viscidium

Noun

Meaning

viscidium (plural viscidia)

A sticky pad in the flowers of most orchids

Examples

In orchids that produce pollinia, pollination happens as some variant of the following sequence: when the pollinator enters into the flower, it touches a viscidium, which promptly sticks to its body, generally on the head or abdomen. Source: Internet

While leaving the flower, it pulls the pollinium out of the anther, as it is connected to the viscidium by the caudicle or stipe. Source: Internet

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