Affiliation:
1. Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Department of Biology University of Balearic Islands Palma Spain
2. Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, E.T.S.I. Montes Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Madrid Spain
Abstract
AbstractPremiseDeceptive pollination, a fascinating mechanism that independently originated in several plant families for benefiting from pollinators without providing any reward, is particularly widespread among orchids. Pollination efficiency is crucial in orchids due to the aggregated pollen in a pollinarium, which facilitates pollen transfer and promotes cross‐pollination as pollinators leave after being deceived.MethodsIn this study, we compiled data on reproductive ecology from five orchid species with different pollination strategies: three deceptive‐strategy species (shelter imitation, food deception, sexual deception), one nectar‐rewarding species, and one shelter‐imitation but spontaneously selfing species. We aimed to compare the reproductive success (female fitness: fruit set; male fitness: pollinarium removal) and pollination efficiency of species representing these strategies. We also investigated pollen limitation and inbreeding depression among the pollination strategies.ResultsMale and female fitness were strongly correlated in all species but the spontaneously selfing species, which had high fruit set and low pollinarium removal. As expected, pollination efficiency was highest for the rewarding species and the sexually deceptive species. Rewarding species had no pollen limitation but did have high cumulative inbreeding depression; deceptive species had high pollen limitation and moderate inbreeding depression; and spontaneously selfing species did not have pollen limitation or inbreeding depression.ConclusionsPollinator response to deception is critical to maintain reproductive success and avoid inbreeding in orchid species with non‐rewarding pollination strategies. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of the trade‐offs associated with different pollination strategies in orchids and highlight the importance of pollination efficiency in orchids due to the pollinarium.
Subject
Plant Science,Genetics,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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