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SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)

Bat-pollinated flowers tend to: be large and showy, white or light coloured, open at night and have strong odors. They are often large and bell-shaped. Bats drink the nectar, and these plants typically offer nectar for extended periods of time. Sight, smell, and echo-location are used to initially find the flowers, and excellent spatial memory is used to visit them repeatedly. In fact bats can identify nectar-producing flowers using echolocation, a talent that was only recently discovered. In the New World, bat pollinated flowers often have sulphur-scented compounds, but this does not carry to other parts of the world. Bat-pollinated plants have bigger pollen than their relatives.
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28 Accessions:

Adenocalymma comosum Agave sisalana Agave tequilana Barringtonia racemosa Carnegiea gigantea Carnegiea gigantea Ceiba pentandra Freycinetia multiflora Marcgravia rectiflora Musa ornata Musa sikkimensis Musa textilis Musa velutina Pachira aquatica Pachira aquatica Solandra maxima

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  • {1} Marcgravia rectiflora - Shingle Vine - Marcgraviaceae
  • {2} Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree - Malvaceae
  • {3} Barringtonia racemosa - Powder Puff Tree - Lecythidaceae
  • {4} Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Dwarf Cavendish Banana - Musaceae
  • {5} Freycinetia multiflora - Climbing Pandanus - Pandanaceae
  • {6} Musa ornata - Musaceae
  • {6} Musa sikkimensis - Darjeeling Banana - Musaceae
  • {7} Musa textilis - Abaca - Musaceae
  • {8} Musa velutina - Velvet Pink Banana - Musaceae
  • {9} Pachira aquatica - Malabar Chestnut, Guiana Chestnut - Malvaceae
  • {10} Pachira aquatica - Guiana Chestnut - Malvaceae
  • {11} Solandra longiflora - Chalice Vine - Solanaceae
  • {11} Solandra maxima - Golden Chalice Vine - Solanaceae
  • {12} Adenocalymma comosum - Yellow Trumpet Vine - Bignoniaceae
  • {13} Crescentia cujete - Calabash Tree - Bignoniaceae
  • {14} Agave schidigera - Maguey - Asparagaceae
  • {15} Agave sisalana - Sisal - Asparagaceae
  • {15} Agave tequilana - Weber's Blue Agave - Asparagaceae
  • {16} Agave americana - Century Plant - Asparagaceae
  • {16} Agave americana 'Marginata' - Century Plant, Maguey, American Aloe - Asparagaceae
  • {16} Agave cf stricta - Hedgehog Agave, Rabo de León - Asparagaceae
  • {16} Agave polianthiflora - Asparagaceae
  • {17} Agave guiengola - Asparagaceae W/C
  • {17} Agave parryi - Asparagaceae
  • {18} Agave murpheyi - Asparagaceae
  • {18} Carnegiea gigantea - Saguaro - Cactaceae
  • {18} Carnegiea gigantea - Saguaro - Cactaceae W/C
  • {19} Stenocereus humilis - Cactaceae
  • WISHLIST ITEM: Passiflora unipetala - Passifloraceae

W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering
= Image(s) Available
= map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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