The latest news from biological interactions in orchids: in love, head to toe

Understanding evolution and the complexity of species interactions using orchids as a model system

(2014) Judith L. Bronstein et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Stable isotope cellular imaging reveals that both live and degenerating fungal pelotons transfer carbon and nitrogen to orchid protocorms

(2014) Yukari Kuga et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Carbon and nitrogen gain during the growth of orchid seedlings in nature

(2014) Marcus Stöckel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Gene expression in mycorrhizal orchid protocorms suggests a friendly plant–fungus relationship

(2014) Silvia Perotto et al.   PLANTA

Ancestral deceit and labile evolution of nectar production in the African orchid genus Disa

(2013) S. D. Johnson et al.   Biology Letters

Why do mixotrophic plants stay green? A comparison between green and achlorophyllous orchid individuals in situ

(2013) M. Roy et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Evolution of nutritional modes of Ceratobasidiaceae (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) as revealed from publicly available ITS sequences

(2013) Vilmar Veldre et al.   Fungal Ecology

Proteome changes in Oncidium sphacelatum (Orchidaceae) at different trophic stages of symbiotic germination

(2013) R. B. S. Valadares et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Ploidy-specific symbiotic interactions: divergence of mycorrhizal fungi between cytotypes of theGymnadenia conopseagroup (Orchidaceae)

(2013) Tamara Těšitelová et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Coexisting orchid species have distinct mycorrhizal communities and display strong spatial segregation

(2013) Hans Jacquemyn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

What constrains the distribution of orchid populations?

(2013) Melissa K. McCormick et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis of carbon dynamics in mycorrhizas formed by an obligately myco-heterotrophic orchid

(2013) JEREMY BOUGOURE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

ESTs Analysis Reveals Putative Genes Involved in Symbiotic Seed Germination in Dendrobium officinale

(2013) Ming-Ming Zhao et al.   PLoS One

Symbiotic germination capability of four Epipactis species (Orchidaceae) is broader than expected from adult ecology

(2012) T. Tesitelova et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The role of epiphytism in architecture and evolutionary constraint within mycorrhizal networks of tropical orchids

(2012) FLORENT MARTOS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The mirror crack'd: both pigment and structure contribute to the glossy blue appearance of the mirror orchid,Ophrys speculum

(2012) Silvia Vignolini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mycoheterotrophic germination of Pyrola asarifolia dust seeds reveals convergences with germination in orchids

(2012) Yasushi Hashimoto et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Effects of Above- and Belowground Mutualisms on Orchid Speciation and Coexistence

(2011) Richard J. Waterman et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Inflorescence architecture affects pollinator behaviour and mating success in Spiranthes sinensis (Orchidaceae)

(2011) Tatsunori Iwata et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mixotrophy of Platanthera minor, an orchid associated with ectomycorrhiza-forming Ceratobasidiaceae fungi

(2011) Takahiro Yagame et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The evolutionary ecology of dust seeds

(2011) Ove Eriksson et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Noël Bernard (1874–1911): orchids to symbiosis in a dozen years, one century ago

(2011) Marc-André Selosse et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Giving and receiving: measuring the carbon cost of mycorrhizas in the green orchid,Goodyera repens

(2008) Duncan D. Cameron et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST