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From the photo archives: You have probably heard all about the relationship of ants and peony flower buds. Peonies (Paeonia sp.) are small perennial shrubs that produce large, lovely flowers in the spring. The flower buds produce nectar via extrafloral nectaries, which attract ants. The ants chase off potential herbivores until the buds open. A simple story, [...] Sometimes it is nice to watch a video of nature if you can’t get out to see some yourself. Can you figure out where the nectaries are? Do you know what kind of ants these are? Enjoy. You get to see a lot of surprising things in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States. How cacti provide nectar for ants is just one example. Most of us learned in school that flowers produce nectar, which is then collected by bees, butterflies, bats and/or moths. Extrafloral nectaries are structures on a plant that [...] |
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