Concluding Remarks

Based off of our observations, we believe the sticky nature of the spindly branches are able to trap small flying bugs (gnats, mosquitoes, ect.). The layout of Plant 3 was coily; the flowers with pollen were woven near the middle of this plant, while the sticky branches were on the outside. The flowers with UV signatures were able to attract bugs and the sticky branches and stem could trap them. Although most of the flowers, upon microscopic investigation, were revealed to lack seeds. This points to the likely explanation that these flowers evolved solely for luring bugs to their death. Although, at least one flower appears to have been fertilized. Initially we believed that after the bugs were caught, the acidity of the sticky branches would deteriorate them. However, after doing a pH test we discovered that the sticky branches were neither acidic or basic, it was just neutral.