Pollination Syndromes - BatBat pollination (chiropterophily) Bat-pollinated flowers tend to: be large and showy, white or light coloured, open at night and have strong odours. 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. | Collection Accessions:- Adansonia digitata - Baobab Tree, Monkey Bread Tree - Malvaceae
- Adansonia digitata - Baobab Tree, Monkey Bread Tree - Malvaceae
- Agave americana - Century Plant, Maguey, American Aloe - Agavaceae
 - Agave americana 'Marginata' - Century Plant, Maguey, American Aloe - Agavaceae
- Agave cf angustissima - Agavaceae
- Agave cf miradorensis - Agavaceae
- Agave cf stricta - Hedgehog Agave - Agavaceae
- Agave cf univittata var. heterocantha - Agavaceae
- Agave cf vestita - Agavaceae
- Agave geminiflora - Twin-flowered Agave - Agavaceae
- Agave guiengola - Agavaceae
- Agave Murpheyi - Agavaceae
- Agave patonii (dwarf) - Agavaceae
- Agave polyanthiflora - Agavaceae
- Agave purpursorum - Agavaceae
- Agave sisalana - Sisal Hemp, Hemp Plant - Agavaceae
- Agave tequilana 'Weber's Blue' - Weber's Blue Agave - Agavaceae
- Agave victorae-reginae 'compacta' - Agavaceae
- Agave victorae-reginae (variegated) - Agavaceae
- Carnegiea gigantea - Saguaro, Giant Saguaro, Arizona-Giant - Cactaceae
- Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree, Silk Cotton Tree - Malvaceae
- Crescentia cujete - Calabash Tree - Bignoniaceae
- Lemaireocereus humilis - Cactaceae
- Marcgravia rectiflora - Shingle Vine - Marcgraviaceae
- Marcgravia unidentified - Marcgraviaceae
- Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Dwarf Cavendish Banana - Musaceae
- Musa ornata - Musaceae
- Musa sikkimensis - Darjeeling Banana, Hooker's Hardy Banana - Musaceae
- Musa unidentified - Musaceae
- Musa velutina - Velvet Pink Banana - Musaceae
- Pachira aquatica - Malabar Chestnut, Guiana Chestnut - Malvaceae
- Parkia timoriana {unconfirmed ID} - Fabaceae
- WISHLIST ITEM: Centropogon nigricans - Campanulaceae
- WISHLIST ITEM: Cobaea scandens - Cup and Saucer Vine - Polemoniaceae
- WISHLIST ITEM: Musa textilis - Abaca - Musaceae
- WISHLIST ITEM: Sonneratia caseolaris - Crabapple Mangrove, Mangrove Apple - Lythraceae
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