Drakaea gracilis leaf

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These orchids are often difficult to see as they stand tall on their dark thin stems. Often growing on dark laterite soil which also helps to hide them.Wasps help pollinate these flowers as the flowers give out a chemical emission similar to a female wasp pheromone. The males fly upwind, grasp the labellum and try to fly away. They are pushed back into the column getting pollen on their back, fly off to repeat the action and thus help in the pollination of the plant.