Paracaleana nigritaFlying Duck Orchid

Location :
WA >
Leuwin Naturaliste NP (Redgate Beach)

Capture date :
2001-09-30

©
P. Pernot

Users Comments [2] 
I'm not sure what I'm looking at in the upper part of the flower...Where is the column? Is that the part pointed up and just modified to attract a particular pollinator?
It's very aptly named!
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kathleen, 2002-04-12 04:20
Flowers of this species are not resupinate : the upper part is the lip. The column is hidden in the pouch below. The lip is know to mimic wingless females of Thynnid wasps.
-- Pascal, 2002-04-12 08:36