Dear Colleagues:<div><br></div><div>This beautiful article was sent to me this morning by Dr. Peter Goldblatt of the Missouri Botanical Garden. It appeared in an issue of Curtis's Botanical Magazine that was devoted to flowers with iridescent spots. In southern Africa, flowers wearing iridescent spots are most likely pollinated by monkey beetles (hopliine scarab beetles). Most monkey beetles live in southern Africa and there are over 80 species. Can anyone think of species with iridiscent flower spots in North America, China, Israel or Australia? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Peter <br><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Goldblatt</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:petergoldblatt@gmail.com" target="_blank">petergoldblatt@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:03 AM<br>Subject: attachment here<br>To: Peter Bernhardt <<a href="mailto:bernhap2@slu.edu" target="_blank">bernhap2@slu.edu</a>><br><br><br><span><font color="#888888">PG<br>
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Peter Goldblatt<br>
B.A. Krukoff Curator of African Botany<br>
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis<br>
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