Nectar guides are markings or patterns seen in flowers of some angiosperm species, that guide pollinators to their rewards. These markings may appear...

Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals...

on axillary peduncles. The yellow petals of Potentilla indica have a nectar guide near the center of each petal that absorbs UV light more strongly than...

Honey guide may refer to: Honeyguides, birds in the family Indicatoridae, of which some species will lead humans to bee colonies. Nectar guides, otherwise...

diameter, with four bilobed petals. The flower structure has a bright nectar guide pattern, invisible to the naked eye. This pattern is apparent under ultraviolet...

showing flower in visible light, ultraviolet, and infrared. Note the nectar guide pattern visible in UV Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus Stamen under the microscope...

in the throat, and often a purple blotch on the upper lip. A yellow nectar guide extends along the lower lip. The fruit is a large seed pod many centimeters...

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Sensitivity to this region provides butterflies several benefits such as nectar guides for nectar, but it also provides a private communication channel unavailable...

The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on...

flowers). Colour is also a factor, and includes nectar guides, which show pollinators where to look for nectar; they may be visible only under ultraviolet...

called chalcone, which absorbs ultraviolet light, turning them into "nectar guides" for pollinating insects. This particular color, visible only to insects...

proboscis successfully. The UV absorption of the nectar guides contradicted popular notions that nectar guides provided reflective contrast on the UV spectrum...

Noted for long beaks, hummingbirds are specialized for feeding on flower nectar, but all species also consume small insects. Hummingbirds are known by that...

patches. Additionally, these plants produce pollen, do not have present nectar guides and flowers resemble a funnel or complex trap. The host plant can sometimes...

with pale pink to purple markings and a pale or dark yellow or greenish nectar guide. The deep pink or purple wing petals are more or less equal in length...

(lip) which often has longitudinal markings upon it which serve as a nectar guide for pollinating insects. The flowers have four pollinia. Cochleanthes...

leaves and white, pea-like flowers with a streaky, triangular, purple nectar guide. The species grows in renosterveld in the central mountains of the Western...

suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat...

with ultraviolet nectar guides and scent. Nectar, pollen, or both are offered as rewards in varying amounts. The sugar in the nectar tends to be sucrose-dominated...

intricate pattern of speckles and streaks, its lower lobe lined with a nectar guide. The fruit is a large seed pod many centimeters long, a cylindrical body...

Nectar spurs are tubular elongations of petals and sepals of certain flowers that usually contain nectar. Flowers of I. capensis have these nectar spurs...

hortulanus 'Priscilla' photographed in visible, ultraviolet (showing Nectar guides), and infrared light Gladiolus italicus Bulbs of different sizes and...

of blue. The inside of the flowers and lips are very often marked by nectar guides in a distinctive hue and the interior of the flower may also be a different...

petals are yellow on both sides, with the exception of dark purple nectar guides on the front of the lower three petals. The flowers arise from the same...

patterns often function as guides to pollinators and are variously known as nectar guides, pollen guides, and floral guides. The genetics behind the formation...

species is named for its similarity to hummingbirds, as they feed on the nectar of tube-shaped flowers using their long proboscis while hovering in the...

nectar instead of triple sec and simple syrup. It is recognized by the IBA as a new era drink. It is made with tequila, lime juice, and agave nectar,...

experimenters; in the late 1830s a chance sport that no longer had narrow nectar guides of dark color on the petals but a broad dark blotch on the petals (which...

(including patterns called nectar guides that are visible only in ultraviolet light), the scent, amount of nectar, composition of nectar, etc. For example, birds...