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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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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.
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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.
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Drakea gracilisThese 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 hinged 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.
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2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Detail of flower (which obviously has reached already the end of its flowering cyclus).Common.German name: Gewhnliche Grn-Stndelwurz (-Stendelwurz).ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)
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2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Front; unfortunately, a shot of the head would have been necessary to identify species without doubt (it could be both V. germanica and V. vulgaris, or yet another one).Very common; here on flower of Epipactis helleborine ssp. helleborine.German name: Wespe
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2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Detail of flower; the characteristics of sepals and especially petals are crucial for identification of species (and subspecies).Common.German name: Gewhnliche Grn-Stndelwurz (-Stendelwurz).ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)
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2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Leaves: rather broad and big (which is why this one also is called broad-leafed H.).Common.German name: Gewhnliche Grn-Stndelwurz (-Stendelwurz).ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)
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2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Flowering in july/august.Common.German name: Gewhnliche Grn-Stndelwurz (-Stendelwurz).ID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)
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2009.08.02 Austria, Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce monoculture forest, 800 m AMSL).Side and back; unfortunately, a shot of the head would have been necessary to identify species without doubt (it could be both V. germanica and V. vulgaris, or yet another one).Very common; here on flower of Epipactis helleborine ssp. helleborine.German name: Wespe
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Passchendaele, Queensland, Australia
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Passchendaele, Queensland, Australia
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Passchendaele, Queensland, Australia
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Passchendaele, Queensland, Australia