Bumblebee Orchid(english)
Orquidea Abejorro(spanish)
The Bumblebee Orchid is native to south europa and the canary islands.It flowers in spring but the leaves start to grow in the end of the summer.After flowering it goes dormant in a under ground bulb during the summer.Pollination is done by bumblebees in a way the flower attracts them with a feromone that smells like a female,the bumblebee gets excited and mates with the flower and fertilizes the flower in the proces.This is called pseudocopulation.The Bumblebee Orchid is a protected flower.From Galicia.
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