4. What three animal pollinators are featured?
The yucca moth, the Madagascar black lemur, a certain kind of wasp (the male, not the female
The male wasps try to mate with the orchid flowers because they look like and smell like female wasps.
5. Why do the female wasps visit the orchid flowers? Do they have a role in pollination?