Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Title

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Abstract

The orchid genera Catasetum employs a hair-trigger activated, pollen release mechanism, which forcibly attaches pollen sacs onto foraging insects in the New World tropics. This remarkable adaptation was studied extensively by Charles Darwin and he termed this rapid response "sensitiveness." Using high speed video cameras with a frame speed of 1000 fps, this rapid release was filmed and from the subsequent footage, velocity, speed, acceleration, force and kinetic energy were computed.

Keywords

Catasetum, Darwin, High-speed photography, Pollination

Volume

3

Issue

1

First Page

19

Last Page

23

DOI

10.4161/psb.3.1.4980

ISSN

15592316

Rights

© 2008 Landes Bioscience.

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