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  • During the act of pseudocopulation in Ophrys, the insect picks upOption: 1 Compound pollen<strong

During the act of pseudocopulation in Ophrys, the insect picks up

Option: 1

Compound pollen


Option: 2

Pollinia


Option: 3

Numerous pollen grains


Option: 4

None of these


Answers (1)

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  • Orchids attract insect pollinators by modifying their labellum (one of the petals) to roughly resemble a bee or a wasp.  
  • Short-sighted male insects mistake the labellum for a female, land on it, and try to copulate.  
  • Their efforts are of course fruitless, but this is the way the orchid gets itself pollinated.
  • During the act, the insect dislodges the pollinia (a mass of pollen grains stuck together) from the orchid, which sticks to its body, ready to pollinate the next orchid on which it lands.

Hence, the correct answer is option b.

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Divya Prakash Singh

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