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New orchid found on Australian island resembles a cupcake
Dr. Heidi Zimmer is an orchid researcher at the Australian National Herbarium (ANH) in Canberra. While visiting Norfolk Island National Park with botanist Dr. Mark Clements, the local knowledge ...
New Scientist19d
An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself
More than 130 years after a fungus-eating orchid species was discovered, the purpose of its mysterious appendage has been ...
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Mimicry: The Orchid and the Bee:
The pseudo-copulation strategy of the orchid enables it to spread its genes widely. The mimicry is near-perfect. For example, the Australian hammer orchid has taken advantage of a mating ritual of ...