FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues from last weekend on the final contemplation of the fabulous orchid family, and their elaborate and bizarre sexual deceptions of insect pollinators. Few creatures on this planet have gone to such lengths to achieve complicated reproductive strategies. Was this all about the conservation of nectar, an energetically expensive commodity? Other plants have managed that budget without a problem. The question is still unanswered.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022