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Stomatal Responses to CO₂ in Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium¹

Role of the Guard Cell Chloroplast

Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

A role of the guard cell chloroplasts in the CO₂ response of stomata was investigated through a comparison of the leaf gas exchange characteristics of two closely related orchids: Paphiopedilum harrisianum, which lacks guard cell chloroplasts and Phragmipedium longifolium, which has chlorophyllous guard cells. Leaves of both species had an apparent quantum yield for assimilation of about 0.05, with photosynthesis saturating at 0.300 to 0.400 millimoles per square meter per second. CO₂ curves were obtained by measuring steady-state assimilation and stomatal conductance under 0.180 or 0.053 millimoles per square meter per second white light, or darkness, at 0 to 400 microliters per liter ambient CO₂. The response of assimilation to changes in CO₂ was similar in the two species, but the response of conductance was consistently weaker in Paphiopedilum than in Phragmipedium. The data suggest involvement of guard cell chloroplasts in the stomatal response to CO₂ and in the coupling of assimilation and conductance in the intact leaf.

¹ Supported by the Department of Energy (81 ER10924), the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Science Foundation (PCM 8214378).

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