Friday, November 25, 2016
Dendrobium spectabile flower visited by the large carpenter bee Xylocopa mordax
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 all sorts are plentiful (this means the place is also infested with lots of spiders). It is a common occurrence for orchids to be visited by insects. However getting a photo of pollinators is not necessarily easy, as most visits are over in seconds. I was lucky enough to catch this large carpenter bee in flagrante delicto.
Labels:
bee,
carperter,
Dendrobium,
green,
mordax,
orchid,
orchidee,
orquidea,
pollination,
species,
spectabile,
xylocopa
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