shoe@beehaw.org to Nature and Gardening@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoShowy Lady's Slipperbeehaw.orgimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/507709 Minnesota’s state flower! Took this on a recent trip to the Arboretum
minus-squareshoe@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGood question! I did a quick search and found this: The slipper-shaped lip of the flower serves as a trap for pollinating insects, forcing insect visitors to climb past the reproductive structures and deposit or receive pollinia (pollen masses) to fertilize the flower.
minus-squarefeetongrass@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agonice. Sounds similar to some flowers with nectar deep inside so that the bees have to get pollen all over them by reaching deep inside.
minus-squareshoe@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI had never heard of that before! Thanks for helping me learn something today 💪🧠
Good question! I did a quick search and found this:
nice. Sounds similar to some flowers with nectar deep inside so that the bees have to get pollen all over them by reaching deep inside.
I had never heard of that before! Thanks for helping me learn something today 💪🧠