From deception to mutualism: a continuum in Gastrodia brood-site pollination

This article comments on: Suetsugu K, Hirota SK, Okui N, Okuyama Y, Kimura MT. 2026. Drosophilid pollination in mycoheterotrophic orchids reveals a brood-site deception–mutualism continuum and phylogenetic conservatism. Journal of Experimental Botany 77, 4679–4694. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erag151