2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
No matter what tricks the plants go to to cope with nectar thieves, protect moisture reserves from the scorching sun's rays, and attract effective pollinators. You watch them and you begin to doubt the absence of intelligence among the silent creatures of nature, chained to one place of residence
Passionflower or Passionflower
An inhabitant of the subtropics can be found today in the Russian open spaces. In the south, it grows well in open ground, and in cold climates it has taken root in greenhouses and as a houseplant, giving decorative leaves and charming flowers.
Among several hundreds of plant species, there is an evergreen liana, which gives edible fruits to humans. I have never seen the fruit of a creeper in my life, but the juice from them, with an intricate name"
Passion fruit ”(One of the names of the vine), today it is adjacent to the store shelves with tomato, apple and other home-grown drinks.
But today we'll talk about stealth
Passionflower, which the plant is forced to resort to in order to protect its pollen from the thief wasp, which eats it entirely, without trying to transfer at least part of it to other flowers for pollination.
But what can a stationary plant do in the fight against a flying insect? Lure another insect to the aid of which the pollen
Passiflora not needed, but the sweet droplets of secretion secreted by the plant on the leaves are very much to your taste. Large ants, attracted by the sweet treat, engage the wasps far from the flowers, thereby preserving pollen for the more noble pollinators.
The second enemy of Passionflower is the heliconid butterfly, whose caterpillars love to feast on the leaves of the plant. Against the butterfly, Passiflora has two weapons.
The first are the sticky hairs with which the plant covers its toxic leaves, making it difficult for voracious caterpillars to move.
Second the weapon is the ability of the plant to create round balls on the leaves, which are copies of butterfly eggs, in which even the smell is similar to the smell of eggs. Butterflies, it turns out, also know how to draw conclusions, and therefore, mistaking the balls for the eggs already laid out by another butterfly, they fly by, realizing that one plant will not be enough for the growth of two offspring.
How can you not think about the wisdom of plants and insects, from which it would not hurt people to take an example.
Haworthia in the desert
About the plant with the name"
Haworthia , Which has taken root on our windowsills and amazed by its decorativeness and variety, we said here:
www.asienda.ru/komnatnye-rasteniya/polosataya-havortiya/
It is free for Haworthia to grow under the supervision of a caring grower, who will promptly give water to drink and deal with enemies who eat juicy leaves or plant roots.
Haworthia has a completely different life, growing in the deserts of South Africa. In the wild, full of danger and enemies, the plant has to cope with problems on its own.
In the rainy season, when there is enough water for both plants and animals, and therefore the sun's rays are not so terrible, and the antelopes prefer to drink at the watering place, and not eat the juicy leaves of Haworthia, the plant reigns a holiday. The roots of Haworthia strongly absorb moisture, grow and reveal succulent leaves to the desert.
The dry season forces you to adapt to the dangers, giving the command to the roots to "burrow in the sand." Leaves follow the roots, leaving only their tips on the surface, with the help of which they will feed the plant with solar energy.
Haworthia has to use this game of hide-and-seek, so as not to be eaten by the animals of the desert during the dry season, and also to save their water reserves for their own needs until the next heavenly streams.
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