Most pollinators are seeking nectar, not pollen, and nectar is usually produced from nectaries at the base of the petal. They get zapped by the pollen quite incidentally. I am not sure what the pollinator is for this species, but similar species with long tubes that are night blooming and white are pollinated by moths, and there are such specialized moths with tongues that can reach that far. Diana Telos > I was reading the account of Pamianthe on the wiki, and I saw something which does not make sense to me. > The wiki account states "The flowering tube is an amazing 20-25 cm long, and must need a very specialized pollinator." > > But the stigma and anthers are in fact close together in this species (as in most amaryllids), and most pollinators should have no trouble moving from one to the other. > > What the extreme length of the flowering tube requires is pollen which can grow from the stigma to the ovary 20-25 cm away. > > We need to fix this. Since I have not worked on the wiki in a long time, will someone else take this on? > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, now nervously counting my Pamianthe chicks as they hatch. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >