Penduliflorie
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Pendulifloria or pendulum bloom , also flagelliferous bloom, describes in botany the phenomenon in some taller flowering plants, mostly trees, that the flowers , i.e. blooms or inflorescences , are formed hanging down on longer stems. This is usually a facility to facilitate the approach of visiting and then mostly pollinating bats (chiroptera): chiropterophilia , chiropterogamy, "bat pollination "
The formation of the flowers on elastic longer stems prevents the flowers from breaking off during the possibly rough approach and departure of the heavier flower visitors - compared to hummingbirds , for example . This formation of the flower area is practically only found in plants of the tropics and subtropics . In the case of the Eperua falcata , which belongs to the carob family , the flower clusters can hang down from 0.5 to 2 m long, in the case of the Mucuna longipedunculata , which belongs to the butterfly family, even up to 5 m long peduncle. The more well-known African baobab tree also shows pendulum flora and chiropterophilia .
The bat flower is not "bat-flowered", so it is not pollinated by bats.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Adolf Engler , Hans Melchior (Ed.): A. Engler's Syllabus of Plant Families. 12th newly designed edition, Verlag Gebr. Bornträger, Berlin-Nikolassee 1964, OCLC 478092919 , p. 226 above; 230 m., 239 m .; 311 u.