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An overview of the biological properties of volatile compounds - examples from the South African flora
2009
South African Journal of Botany
prise open one of these tepals, clamber into the flower with their legs around the style, and receive pollen on the dorsal surface of their thorax from one of the primary anthers. When entering another flower, this pollen is deposited on the glandular hood of the inner tepal being prised open. The pollen germinates and penetrates the style only when the flower wilts and the tepal hoods are appressed against the stigma. Megachilid (leafcutter) bees are apparently the most important pollinators
doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2009.02.067
fatcat:hiwirienz5gxpehd5g2fctmd3a