Table 2. Average stamen movement values per flower at different stimulus intervals (bold: experimentally derived data, rest: calculated).
species | Loasa insons | Nasa dyeri ssp. australis | Nasa urens | ||||||||||||
stimulus interval in minutes | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 60 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 60 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 60 |
stamens moved per hour | 4.56 | 4.84 | 4.74 | 5.04 | 3.22 | 6.78 | 5.93 | 5.22 | 4.87 | 3.63 | 5.88 | 9.84 | 4.38 | 4.79 | 2.39 |
total amount of stamens moved per stimulus | 0.76 | 1.21 | 1.58 | 2.52 | 3.22 | 1.13 | 1.48 | 1.74 | 2.44 | 3.63 | 0.98 | 2.46 | 1.46 | 2.39 | 2.39 |
stimulus response (tot. movement - autonomous movement) | 0.49 | 0.8 | 1.03 | 1.7 | 1.58 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.69 | 0.13 | 0.96 | 2.42 | 1.41 | 2.32 | 2.24 |
response within first 5 minutes after stimulus | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.71 | 1 | 0.81 | 0.61 | 0.87 | 0.93 | 1.02 | 0.71 | 0.9 | 2.28 | 0.98 | 1.19 | 1.19 |
autonomous stamen movement | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.55 | 0.82 | 1.64 | 0.58 | 0.88 | 1.17 | 1.75 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 0.38 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.5 |