Floral curve test shows what’s great for a moth is not so good for a flower

3-D printed imaginary flowers reveal hidden pollinator-plant conflict over flower shape

hawk moth

HIDDEN CONFLICT  How much a flower throat curves while narrowing to its base turns out to be important — but in opposing ways — to a pollinating hawk moth and the plant itself.

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PORTLAND, ORE.