All caught up. Great write-up, @Stunger, bookmarked!
One question on your early theories of what to look for. I've read that it's the males not the females that are the taller of the m/f, and they evolved to show sex early and spread pollen early. And the taller structure helps the released pollen float down on the nearby and lower female flowers.
But that's sounds opposite to what you've seen.
One question on your early theories of what to look for. I've read that it's the males not the females that are the taller of the m/f, and they evolved to show sex early and spread pollen early. And the taller structure helps the released pollen float down on the nearby and lower female flowers.
But that's sounds opposite to what you've seen.