Tag: hummingbird pollination
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Hummingbirds as Pollinators
This content is from a post originally published on May 15, 2011, on my blog “Pollinators Info” (no longer online). These little flying dynamos are so much fun to watch. For some plants, they are the most important pollinators. Hummingbirds tend to prefer to drink nectar from tubular flowers, especially those red in color. In…
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Pollination Syndromes: Hummingbirds
This post is based on one that was originally published on May 18, 2011, on my blog “Pollinators Info” (no longer online). The hummingbird pollination syndrome usually includes flowers that are open in the day, tubular, and red or orange in color. There are many examples of coevolution between hummingbirds and the plants they pollinate.…
Athena Rayne Anderson 