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shoe@beehaw.org to Nature and Gardening@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Showy Lady's Slipper

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Showy Lady's Slipper

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shoe@beehaw.org to Nature and Gardening@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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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

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    Good 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.

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      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.

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        I had never heard of that before! Thanks for helping me learn something today 💪🧠

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