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Pollination of flowers happen through animals and insects.Flowers like jasmine & sepals bloom at night & get pollinated through animals & insects.
So,these flowers have special adoptation to attract insects.Have fragrant & white colour are special adoptation.In addition white colour is more visible than other colours in night.Therefore insects attracted to such flowers.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agomost night blooming flowers are pollinated by nocturnal animals or insects (moths, bats etc.) as they bloom at night they don't have to be brightly coloured and normally rely on strong scent to attract pollinators.
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∙ 13y ago1. White stands out better in low light conditions making it easier for insects to find.
2. As they bloom at night the plant does not have to waste resources producing coloured pigments (for petals) to attract day insects (such as bees) - most night blooming flowers are pollinated by moths and bats.
3. Night blooming flowers are normally heavily scented - which acts as an attractant for nocturnal insects and mammal's.
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1.There are flowers that bloom at night. The one that I know of was called "Night Blooming Cereus" by a friend who had one in his greenhouse. We went out on the night that it bloomed. It was a beautiful large white flower with many petals. See attached links. 2.all most all white flowers that have deep fragrance blooms at night.eg jasmine because they dont have color to attract insects the fragrance works for it
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