Overview:-
- The attractive bumblebee orchid or ophrys bombyliflora flowers grow in Canary Islands, Turkey and Lebanon. The large sepals, small bronze colored petals and brownish lip of this unusual flower resemble an attractive female bee. In that way this incredible flower act like female pollinator.
- The male pollinators like solitary bees get attracted with this fake appearance. The pollen from the flowers settles on body of male pollinators on their physical contact with the flower. This pollen gets transferred to another bumblebee orchid upon their next contact with another bumblebee orchid flower and pollination occurs.
