One of Mother Natures Deceptions,
The Bee Orchid , the Bees think other bees are
feeding on the Plant, so they join in also and end up
Polinating the plant, nice one mother Natutre top
of the class......
Superb Jimmy! A lovely specimen beautifully done. My sharp eyed sister introduced me to these many years ago and they still grow there - but unfortunately beyond the walking ability of my back nowadays. This takes me back. Viv
beautiful Jimmy! and they look like they are smiling & laughing... even have ears ... must be late for me... -Danielle."The poetry of photography will always be more important than the mechanics of the camera..." - J-H. Lartigue
I opened the image and was looking for the bee..before I read your comment... great shot Jimmy...john We're off to see the Lizard~~the wonderful (sic) Lizard of Oz~~
This really interests me. I've never bothered to read up on plant mimicry. It seems odd to me that a plant can mimic an insect without having eyes to see the object it's copying. Also, I'm fascinated by the plants which smell like rotting meat to attract flies. How the hell can they do this without any olfactory organs? How do they know, in the first place, that flies are attracted to meat? Knowledge surely means intelligence? Any botanical-type out there who would care to enlighten me? I'm quite happy to sit in front of David Attenborough but, Sir, you leave a few things unexplained.Nigel.
Lol @ Nigel's comment... but an excellent subject to start a discussion on!
Jimmy... This is soooo incrediable... never seen anything like this before!
Thanks for posting it... its a flower/plant I will now look into in buying!
~Kelly
This really interests me. I've never bothered to read up on plant mimicry. It seems odd to me that a plant can mimic an insect without having eyes to see the object it's copying. Also, I'm fascinated by the plants which smell like rotting meat to attract flies. How the hell can they do this without any olfactory organs? How do they know, in the first place, that flies are attracted to meat? Knowledge surely means intelligence? Any botanical-type out there who would care to enlighten me? I'm quite happy to sit in front of David Attenborough but, Sir, you leave a few things unexplained.
"The poetry of photography will always be more important than the mechanics of the camera..." - J-H. Lartigue
A beautiful image! These stunning flowers certainly live up to their name don't they; I agree with Amanda, looks like bees on the thumbnail.http://www.jenniferscottphotography.co.uk
Thanks all for your Lovely comments, thats the first one I ever seen. it was a fellow
Photographer from norther Ireland, I met on the saltee islands, told me where to
go and find one, he knew more about my part of the country then I did, the Bee
Orchid is fairly scarce over here, I think it's a protected species........Jimmy.
Kelly, I appreciate your laughter, but I really would like an answer to this. It's never been addressed as far as I know. Old Darwin was quick to present his theory of evolution...sadly, there's a lot missing. Mind you, I've been away from education since the mid 70s. Perhaps, somewhere, someone might be able to answer my questions?Nigel.
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