Bumblebee Orchid
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| Ophrys | |
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| Bumblebee Orchid | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Orchideae |
| Subtribe: | Orchidinae |
| Alliance: | Orchis |
| Genus: | Ophrys |
| Species: | O. bombyliflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophrys bombyliflora |
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The Bumblebee Orchid (Ophrys bombyliflora) ("Bumblebee Flower Eyebrow") has flowers that look and smell so much like female Bumblebees that males flying nearby are drawn in by this chemical signal. The pollinia inadvertently stick to the head or the abdomen of the male bumblebee. On visiting another orchid of the same species, the bumblebee pollinates its sticky stigma with the pollinia. [1][2]
"Ophrys" is from the Greek in reference to the hairy lips of the flowers of this genus.
"bymbyli•flora" is from the Latin in reference to the silky flowers of this species.
[edit] References
- ^ The Orchids, Natural History and Classification, Robert L. Dressler. ISBN 0674875265
- ^ Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids ISBN 0881922676
