Tag: Tokyo greenhouse
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A Plant That Smells Like an Ant: The First Documented Case of Ant-Scented Pollination in Tokyo
Discovery in the Tokyo Greenhouse In a quiet greenhouse nestled in Tokyo, researcher Ko Mochizuki observed an extraordinary phenomenon: a modest, obscure plant species began attracting an unusually large swarm of flies. Unlike many flowers that use nectar rewards or vivid colors to lure pollinators, this plant relied on a far more subtle strategy. It…
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First documented case: a plant that smells like ants to attract pollinators
Uncovering an unusual pollination strategy In a quiet greenhouse in Tokyo, a striking observation by plant biologist Ko Mochizuki has sparked a reexamination of how plants attract pollinators. Flies were gathering around blooms from an obscure plant species, yet there was no nectar to tempt them and the flowers lacked the vivid colors typically associated…