The flowers themselves are reduced and have many features associated with wind pollination.
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Maize relies on wind pollination, so bees wouldn't be a factor.
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This tribe does share a number of distinctive morphological features, which seem to be associated with wind pollination.
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Wind pollination is the reproductive strategy adopted by the orchids and " Buddleja " are insect pollinated.
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The pollination is usually performed by insects, but wind pollination is also present ( in Coriariaceae and Datiscaceae ).
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In mid-summer, the female catkins mature and the male catkins expand and release pollen, and wind pollination takes place.
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The seed cones are green, 6 12 cm long and 5 10 cm in diameter, and mature about 18 20 months after wind pollination.
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Wind pollination is very imprecise, with a minute proportion of pollen grains landing by chance on a suitable receptive stigma, the rest being wasted in the environment.
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This develops competition between flowers and as a result flowers must provide incentives to appeal to pollinators ( unless the flower self-pollinates or is involved in wind pollination ).
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The flowers lack of any noticeable scent, their protruding stamens, and their mop-like stigmata suggest their adaptation to wind pollination, in contrast to the petals and night scent of " Struthiola ".