{"id":1892,"date":"2020-10-30T05:52:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T05:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2020-10-30T05:52:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T05:52:18","slug":"orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-nectary-grooves-or-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-nectary-grooves-or-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Nectary grooves or channels."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Orchids have developed many resources to attract different pollinators. Nectar is one of the most prominent of those. Many floral parts have developed to great extent to contain the nectar and to attract pollinators with their own mechanisms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">A unique and not so common way to attract pollinators is by providing nectar in grooves or channels on the surface of the lip, the most exposed floral part. As the pollinators land on the lip, the shiny wet grooves or channels lead them to the pollinarium to help in pollination.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1893\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OLBNSLGC1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1893\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OLBNSLGC1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Liparis sp.\" width=\"450\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OLBNSLGC1-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OLBNSLGC1-2-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liparis sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1894\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OLBNSLGC2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1894\" src=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OLBNSLGC2-2.jpg\" alt=\"Neottia sp.\" width=\"450\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OLBNSLGC2-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OLBNSLGC2-2-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neottia sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Post 24 &#8211; 30\/October\/2020<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchids have developed many resources to attract different pollinators. Nectar is one of the most prominent of those. Many floral parts have developed to great extent to contain the nectar and to attract pollinators with their own mechanisms. A unique and not so common way to attract pollinators is by providing nectar in grooves or &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/orchid-lessons-by-naresh-swami-nectary-grooves-or-channels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Orchid Lessons by Naresh Swami &#8211; Nectary grooves or channels.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[480,54,479,477,478,476,354,459,475],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/naresh.org.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}