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  • Pawpaws cannot self-pollinate, and their blooms are vapid and weakly perfumed.

    Pawpaw Adventure Part Two: Hoopla Sarah Lenz 2009

  • Pawpaws cannot self-pollinate, and their blooms are vapid and weakly perfumed.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Sarah Lenz 2009

  • ~ Weed gave up sex long ago -- The ability of plants to self-pollinate - a big factor in the spread of weeds - is much older than previously thought in one widely studied species, leading biologists say.

    Speedlinking 8/7/07 William Harryman 2007

  • The ability of plants to self-pollinate – a big factor in the spread of weeds – is much older than previously thought in one widely studied species, leading biologists say.

    Weed Gave up Sex Long Ago | Impact Lab 2007

  • Though some orchids can self-pollinate -- including, notably, O. apifera, the bee orchid -- many rely on visiting insects to transport pollinia on their heads from plant to plant.

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • Though some orchids can self-pollinate -- including, notably, O. apifera, the bee orchid -- many rely on visiting insects to transport pollinia on their heads from plant to plant.

    Ophrys 2006

  • Unfortunately, it's one of those plants that don't self-pollinate, so I need to run back to the garden center again to another elderberry plant.

    May 2004 ladygoat 2004

  • Unfortunately, it's one of those plants that don't self-pollinate, so I need to run back to the garden center again to another elderberry plant.

    Foodgoat ladygoat 2004

  • Both Trujillo and Bolivian coca are strongly heterostylous and do not self-pollinate.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Both Trujillo and Bolivian coca are strongly heterostylous and do not self-pollinate.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

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