SOCIAL DECEPTION BY PLANTS. “Orchids, such as Ophrys, exemplify plant social deception in plant-animal interactions. They offer no nectar, which is energetically costly to synthesize, but rather attract and seduce male bees with perfect shapes, colors and scents, mimicking female bees ready for copulation.”
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00044/full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022