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Ep. 395 - Botany in the Garden

In Defense of Plants Podcast

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The Role of Plants in Pollination Ecology

Plants are putting out this bait for their pollinators. And the bait can be colorful petals, nectar or pollen itself. Or it could be weird things like places to sleep at night or food bodies. So I thought it was just a different way of looking at pollination. Maybe not for you or me because we're used to this. But for people who, you know, just like pretty flowers, maybe they haven't realized that flowers are all about bait and that's all about sex.

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