Public documentation of bird pollination in PNG Dendrobiums?

[itzi]

Hey y'all, I've recently developed a dangerous interested in PNG orchids, specifically the beautiful Dendrobiums in the oxyglossum and pedilonum sections... Skimming information off the IOSPE and various blogs, I've read that a lot of mid-high altitude Dendrobiums and other orchids are bird pollinated, specifically by members of the Sunbird family. Does anyone know where I can find publications with writings or photos documenting that? I'm sure there are photos in the various books on the flora of the island, but I've not been able to find any ebooks free to the public. Thanks

[Louis_W]

Have you tried looking on google scholar? There are a lot of scientific abstracts available and many have a pdf of the entire paper attached as well.

Here is a link to the search "dendrobium bird pollination"

Google Scholar

[Keysguy]

IOSPE has a slew of references within each cited species. If that is stated there, I suspect it's in one of those references.

Jay does an outstanding job with that website. It is approached academically and every detail goes through a peer review by international experts before he will include it.