The Anther Steps onto the Stigma for Self-Fertilization in a Slipper Orchid

• Li-Jun Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Jun Chen, Ke-Wei Liu

  Affiliation Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

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• Ke-Wei Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Jun Chen, Ke-Wei Liu

  Affiliations Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, The Center for Biotechnology and BioMedicine, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China

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• Xin-Ju Xiao ,

  * E-mail: aju78@163.com (XJX); liuzj@sinicaorchid.org (ZJL)

  Affiliations Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, Continuing Education College of Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

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• Wen-Chieh Tsai,

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, and Orchid Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, China

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• Yu-Yun Hsiao,

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, China

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• Jie Huang,

  Affiliation Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

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• Zhong-Jian Liu

  * E-mail: aju78@163.com (XJX); liuzj@sinicaorchid.org (ZJL)

  Affiliations Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, The Center for Biotechnology and BioMedicine, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China, College of Forestry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

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