Bee Visits Orchid Flower (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

Imperial College London

Bee Visits Orchid Flower (1 of 3)

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Several kinds of oil-secreting orchids share the same pollinator by placing pollen on different parts of the bee's body. Here the long-legged oil-collecting bee Rediviva longimanus inspects the oil-secreting orchid Pterygodium pentherianum.

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A. Pauw

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