Gary K. Brown,^1,* Jose Herrera,^2,** Peter Bernhardt,^1,*** Retha Edens-Meier<sup>3,****,*****

1</sup>1Department of Biology Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO 63103
²2College of Arts and Sciences Western New Mexico University P.O. Box 680 Silver City, NM 88062
³3School of Education Saint Louis University 3500 Lindell Blvd. Fitzgerald Hall, Room 205 Saint Louis

^*Dr. Gary Brown is a scientific consultant and specializes in plant microscopy.
^**Dr. Jose Herrera is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Western New Mexico University and former Program Director for the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia, where he worked within the Division of Undergraduate Education.
^***Dr. Peter Bernhardt is a Professor of Biology at Saint Louis University and a Research Associate of both the Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis) and the Royal Botanic Gardens (Sydney, Australia). He is a pollination biologist working on breeding systems of rare and threatened plants of North America, Australia, and China. He is the author of over 100 reviewed scientific articles, books, and book chapters. His most recent book, “Darwin's Orchids: Then and Now” (U. of Chicago Press, 2014) was coauthored and coedited with Retha Edens-Meier.
^**** Corresponding author: rmeier3@gmail.com; (314) 977-7111
^*****Dr. Retha Edens-Meier is a Professor at Saint Louis University and a Research Associate of both the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, MO, and The Kings Park and Botanic Garden in Perth, WA. She is an educator and pollination biologist whose research interests include science education and the ecology of rare and endangered plants.