Table 1. Effect of ambient temperature on ΔT for the 30 sampled flower petals.
Fit type indicates the kind of model that best fitted the data: non-linear (GAM) or linear (GLS). Significance of all models was evaluated at α = 0.05. Details of each fit are available in Figs 5–10. Flower shape is abbreviated as Boat shape (BS), Open (O), Open tubular (OT), tubular (T) and flower colours in the hexagon colour space are abbreviated as BLUE (G), BLUE-GREEN (BG), GREEN (G), UV-GREEN (UG), ULTRAVIOLET (UV) and UV-BLUE (UB), as defined by [74]. Colour in the table represents non-significant (NS, green), significant non-linear relationship (magenta), significant linear positive (warm-yellow) and significant linear negative (cool-blue). * indicates a short flowering time (ca. 5–9 hours). Species 4 has two parts (4a and 4b) measured and analysed individually.
| 95% CI for coefficients for linear cases | Flower shape | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species name | Fit type | P-value | Intercept | Slope | Hue | |
| Salvia sp. (1) | Non-linear | 0.0005 | NA | NA | T | B |
| Westringia fruticosa (2) | Non-linear | 0.0005 | NA | NA | O | BG |
| Prostanthera melissifolia (3) | Linear | < 0.05 | -7.23, -1.95 | 0.240, 0.599 | T | B |
| Kennedia nigricans (black) (4a) | Linear | < 0.05 | 5.36, 14.8 | -0.531, -0.118 | BS | G |
| Kennedia nigricans (yellow) (4b) | Linear | < 0.05 | -0.904, -3.47 | 0.26, 0.570 | BS | UB |
| *Pultenaea graveolens (5) | Linear | < 0.05 | -27.2, -9.8 | 0.50, 1.31 | BS | UG |
| Leptospermum sp. (6) | Linear | < 0.05 | 4.52, 11.21 | -0.621, -0.206 | O | B |
| Anigozanthos manglesii (7) | NS | > 0.05 | -10.13, 3.45 | -0.122, 0.860 | T | B |
| Anigozanthos flavidus (8) | NS | > 0.05 | 0.309, 3.25 | -0.044, 0.082 | T | BG |
| Goodenia ovata (9) | Non-linear | 0.0005 | NA | NA | O | UG |
| Dampiera diversifolia (10) | Non-linear | 0.003 | NA | NA | O | B |
| Lobelia ensifolia (11) | Non-linear | 0.0005 | NA | NA | O | B |
| Diascia barberae (12) | Linear | < 0.05 | -2.08, -0.745 | 0.095, 0.145 | OT | UB |
| *Erysimum linifolium (13) | Non-linear | 0.0005 | NA | NA | OT | G |
| Salvia chiapensis (14) | Non-linear | 0.01 | NA | NA | T | B |
| Polygala grandiflora (15) | Non-linear | 0.0005 | NA | NA | BS | UB |
| Osteospermum ecklonis (16) | Linear | < 0.05 | 1.94, 4.72 | -0.207, -0.069 | O | B |
| Scaevola aemula (purple) (17) | Linear | < 0.05 | -2.03, -0.337 | 0.092,0.165 | O | B |
| Scaevola albida (18) | Linear | < 0.05 | -0.532, 0.803 | 0.012, 0.061 | O | BG |
| *Hibbertia pedunculata (19) | Linear | < 0.05 | -3.14, -2.48 | 0.084, 0.138 | O | UG |
| *Hibbertia vestita (20) | Linear | < 0.05 | -3.40, -2.125 | 0.164, 0.231 | O | UG |
| *Hibbertia obtusifolia (21) | Linear | < 0.05 | -3.82, -3.29 | 0.208, 0.244 | O | UG |
| Buddleja davidii (22) | Non-linear | 0.0005 | NA | NA | T | B |
| Escallonia macrantha (23) | NS | > 0.05 | 0.504, 1.42 | -0.029, 0.041 | OT | BG |
| Pandorea jasminoides (24) | Linear | < 0.05 | -1.82, -0.318 | 0.077, 0.136 | OT | BG |
| Scaevola aemula (white) (25) | Non-linear | 0.0005 | NA | NA | O | BG |
| Lavandula angustifolia (26) | Non-linear | 0.001 | NA | NA | T | B |
| Prostanthera aspalathoides (27) | Linear | < 0.05 | -5.69, -1.43 | 0.086, 0.289 | T | BG |
| Salvia greggii (28) | NS | > 0.05 | -0.528, 2.91 | -0.039, 0.056 | T | BG |
| Abelia schumannii (29) | Linear | < 0.05 | -7.47, -5.33 | 0.300, 0.386 | T | NA |
| Angelonia angustifolia (30) | Linear | < 0.05 | -3.36, -1.61 | 0.037, 0.122 | O | BG |