Some flowers go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate ...

He described a petal on the orchid like a little slide or a tube that ... By 6pm, the petals were starting to look battered. The bees frantically trampling all over the flowers wouldn’t have ...

If not cryptic mimicry, why did the orchid mantis behavior evolve this way? By evolving to be larger and more flower-like, female mantises increase their chances to catch insect prey. It's called ...

Perennial Flowers with Orchid-like Beauty The garden ... tones which create a rustic garden look together with their capacity to draw pollinators such as bees and hummingbirds.