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Author Topic: The Weird Sex of Orchids  (Read 1126 times)

mark smyth

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The Weird Sex of Orchids
« on: October 10, 2011, 05:51:15 PM »
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Re: The Weird Sex of Orchids
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2011, 11:50:02 PM »
Odd photo. Almost as if someone has deliberately stuck the pollinia onto the bee's bum. They should be on its head, unless, of course, it has reversed into the flower?
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