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Odour and colour polymorphism in the food-deceptive orchid Dactylorhiza romana
Authors:C. C. Salzmann  F. P. Schiestl
Affiliation:1. Plant Ecological Genetics, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Universit?tsstrasse 16, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
2. Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland
Abstract:The food deceptive orchid, Dactylorhiza romana (Sebastiani) Soó exhibits a colour polymorphism with yellow, red, and intermediate orange morphs. In this study we tested if floral odour differed among the three distinct colour morphs. We identified 23 odour compounds in D. romana, and all of them occurred in the three colour morphs. Monoterpenes dominated the floral scent. On the basis of Euclidean distances of relative amounts of compounds, yellow morphs were closer to each other than to orange or red morphs. Differentiation of the morphs was mainly due to linalool and benzaldehyde. Linalool occurred in low relative amounts in the yellow morphs, but in high amounts in some of the red individuals, whereas benzaldehyde occurred in higher relative amounts in yellow morphs. Linalool and benzaldehyde are known to be important signal-substances in plant-insect communication, however, it remains to be shown whether insects can discriminate between flower morphs on the basis of the here shown odour differences.
Keywords:Floral scent  linalool  rewardless flowers  flower mimicry  pollination
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