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| Elma Kay has confirmed that P. penduliflora is bat pollinated. Her work was done in August 1998 & June/July 1999 at the Mason River Reserve, a wet savanna in Clarendon, Jamaica. Here is monophyllus redmani in a mistnet with pollen clearly visible on the top of its head. Sticky tape was used to remove some pollen for analysis, after which the bat was released unharmed. Some pollen was found to be from P. penduliflora. The flowers open early evening after 4.00pm and are closed by 6.00-7.00a.m. the next day. The flowers which are lime green, bell shaped & hang down on the end of long peduncles have a distinct musty odour & copious pollen. Other visitors to the plant included bees, a sphingid moth & when the flowers are newly open the ‘Doctor Bird’, the Redbilled or Western Streamertail, Trochilus polytmus. The hummingbirds did not make contact with the anthers or stigma lobes. |
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Monophyllus redmani having pollinated P. penduliflora