Showing posts with label pollination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollination. Show all posts
Friday, November 25, 2016

Dendrobium spectabile flower visited by the large carpenter bee Xylocopa mordax

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Because I live in the tropics, my orchid collection is all outside.  I live in the middle of an state forest which means that insects of ...
Friday, July 3, 2015

Bulbophyllum Grace Thoms traps a fly

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The flower of this Bulbophyllum proved irresistible to a local fly.  The hinged lip pressed the fly into the stigmatic cavity.  The fl...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

The orchid, the spider and the fly seem like they are playing "cat and mouse",

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Last week a Bulbophyllum Elizabeth Ann 'Jean' bloomed in my garden.  It started attracting flies. All the fly activity got ...
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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Bulbophyllum tingabarinum Garay, Hammer, Siegrist 1994, has proven to be wildly attractive to a species of local fly.

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The flowers of Bulbophyllum tingabarinum opened about two days ago.  This morning when I walked into the garden I found the flowers had attr...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Ponthieva racemosa, the shadow witch, an orchid native of Puerto Rico

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Ponthieva racemosa Inflorescence, top view A fly with pollinia stuck to its mouth parts Pontieva racemosa goes by the common n...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Bulbophyllum lepidum flowers: Like porn for flies.

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Incoming! My Bulbophyllum lepidum showing several inflorescences Those flowers look... Hmmm... so alluring and soft and nice smelli...
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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Bulbophyllum biflorum flower and two flies fighting over it

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These flies are usually quite wary as in the garden there are a plethora of predators that think of flies as convenience food. However it se...
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